I’ve always been a fan of the Angel of the North as you may remember from my post and photos last year. On our way back from our holiday in Seahouses last month, we took...
The Gallery – Family
Gosh it’s been a while since I joined in with The Gallery, the photography feature run by Tara at Sticky Fingers. But, like meeting up with an old friend, it doesn’t take long before...
Guest is God at the Taj 51 Buckingham Gate
Guest is God. For those of you who have been watching the recent BBC series, Hotel India, about the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, you will appreciate the lengths the staff go to,...
Florentines, guitar riffs and the Nobel Peace Prize
Often when I do a quick round-up of my columns for the Lincolnshire Free Press, regular blog readers will have noticed that some of them have content from previous blog posts: snippets from a...
Literature in London with Books about Town
While Rory was sunning himself in Corfu with his girlfriend, Juliana, and her family, Dougie and I nipped down to London last weekend for a little break of our own. We did lots of...
Crutches, celebrations and columns
I’ve still got a couple of posts from our trip to Northumberland but I’ve decided there’s no rush to get them on here: they can keep. But I will just let you know what’s...
A perfect day in Seahouses
I was born in Whitley Bay, just east of Newcastle upon Tyne on the coast, and sometimes the urge to be near the seaside just overwhelms me. Staying on the Northumberland coast for a...
Finding the perfect self-catering property with Coastal Retreats
Living room in Salt Air, Seahouses A last-minute short break in the UK, preferably on the coast? This should be easy to find on the internet but there is so much information out there,...