Time for another round-up of my latest column pieces for the Lincolnshire Free Press. Vegetable patch is full of surprises You might remember I wrote about our new raised bed in the garden and...
Can you spot the Easter Bunny?
He’s hiding behind that tree… One of the many sculptures spotted at Burghley House, near Stamford in Lincolnshire, which we visited on a glorious Good Friday. I’ll do a separate post about the gardens in...
Christmas columns and a stonking good cheese
Christmas Eve and it’s raining and windy – how very annoying of the weather not to be bright and dry and a bit chilly. The boys are both out – Rory is at his...
A summer together
I don’t know why I’m sitting inside typing. It’s a lovely day out there and I really should be making the most of it: at the very least I should have some washing on...
Six of one and half a dozen of the other
It seems ages since I’ve updated my blog. I still want to write more about our trip to Helsinki but while I’m working on those posts, thought I’d share my column pieces with you....
Magnets and music, birds and books
It’s been a busy few weeks since we had our little trip to Yorkshire just after the Easter weekend. I still have lots to write about our stay in Bridlington – blog post imminent. Rory...
Fond memories of Jackie magazine
“I’m scared! Mind if I hold onto you?” A suggestion from the Jackie Annual 1980 on small talk worth trying on a boy in the cinema. The article was titled ‘Boy Calendar – where...
Step away from the computer!
I am sitting at the computer trying very hard to ensure my posture is correct. For the last few weeks I have been suffering from a trapped/pinched/displaced/blummin’ painful nerve in my spine which has...