The mist of jetlag is lifting and Steve and I have a quarantine-window view of the surrounding apartment towers as well as a filthy...

It’s been a busy week trying to fit in as much as possible. Monday the landlords arrived to do a 20-point inspection of the flat so I had...

Hello! This coming Sunday, 18 October at 9.00am (UK time) I'll be doing a live interview on the Facebook site, We Love Memoirs. If you'd...

Glorious autumnal walk along the Thames Path from Kingston Upon Thames to Surbiton, yesterday morning.

STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE - between Twickenham & Teddington Home of Horace Walpole, son of England's first Prime Minister.

(This post is also on my FB page. Not everyone is on FB, so apologies if you have already seen this.) A few days away at Bridget and...

While our tour around the Lakes District stopped at the Honister Slate Mine and others wandered around, I got talking with our tour...

I was in the queue for coffee at the busy Euston station when my phone pinged. An email. I saw Singapore Airlines pop up in the first...

Our pick-up stop was the last on the bus tour we had chosen today and we took the last two seats available. It was a tour of 10 lakes in the

Dinner last night in the Lily Bar and Pub was delicious. Ham and leek pie for him and summer risotto for me. Mine was full of broad beans,

I can’t believe how quickly it has turned into autumn. This morning it was 12 degrees heading out to the supermarket and to have coffee...

It’s just on 26 hours for UK and 15 hours for New Zealand before Kindle downloads My French Platter to your devices. Some here in the UK...