Activities at Dovedale Court Care Home

A visit to the British commercial museum in Leyland. What a fantastic time the residents had looking at old vehicles and trying on old fire marshal clothing and helmets.  

Our resident, David, decided to sit on the pope's mobile and give the crowds a wave.      

Dovedale Court care home took a trip to Avenham park nr Preston city centre. 

With such nice weather, they had a nice walk by the river, passed a few horses, families enjoying the weather and dog walkers. We chatted along the way and enjoyed ice cream in the sunshine.  

We had a brilliant afternoon out in the countryside at Alpaca fold in Samlesbury. Alpaca Fold has 21 Alpacas that roam the farm fields freely. 

It’s no secret that everyone loves alpacas, they are fun and have lots of character and our residents love being out with them. The staff really looked after us at Alpaca Fold, and we will certainly be back. 

We've had some great weather and to make the most of it, our gardening club is back on. 

We got to plant a vegetable patch, pull out a few weeds and do some tidying up. We finished the afternoon with refreshments in the garden.  

Residents at Dovedale Court enjoyed a shopping trip round Asda.  

Looking at different things from clothing, the home department and food, the trip sparked many memories and residents chatted about the trip to Asda and days afterwards. 

With it being Bob Marley day, we had a good excuse to make and taste cocktails whilst enjoying reggae music. 

The residents were really engaged with it, tasting, dancing, socialising and a great time was had by all. 

We had a fab trip out to Charnock Farm Garden Centre. We got to meet some of their animals. Diego the little Shetland pony was their favourite.   

We finished the trip with a stop at their café to have a chat and reminisce about the farm.

Using a really great App on our giant touch-screen tablet, these residents teamed up to do a number of Wordsearches. 

They were absolutely brilliant and completed a good few. They even had a go through all the different difficulty levels. 

Is this the coolest gang you've come across?

We arrived at Red Rose Bowling in Preston and, from the start, the residents were in sports mode. They were so competitive, and it was great to witness. 

The winner of the day was David, so when we go back, he's definitely the man to beat. 

We had a fab morning out at The Garden Room. Our residents were made to feel welcome from the moment they walked through the door. 

We can definitely recommend a visit as the staff there were absolutely brilliant and couldn't have looked after us any more.

Cheese and Wine Evening with a little bit of dancing thrown in for good measure. The residents and family members all enjoyed the different cheeses. We had a great selection and the table was nearly emptied. The bottles of wine and beer were cleared and plenty of residents happy throughout.

Why don't you join us for the next one?

With such great weather how could we resist a trip out. We had a walk around Haslam Park with its stunning and lake in the middle . What a nice afternoon out we had with a walk round such a scenic place.  Another great mini bus adventure.

Preston City Centre had a military procession and band in remembrance of the D Day landings. Residents and staff went along to pay our respects to the fallen and the still living from the D Day landings 80 years ago.

We've had a great afternoon and even got joined by squaddies, veterans, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Central Lancashire.

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"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."

The University of central Lancashire has a sports village,  The village has a fantastic little cafe at the back called the Whistle Stop Cafe and we would absolutely recommend it . Their artisan coffee’s and cake were so tasty. The service was excellent and nothing was too much trouble, They chatted, took our photos and even packed us of with some freebies for the road.  We will be back soon.

ZooLab is a company the specialise into going into schools and homes giving talks on small creatures and creepy crawlies, they also bring a few little visitors with them.  Residents loved the talk, very fun and informative. They got to meet all these creatures. Giant snails, foreign stick insects, big hairy spider, snake and a cute little frog. They absolutely loved it.