Doreen's best day out in Skegness - a glass of lager and fish and chips

By Chrissie Redford
Published 28th May 2021, 12:09 BST
Updated 28th May 2021, 19:16 BST
Doreen's day out from Syne Hills Care Home.Doreen's day out from Syne Hills Care Home.
Doreen's day out from Syne Hills Care Home.
A nice glass of lager was on the Covid 'roadmap' for a resident at a care home in Skegness who has enjoyed her first outing in a year.

The mini outing with resident Doreen Wheat is hopefully an encouraging taste of what is to come at Syne Hills Care Home.

The idea started after staff were chatting with Mrs Wheat about the menu. They exchanged their favourite foods and chips, scraps (or batter bits) and gravy came out tops.

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Mrs Wheat reminisced loads of happy times spend along the sea front, every Monday enjoying fish and chips.

Cheers - Christopher Sweeny, managing director of Syne Hills, enjoying a 'half' with Doreen.Cheers - Christopher Sweeny, managing director of Syne Hills, enjoying a 'half' with Doreen.
Cheers - Christopher Sweeny, managing director of Syne Hills, enjoying a 'half' with Doreen.

So they arranged a trip to Salts Fish and Chip Shop in Skegness

Cheryl Curtis, of Syne Hills, said: "Of course one thing led to another and Mrs Wheat let slip that she loved to drink the odd lager or three. So we stopped off on the way home at the Suncastle in Skegness for the perfect pint (half each!)

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