The Creameries

We are now moved in. Start work there tomorrow morning.

No phones though. Somehow BT couldn't get their act together to plug in their end of our ISDN line at the exchange, so our phone computer is still at the Surgery. Hopefully get that sorted mid week though. It may of course make getting in touch a little tricky for a few days but we have a contingency plan of leaving some staff at Leatside manning some phones until it gets sorted. I am quietly pleased that the computer system works. You've probably little idea how much thought that took, and in some ways how much we rely on it nowadays.

I've been either amazed or amused by the number of people who seem to have no idea where the Creameries Social Club is. I've told them it is "down at Unigate" and I get a blank look back. I then say it is "just by the "Up" platform at the station" - but then someone came back with "where's the station?". Astonishing.

So, to help you along, here are a few pics. You can click on them to enlarge them.

The view from Totnes Railway Bridge
 - you can see our big yellow sign from here.

turn in by Redworth Traffic Lights

(Free) Car parking this side of the building and in front
Keep the commuters off it!!

The ramp up to the entrance

...and here's the entrance..

in the waiting room

...more waiting room.

this is the corridor between the portacabins (it drips)

my consulting room in the portacabin.

and here's a map.

So there we have it. All ready for use I hope. If you still don't know where it is put TQ9 5JP into your SatNav and it will get you there.

Moving Day

Moving to Dairy Crest in a week!!
We will be moving on Friday 26th. Open for business Monday 29th.
That day will of course be a bit chaotic at Leatside.
We have a skeleton service planned for that day as we have to get everything moved.
The worst bits to move I think are the techie bits.
Our Toshiba phone system for example. We have had a bit of trouble getting a decent ISDN30 line into the new place, which actually put back our move by a week.
Rather than get a secure NHS Net broadband connection installed there we are using a wireless link from Dairy Crest back to the Surgery and leaving our server and major hardware there. Ingenious.
The paper records will be kept secure at the surgery as well, so if anyone needs the paper in the middle of a consultation we will have to send a runner!
Bob the bus will change route to accommodate our move.
There is some parking on the temporary site, but not a whole lot. We are hoping that the train commuters won't use all our spaces. We are preparing some of those lovely, very sticky "polite notices" to slap on their windscreens if they do. For cars leaving the surgery we think it might be best if as a routine everyone tuned left at the top of the road to head back into town, to then come back round the roundabout if needs be. Remember how difficult it used to be for the milk factory traffic to get out onto the lights?
Once we are moved in then all we can do is hope for fine weather this winter/spring so that Midas can crack on with getting the changes at the surgery done as quickly as possible.