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When should children drink alcohol?

September 19, 2016 By Ellen

Now before you get all hot under the collar and suggest I’m advocating child abuse, would you like a drink? A refreshing G&T or perhaps a glass of something cold and white? You deserve one, it’s been a tough day. There’s something I’ve been struggling with. Here in Scotland, booze is a problem. It costs […]

New drink drive limit: just make it zero

December 6, 2014 By Ellen

Last night Fionaoutdoors and I caught up for a long overdue supper and news swap. It was lovely only this time something was missing. Gin. Gin is what was missing. Not gallons, just one perfect, delicious glass beaded with condensation, clinking and lemon scented. It would come before dinner and a long way before climbing […]

Me and Bridget Jones: BFF until I became a Smug Married

March 5, 2011 By Ellen

I am horrified to learn movie types are planning a third Bridget Jones movie and that Renee Zellweger has agreed to reprise the lead, but only if they let her do it skinny. On the face of it the idea of a bony Bridget is bad enough. We loved her because she looked, well, normal […]

Crazy golf: a good wander round a large room spoilt?

October 2, 2010 By Ellen

Things I learned from Boy One’s birthday celebration Different approaches can have the same result. Boy One and his friends I and R – along with Boy Two on a best behavior promise – headed to X-Scape’s Paradise Island Adventure Golf for some birthday fun. My view that adventure golf is an oxymoron did not […]