May 30, 2025 | Personal, Travel
2 weeks in Canada in May has meant 2 springs as the British spring is much earlier than the Canadian one. This is great for me because it is my favourite season of the year. This trip was a good chance to catch up with friends and family although the main objective...
Mar 26, 2025 | Personal, Travel
We celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary with a week away in Cornwall. It was rather wonderful – the highlights being a great place to stay, amazing weather and great walking. We based ourself in Port Isaac at Seacroft with its spectacular views of the sea...
Apr 10, 2023 | Personal, Travel
Annalie came to visit England from New Zealand in April – her first visit post COVID and her first visit in 5 years. She travelled with her son Erik and they stayed at her parents house in Ivybridge near to Plymouth in Devon. We’d arranged that I would...
Mar 25, 2023 | Personal, Travel
Paul’s birthday weekend away this year was to Sunnybeck Cottage in Giggleswick, Yorkshire… I’d booked it ages ago and the booking ended up falling during COVID and got cancelled… I rebooked and kept my fingers crossed and thankfully we made it...
Nov 17, 2022 | Personal, Travel
What was supposed to be a long weekend away in Yorkshire for Paul’s birthday this year turned out to be almost a week away in November instead. The rescheduling was due to Dad’s triple bypass and my journey across the Atlantic in February so it was...