I know some of you (Kelloggsville?) have been wondering what has happened to the expert advice gleaned from The Household Physician 1874 (updated 1907). You may recall I shared the good doctor’s wisdom in the following...
Son’s Travel Diaries – aged 10
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...