After spoiling my son for two whole weeks over the Christmas period, the time came on New Year’s Day to return him to university: cue motherly sobbing and gnashing of teeth. His exams were starting
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 girlfriend,
Rhine-Main Cruise with Emerald Waterways: Miltenberg, Würzburg and Bamberg
After Rüdesheim our ship left the Rhine to join the River Main on its way upstream towards the Main-Danube canal. The final three days of our Emerald Waterways river cruise became a bit of a
Rhine-Main Cruise with Emerald Waterways: Rhine Gorge and Rüdesheim
Rheinstein Castle Our Rhine Cruise with Emerald Waterways began in Amsterdam with its first stop being Cologne. The ship, Emerald Star, took us upstream where the scenery of the Rhine Gorge was showcased in style on a
Taking a walk on the South Bank side
The London Eye Ever had a day in London where you try to pack too much in? You choose attractions which are in different locations then spend your whole time negotiating the city’s underground system,
The finer things in life at Sandals Royal Plantation Hotel
“Underneath the mango tree me honey and me….” Honey Ryder emerges from the warm Caribbean sea onto the shore in Jamaica wearing a white bikini, a knife at her hip and carrying two pearly pink
Taking a close look at Beaches Ocho Rios and Beaches Negril
Island Routes Catamaran As a family we have had several beach holidays but usually in the Mediterranean or the Canaries. We never thought it would be worth travelling further than Tenerife in order to experience
Rhine-Main cruise with Emerald Waterways: Cologne
We said goodbye to Amsterdam from the comfort of the on-board swimming pool, moving effortlessly along the Lower Rhine. The flat landscape reminded me of home in the Fens: big skies, broad sunsets and those endless