... and the sky is grey. Surely it can’t be autumn already! It’s still too warm and yet the leaves are falling in the park and creating a...

Steve was thrown out the door at 11am this morning. Into the arms of flatmate (across the hall) Richard who was taking him off to play...

I’m nervous and excited to tell you my ebook, My French Platter: A Journey to a Dream Life in France is now available to pre-order. I’d...

We are sweltering here with Saharan winds and, it feels like, Saharan temperatures, sweeping the lower part of England! It is 37 degrees.

RHS WISLEY - beautiful gardens, cafes and shop

I love figs cut in half, drizzled with a little balsamic vinegar, a good pinch of brown sugar, then roasted until they have softened.

Now I know why sheep skip and leap about once they have been shorn.

Seven Dials is a convergence of seven streets in Covent Garden. At the central roundabout is a column bearing six sun dials.

The decision to stay in London rather than return to New Zealand was made as we hadn't finished our travels and we wanted to do more.

I had booked us into see the small Derek Jarmin exhibition at the Garden Museum. The museum was created from a deserted church.

Yesterday we had a wonderful day trip to the New Forest and the very picturesque village of Beaulieu

Fantastic fly over Teddington at 5pm yesterday of the Red Arrows and the French Air Force - without the red, white and blue smoke. ...