But of all the great things I got to see and do last year the highlight has to be our luxurious safari in Botswana. Magical, amazing and many other superlatives. Starting with four fabulous days exploring Cape Town and further afield, we then flew to the first of our safari camps - Moremi. This game park is situated in the eastern Okavango Delta.

I don’t know about you but I couldn’t live without my girlfriends. We just seem to talk about EVERYTHING, solve problems and have a naughty laugh which we might not do with our husbands/partners. I'm blessed with some pretty special women in my life, dating back to Auckland days and also from my time overseas. Sometimes you just want to hang with the girls, so recently four of us from our Walkie Talkie group disappeared for a great weekend away in the New Zealand town of Whan

If you're a Francophile like me, you'll love Anna Bibby's entertaining story in this glossy-paged and beautifully photographed book. I...