After sharing my rather earnest and slightly prissy travel diaries with you this week, I showed them to my son Rory. He roared with laughter and then reminded me that he completed a travel...
A ‘Mum’s Gone To’ travel post, aged 12
You might think I’ve only been at this travel-writing lark for a few years but take a look at this scanned page from an exercise book and you’ll see that in October 1976, aged...
Review: Paul Merton, Out Of My Head Tour, King’s Lynn
It’s always a bit ominous when you set off for an evening to see a show knowing it hasn’t been particularly well-received by the critics and the general public. I’d bought tickets for us to...
Yes, your highness
When I bring supper to my son, Rory, I usually pop it on a lap tray and make sure I dodge out of the way of the telly for the little prince, muttering to...
Travelling with the Scandinavian Detectives
It wasn’t our intention to plan a summer holiday which takes in the locations of popular Scandi-thrillers but we do seem to have created a fly-drive itinerary which may well require me to adopt...
#FriFotos – Balls
An unusual theme for this week’s #FriFotos theme on Twitter, organised by @HotelPRGuy, @EpsteinTravels and @TravelDesigned: Balls. Here’s a few balls from my travels: Madrid – Museo Reina Sofia Found in the Reina Sofia...
The day Alan Shearer proved to be a thoroughly good egg.
I came across this photo recently; evidence that on very rare occasions the Burgess family can turn their hand to craft activities. It was in 2005, an Easter egg decorating competition held in a...
Latest travel round-up on BritMums
My round-up of recent travel posts is now live on the BritMums blog. If you want some inspiration for holidays then you can have a taster of Venice, Paris, Cyprus and some beautiful locations...