Fearlessly Attempting

One of the things I missed most when I moved to the UK as a kid was the lack of dill pickles. The lack of good food generally, come to think...

That Hadrian was a top bloke. Not satisfied with building ace stuff in Rome like the Pantheon - a building so perfect it made me come over...

A burst of sunshine in between the rainy days had me in the mood for food that tasted of summer. I started browsing the Guardian and BBC fo...

On the whole, I take a rather Dim View of big surprises.  I love anticipation - why remove so much of the fun of a situation by preventing s...

I'm sorry for the gap in posts. Sometimes I can't blog because I don't have the words or the positivity to tell you stuff. Other...

This summer started off with sunshine and happiness.  We had a wonderful family day out at Bolton Abbey, full of tree climbing, splashing in...