House-swap!
Photo from Visitlondon.com A few months ago I was chatting to my eldest daughter on the phone and the subject turned to her friend’s wedding in April. Lizzie and Sarah […]
Old tales and fairy stories
Let’s get it over and done with, then. England have won the Six Nations Rugby championship. Not only did they win the title but they got the Grand Slam – […]
Home
Two years ago today we moved into our new house. It was a bit of a gamble to leave the city that had been home to Mr B forever and […]
Happiness is…
Does any couple manage to live with each other for years without occasionally wanting to slap each other with a wet fish? I have to say that I was surprised […]
Mother’s Day…Mothers’ Day?
I can hardly believe it but it’s twenty years since my mother died. Alex was just three years old, while Lizzie and Katie were eleven and nine. I’m not sure […]
Saint’s day
A couple of weeks ago I was complaining about February, wittering on about the weather and what an awful time of year this is, and just look what’s happened…the back […]
On the slopes
We decided to tackle the Sugar Loaf today. Being the lazy walkers that we are that didn’t mean walking all the way up from the A40 – it meant driving […]
Hobbit Hills
The road goes ever on and on… I wasn’t going to post anything quite so soon after the Shrewsbury trip but…make hay while the sun shines, they say. Or: get […]
Crosses, bones and bridges
Moving to the country two years ago after decades of living in Cardiff brought all sorts of challenges, as you’d expect. One of the first came the week after we’d […]
Pancakes!
February is good for two things only: the Six Nations tournament and pancakes. The rugby kicked off last weekend and was what we’ve come to expect; frustration as Italy so […]
at home in the hills 