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Aderonke Olaide
“So when you go for your break or for fifteen minutes; morning break, I usually have it here and just, you know, just relax.”
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Adrian Velasquez
“Sometimes you want to socialise, but other times, you just want peace. Like reading a book or just watching TV. Or just calm.”
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Denise Farrell
“Sometimes Suzy will come with me and we’ll just be like; ‘that’s it, we’re just taking a half an hour.’ And we’ll just go and we’ll sit somewhere and we’ll just put the world to rights.”
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Elaine Brown
“Sometimes it’s very hot in the hospital and just coming out and getting a breath of fresh air makes it so much better. The air just blows everything away.”
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Emma McLeod
“Sometimes I put music on and just listen to that while I’m tidying stuff up – I quite like to order things and organise stuff – just making a list of things and working my way through, ticking things off quietly with nobody disturbing me.”
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Gemma Turnbull
“The noise of the water’s quite relaxing. You get away from all the beeping, the hustle and bustle. I just come outside the hospital, sit outside next to the river. It’s nice to get fresh air when you’ve been inside for so many hours.”
![Portrait of George Galbraith](https://nhslothiancharity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/George-Galbraith-Portrait-Havens-Featured-740x470.jpg)
George Galbraith
“I like sitting there. There’s a lot of nature there actually, herring gulls and wee dipper birds.”
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Hannah Godfrey
“I didn’t know where to go and I thought ‘okay’. And it was really close. So I started from there and I walked in and I was like ‘ahhhh’ – big sigh. Got myself together and then walked back out. And I was like, ‘right, let’s do this’.”
![Portrait of Ishwinder Thethy](https://nhslothiancharity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ishwinder-Thethy-Portrait-Havens-Featured-740x470.jpg)
Ishwinder Thethy
“Once I just sit down in the sun, it’s like someone’s just recharged me. It just feels like this abundance of energy.”
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Kathy McLean
“It only takes five minutes sometimes just to have some peace and quiet, a cup of coffee on your own, and then you can go back out refreshed.”