I am very sad to announce that we closed Fludha on the 26th July 2011 for the foreseeable future.
Christine was told in January that she was now terminally ill. But that on average, people with her condition have approx two years. As Chris is relatively young, fit and incredibly strong willed we thought she had every chance of beating this average. Hence we continued to take bookings and continued working, after all, its what we both enjoy doing. Unfortunately cancer takes no notice of such attributes and Chris took a turn for the worse on Thurs 21st July. Doctors thought at one point that she may only have 4 or 5 days left. However, I am delighted to report she responded very well to some "fancy" drugs and is now home again. It was however a wake up call and we have decided that we need to spend whatever time she may have left in comfortable retirement.
We had grand plans for Fludha and our success to date meant we had every chance of making them all come true. However, we are incredibly proud of what we did achieve. We took a house and converted it into a business that in the 4 years that we were open went from zero to THE ONLY 5 star Guest House in the county and on the day we closed we were ranked as No 1 on Trip Advisor for the whole of Dumfries and Galloway
In other words, we retired at the very top of our particular tree.
I am constantly amazed at how many people read this blog, so I would just like to say a very genuine thank you to all our guest's over the last few years who have made us not only successful but very happy to have been able to share our home with you.
We are so saddened to hear that Christine has passed away. We spent 3 beautiful nights with you just 2 weeks before you had to retire. We were shocked to learn that Christine was suffering from terminal cancer and she appeared to be in good health during our stay at your wonderful home and shocked that her health deteriorated so rapidly. Since our stay we often wondered how you were both getting on and we are truly dismayed to learn that you had such a short time left together. Even though we only knew Christine for such a short time she made a lasting impression on us and it was evident what a bubbly, special, conscientious, cheerful, loving person she was. Our sincere and heart felt condolences to you Steve from Paul & Catherine Taylor.
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