Your kitchen might be the hardest working room in your house. It’s where you go to do everything from slaving away over the stove to tackling piles of ironing, so you’ll no doubt want this area to function perfectly. This is why effective storage solutions are a must – and plenty of them. To help […]
How much of our landscape are we?
We had a fabulous holiday in Holland and were inching our way aboard the ferry for the waterborne part of our homeward journey when it happened. The car in front of us – a shiny NL registered expensive one – was lurching and grumbling just above us on the steep ramp. Alarmingly rolling back towards […]
A ferry good way to travel… Newcastle to Amsterdam
Theoretically being trapped in a tin box with hundreds of strangers for hours on end is exactly the kind of thing to fill me with horror. No escape, no alternative and no chance of doing my own thing. And I’ll admit as we boarded the gigantic Princess Seaways in Newcastle I was somewhat apprehensive. We […]
It takes all sorts
Who’s the daddy?
It’s Father’s Day. In our house there were hand-made cards and a breakfast picnic hastily reconvened at the kitchen range because of the downpour. On social media, dads were bragging, families posting about gatherings and long-gone fathers fondly remembered. What can I add about dads, today? I miss my dad, he inspired my first ever […]