Last Sunday was the first time I got to spend Mothering Sunday with my mum in 28 years. Isn’t it crazy? To make it special I had booked a tour of Highclere Castle in Berkshire – the home of ‘Downton Abbey – for the two of us; mom is a huge Downton fan, she watches …
I’m still here. A little snowbound, a little frozen, burst pipes and beef stews, living a slow life with a friend visiting from sunny California… (I think she’s the happiest person in England with all this snow and cold she normally never sees or experiences!). Yesterday though we wrapped up warm and drove the short …
We got back from our half term break to find snowdrops flowering everywhere around here. It’s such a welcome sight because it really feels spring is around the corner and the dark winter days are finally over. Nature never lies. Did you know there are more than 2500 varieties of snowdrops? Mind boggling… The latin …
Yup, still alive… but what a week it has been. I can honestly say that I can’t remember last time I was so ill for such a long time and with lots of different things one after the other… First, as you know, my back just ‘went’… eventually the magic hands of the masseur at …
Day one. We arrived yesterday afternoon to blue skies… flying over the Alps is always breathtaking, I am never tired of seeing this view. The transfer from Innsbruck Airport to St Anton (Austria) is really quick, just over an hour, and before we could say are we there yet… we were there… (Hotel St Antoner …
This morning I’m writing to you sitting, not at my usual kitchen table, but crosslegged on a gorgeous milky blue/green sofa which perfectly matches the stormy sea in front of me on the other side of the window. I’m spending 24 hours with a friend in Salcombe a beautiful seaside town in the South West of …
Really good 2nd day of the year… We chartered the hotel boat ‘Horizon’ for a day around the Atoll and the weather was good today too. (Can’t say it was brilliant all the time…) (And you can tell from the boys’ body language how happy they are to pose for a photo… ‘eye roll’… do …
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This is us last night. ‘White party’ on the island (yes, you can roll your eyes… I did), they gave the boys white hats and I got a feather boa (… I was secretly very pleased… shhh) Today we snorkelled and hang out in the pool… and then No 3 had his …
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Where to begin… chronologically? bit boring but it’s the simpler way… I’m currently sitting in bed drinking coffee and facing the door to the outside of our villa. It’s open to the most luscious equatorial rain I’ve ever seen. It looks beautiful if you ignore the fact that … well… it’s a bit annoying to …
while you're ahead... 