{"id":22402,"date":"2021-10-01T10:07:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T10:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.churchillretirement.co.uk\/?p=22402"},"modified":"2023-02-01T10:11:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T10:11:30","slug":"ken-and-pat-find-companionship-at-avonbank-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/ken-and-pat-find-companionship-at-avonbank-lodge\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken and Pat find companionship at Avonbank Lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-ba8e5512\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-ba8e5512\"><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last vce-col--md-first vce-col--lg-first vce-col--xl-first\" id=\"el-ce9ae812\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-ce9ae812\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-ce9ae812\"><div class=\"vce-single-image-container vce-single-image--align-left\"><div class=\"vce vce-single-image-wrapper\" id=\"el-f6fedfc4\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-f6fedfc4\"><figure><div class=\"vce-single-image-inner vce-single-image--absolute\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%; width: 1024px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vce-single-image vcv-lozad\" data-src=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pat-Ken-Avonbank-1920x1080-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\" data-img-src=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pat-Ken-Avonbank-1920x1080-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-Ken-Avonbank-1920x1080\" \/><noscript>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vce-single-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pat-Ken-Avonbank-1920x1080-1.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" title=\"Pat-Ken-Avonbank-1920x1080\" \/>\n      <\/noscript><\/div><figcaption hidden=\"\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-390eba27\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-390eba27\"><p>Apartment Owners Ken and Pat have found companionship and even a touch of romance since their move to Churchill\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/retirement-apartments-for-sale\/berkshire\/avonbank-lodge\/\">Avonbank Lodge<\/a> in the heart of Newbury.<\/p><p>Recalling how they met Ken says: \u201cWhen we first moved here there was a film night in the Owners\u2019 Lounge every Wednesday. Pat would always be there sitting near the back when I returned from my evening\u2019s work at the Corn Exchange, so I would go and sit with her and we would get talking after the film. Come 11 o\u2019clock everyone else would have gone off to bed and we\u2019d still be there chatting. We didn\u2019t pay much attention to the films!\u201d<\/p><p>Pat adds: \u201cI started coming to Ken\u2019s singing group and we started going out together, attending the various activities that take place here at the Lodge and in town. It was nice having someone to go to things with, as we were both on our own. We still have our own separate apartments and our own space, but we spend a lot of time together.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWe both have family nearby and they\u2019ve been very accepting of our relationship, which has been wonderful,\u201d says Ken. \u201cMy daughter works just around the corner and we meet up for lunch every day. Our children and grandchildren are pleased to know we\u2019ve found companionship and that we\u2019re both here to keep each other company and look out for one another.\u201d<\/p><p>This was especially the case during lockdown when Ken and Pat immediately formed a support bubble together. Ken recalls: \u201cIt was a difficult time but we were there for each other throughout, with the support of our wonderful Lodge Manager Amanda, and that made a real difference.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apartment Owners Ken and Pat have found companionship and even a touch of romance since their move to Churchill\u2019s Avonbank Lodge in the heart of Newbury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ken and Pat find companionship at Avonbank Lodge - Churchill Retirement Living<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ken and Pat find companionship at Avonbank Lodge - 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