| Pegasus Court and Lodge were so busy enjoying the Macmillan Coffee Morning that they forgot to take photos! They raised an amazing £450 through all their efforts for this worthwhile cause! |  |
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Some of the residents of Pegasus Court enjoying the new seated arbour in the glorious afternoon sunshine.  The Knitting Group at Pegasus have been hard at work again producing wonderful knitted items for ‘The Mission for Seafarers’. It’s not all hard work though as the ladies enjoy a cuppa and natter at the same time! A great afternoon’s work!
Our lovely gathering on the 18th of December of Pegasus Court and Pegasus Lodge’s owners with over 30 people attending was a wonderful event full of fun festivities. Thank you to Michelle and Rita for organising this event, and to Mike for providing the music. Merry Christmas from all at Pegasus! The Pegasus Court & Lodge knitting group have been working hard and putting their talent to good use, they have created scarves and hats for ‘The Mission for Seafarers’ while enjoying the company of their fellow knitters! The ladies have done a marvelous job and for a very worthy cause.  About two and a half years ago a small group of ladies living at Pegasus Court started a knitting group. They began by knitting 'Twiddle Mitts' for dementia patients in local nursing homes, but it soon expanded to Jumpers, Bobble Hats and Blankets. These now go to a village in Africa called Luhimba, a charity run by Paul Temple. All the wool is donated by the knitting group and we all enjoy knitting and nattering two afternoons a week.   After almost eleven years I will be leaving Pegasus Court and Lodge on 19th October.
Phil Woodward and Suzanna Shattock will be the new managers here as a job share. I wish them, Kingsdale and the Owners all the very best wishes for the future. Rachel Clarke Summer is here at last and Pegasus Court and Lodge residents are out and about enjoying the sunshine.
There has recently been a mini-bus trip to Coates English Willow centre, near Taunton, which everyone found very interesting; and another trip planned to Castle Combe in July. On 15th and 16th June The Promenade and Beach Lawns here will host the National Refuse Championships... and on the 20th there’s the “race for life” on the beach. There is always something going on in Weston! Many congratulations to Major Millie Straker who celebrated her 100th birthday with a party in the Owners’ lounge on Monday 7th May. The wonderful cake is in recognition of her service to the Salvation Army!
Once again congratulations to Keith Price of Pegasus Lodge, who was awarded the Weston Champions award on Saturday 28th April for his extensive work raising funds for charity through his twice yearly train exhibitions. We are all very proud of him!  Pancakes on the evening of Shrove Tuesday has become a very enjoyable annual event in the Owners’ Lounge at Pegasus. Home-made pancakes are on offer with an array of different toppings. A delightful way to spend a rainy February evening!
The evenings are drawing in and at this time of the year we have exceptionally lovely sunsets in Weston. Where better to view them than from our second floor Owners’ lounge?
The building is warm and cosy and we’re beginning to think of Christmas……The trees will go up in the foyer and communal lounge on 30th November so that it will be very festive here for the Salvation Army carol singing on 11th December. The Social events are going well and regular groups are well attended. The ladies of the knitting group are currently concentrating on making bobble hats for the local maternity hospitals. These have either red, orange or green bobbles on and are used to show which newly- born babies need most close monitoring, red being the highest. The two music appreciation groups are popular and a wide selection has been brought to share …. Bruce Springsteen, Dean Martin, Jazz, blues and classical to name some. We’re not going to get the “winter blues “ here! There’s too much to do! Although the weather has been disappointing we are still enjoying the summer. A group of Pegasus Court/Lodge Owners went to Cardiff by mini-bus for the day recently and another trip is planned to Bath in September. There's plenty happening on the Seafront of course, and we're spoilt by having Clarence Park so close (with it's excellent cafe). Some more sunshine would be the icing on the cake.
We are proud to congratulate Keith Price of Pegasus Lodge who received an award from the outgoing Mayor of Weston at a presentation on 18th May 2017. The award is in recognition of the amazing amount Keith has raised to date for charity from the Train exhibitions he organizes twice a year in the town. The money raised to date is in excess of £40,000 and Keith is currently planning the next exhibition. We are delighted that all his hard work has been acknowledged.  The ladies in our knitting circle assure me that they don’t just “drink tea and chat “ and here are photos to prove they are, in fact, hard at work !The beautiful knitted items are being sent all over the world. The external redecoration of Pegasus Court will take place later this year and Tender Documents will shortly be sent out for quotation. Being by the sea a particularly resistant paint is required. The Garden Committee have decided on geraniums in the flowerbeds and pots for the summer. In past years they have produced a very lovely show. We’re very much looking forward to the Spring and Summer months ahead!   |
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