Dropping in to brush the dust off my blog and wish everyone (if you’re still there) a happy and improved 2024. I had to make some changes ...

I have started to reserve Saturdays as a day off, otherwise I'm working every day without a break, which isn't particularly good for...

I realised today that I was in danger of missing my favourite month of the year; May for me is like Christmas - I cannot wait for it to arri...

I ventured out for a short walk this morning, as although the snow was falling it is due to rain later and as I write, there is a steady, we...

  For the first time since moving into the cottage over ten years ago, I have a functioning front room. There are many reasons why it has re...

The first day of a shiny New Year seems as good a time as any to crank this old blog back to some kind of wheezing life. The Old Year was a ...

Last month Jean-and-Brian-next-door invited me out for an afternoon of sight seeing, namely Glansevern Hall and Gardens , over the Shropshir...