Holistic Hideaway

10/04/2026

Wow what a wonderful surprise on the Friday walk, the bluebells are out 😍
We walked from The Salmon Leap in Totton 😁

09/04/2026

When you are on a walk, being mindful of the nature around you is a really good way to fully relax. You can help The Woodland Trust with their research too 😊

07/04/2026

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03/04/2026

Lots of New Forest Ponies on the Friday walk 😃
We set off from Deerleap car park and did a circular walk via Longacre car park.
The weather was grey again, until half way when the sun made an attempt to break through the clouds ⛅️

Have a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend everyone, and Happy Easter to those who celebrate it. Jan x

28/03/2026

The Friday walk set off from The Canadian War Memorial. At first I didn't think I'd find much to photograph, it was grey and a bit damp, but as you have probably noticed, I love the unusual and soon started honing in on mosses, new growth and interesting roots 😁 And some ponies that wandered by 😃
Have a fabulous weekend, and I hope you get a chance for some time surrounded by nature 😊 Jan x

25/03/2026

Some good news 😃

The Integrated Medicine Alliance (IMA) which operates under the wing of College of Medicine recently commissioned a new survey to assess how sentiment and the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs) amongst UK adults is changing. The IMA findings reflect a clear and encouraging shift - CAMs are now mainstream, with 43% of adults using them. 🙌

The survey shows that millennials (currently between 30 and 45 years old) are the most interested in alternative treatments, with 83% saying that CAMs have helped them. Massage is the most popular treatment, with more than a quarter of people having tried it (27%), followed by herbal medicine (19%), aromatherapy (14%), and acupuncture (13%).

Dr Naveed Akhtar, chairman of the Integrated Medicine Alliance says, ‘Complementary therapies are already helping large numbers of people and easing pressure on the NHS. When an approach delivers genuine benefit, meets patient needs and conserves public resources, the question is no longer whether it belongs, but how we organise healthcare around what genuinely helps patients.’

College of Medicine


The FHT is a supporting organisation of the IMA.

24/03/2026

Sweet Charity Choir part 3...
A full day of recording. Tiring, but fuelled by caffeine we kept going, until the coffee machine told us off 🤣

24/03/2026

Sweet Charity Choir retreat part 2...
Saturday morning, I got my walk, and my dose of nature before we headed in to rehearse all day. A really pretty place 😍

24/03/2026

Instead of my Friday walk, I headed up to De Vere Latimer Estate in Chesham, with about 160 other lovely people, for the Sweet Charity Choir retreat. We rehearsed all day Saturday, then with an amazing sound engineer and band, we recorded an album 😁
I met lots of new people, and had a fabulous time. More photos to follow 😁 Jan

15/03/2026

14/03/2026

The Friday walk was at Denny Wood. It was a lovely walk, not much to photograph though, a glimpse of the sun trying to break through the cloud and a stick of lichen 🤣 It didn't rain until we got back again 😀