I am officially a bad mother. My son is now 21 and in all those years I forgot to introduce him to the joy of playing Pass The Pigs. This simple and very silly...
A taste of the estuary at Lympstone Manor
The end of an era is fast-approaching. Rory now has a degree in politics from Exeter University and our three years of visiting him will end next month with his graduation ceremony. I’m not...
The perfect summer evening at Sergi’s Tapas Bar, Spalding
When we were visiting Seville last autumn, I would never have imagined that a few months later we would be tucking into tasty tapas back home in our small Lincolnshire town of Spalding. Karl...
Chocks away! A perfect weekend at the Aviator Hotel, Farnborough
You know you’ve joined the jet-set when you spot a distinguished, uniformed chap at the reception desk who looks remarkably like Sully, the heroic pilot who saved his passengers by gliding his plane onto the Hudson...
Review of The Excursionist by J.D. Sumner
Newly single Jack Kavanagh….sorry, Kaganagh…..longs to visit one hundred countries and join the esteemed Travelers’ Century Club. To tick off his last three countries he books a trip to the Coronation Islands, despite travel...
A Bank Holiday weekend with a Trespass jacket
What better way to test a new jacket than to take it away on a typical British Bank Holiday weekend. There’s bound to be a wide variety of weather conditions to put it through its...
Coffee time: Review of Leysieffer Kaffee capsule machine
Just spotting a capsule coffee machine in the Solar do Castelo hotel in Lisbon last month was enough to make me feel at home. The brightly coloured pods were instantly recognisable and I’ve become adept at...
Why we’re converts to Pro Packing Cubes
My husband Dougie is the designated packer in our house. Over the years he has taken it upon himself to turn packing into an art form. Old-style rolling method Dougie’s preferred method is to lie...