France
I’ve been lucky enough to own property in France for almost 11 years. Back in 2013 I was made redundant and that summer, I invested some of the money into a small apartment. This provided…
English Countryside
We live in a town with a population of 97,000 people just north of London. Although the town is an urban area we are minutes from the countryside. What’s more we are probably no further…
Diary
When I’m travelling, I like to keep a hand written diary of the places we visit and things we do. This is partly because I tend to forget some of the finer details of towns…
Cocktails
One of the things we love to do when away is to find a suitably swanky place for drinks and most especially cocktails. I’m rather partial to a martini, a mojito or a Pina colada,…
Budapest
My plan for this year’s Blogging from A-Z challenge is to focus on my travels. Over the lifetime of this blog I’ve visited many places home and abroad. I’ve often featured photos of either or…
All sorts of problems
Life has been ticking along nicely. More than nicely in fact since I’m just back from a very lovely trip to central Europe. I’ll write more about that very soon. First though the problems, which…
Zest
I wouldn’t say I’ve completely re-discovered my zest for blogging. But I do think the blogging A-Z has helped me decide that I do want to keep on writing and creating here. The theme of…
Yesterday
“Yesterday is a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day” – Sanskrit Proverb.…
X marks the spot
Or in other words, the treasure is here. I’ve struggled to find interesting things to say over this month, what’s more I’ve found it hard to keep up. I think that’s because I’m still finding…
Valued
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” Albert Einstein This is the penultimate day of the job that I’ve been doing for the last 6 months. But also of the return…