Our book table

Our waiting room book table, where we sell donated books for 50p for charity, is still doing well.
Contributions over the last year have gone to Hospicecare in Exeter (£139.12), Practical Action (76.25), Rokpa (£102.17) and Devon Wildlife (£81.59).
Practical Action is a small charity that provides low-tech solutions for basic problems the poorest communities in the world suffer from (eg animal shelters for the winter in the High Andes, floating vegetable plots in Bangladesh, donkey ploughs in arid parts of Africa...)
Rokpa is a Tibetan charity providing healthcare and education in Tibet, Nepal and Zimbabwe.
Thank you to everyone who contributed books, and to those who bought them.

Our man in the field

David Stainer-Smith, flanker for Wessex first team in the Devon/Cornwall league, shown here stemming the tide of a St Austell attack. Wessex won 48 - 12.

Happy New Year!

After a rather exciting time around Christmas (for Colin at any rate - transported off to Venice for a surprise 60th birthday treat), the clinic returns to normal.....
....or does it? Warwick's turn next, and he's off to Australia for 3 weeks, returning fresh and tanned in early February. Colin, Paul and David will provide cover for his patients during this time, trying to control their envy as the rain pours down, wondering if he'll abscond for ever....