Reach Out and Touch the Screen

Dartmoor is a landscape that makes sense in grey, windy conditions. Dartmoor with a mother in a wheelchair in grey, windy conditions makes l...

Spending a weekend in Bristol with the lovely C, en route to Dartmoor has become an annual event. It may have started as a break in the l...

Eldest adopted niece will shortly be turning 18. Where does the time go? I can date the time when I first properly got to know her as it was...

Sometimes it's easy to forget about the hidden treasures that exist on your doorstep; or in this case, my office doorstep.

I suppose it took me a while to get used to the fact that the title of this book is a bit misleading. Olive is little more than a bit-player...

This rather wonderful story on the BBC, recounts how Tasmanian Wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop aro...

Last week was Refugee Week and having been approached by the Red Cross, this week's Book Group is a little out of the ordinary. Firstl...

J recently turned 40. Not for her the big party or formal bash; instead seven of us headed to a small villa in Brittany for a week of suns...

I didn't expect to like this week's Book Group selection, but I'm won over. The relative honesty and the analysis of his grief ...

I'm starting to think I really like G's lifestyle. Captain Pugwash is into yachts. He has his own racing yacht and has taken full ad...

Saturday, G treats me to a day out at Barry Island (and buys me a Gavin and Stacey inspired fridge magnet to remember it by). Barry is...wel...

After a last minute cancellation of plans, I find myself with a free weekend. Originally my plans for the weekend involved an Ops Social (in...

I've been delaying posting blogs because of being behind with downloading photos from my camera. Given I'm clearly not finding time ...

Annual Eurovision party time. I think it went better than last year...well being in the correct country was a good start (always helps when ...

This week for Book Group we read The Manchester Man by Mrs G Linnaeus Banks . Is it wrong that the main reason for accepting the suggestion...