Well, happy new-year-new-you one and all. It’s still peachy here. You know why, don’t you? It’s because we’ve just been off for a few days of ‘sod it, it’s Christmas’ and the cold hard realities are just mustering themselves ready to pounce. So to celebrate the fact that true hostilities haven’t yet resumed, it’s time […]
Things I learned from an all-inclusive holiday
You know that really annoying advert about ‘going mahoosive’ on an all-inclusive? Yeah. I went on one though I failed to discover what mahoosive is or how to do it, I did learn a few things. This year, Boys One and Two were off with their father leaving Boy Three, The Panther and I to […]
Brougham Castle not on the hill but worth a visit nonetheless
Have you noticed how Ed Sheeran is playing in every single public space across the land? I’ve no idea how he’s done it, but he turns up in more places than Lego bricks. He was even playing on the Bull in the Archers the other day. His Castle On The Hill is brilliant – […]
Next stop… the classroom
Have you ever had a Wednesday that was doing its best to impersonate a Friday in all regards, except that there are still two full actual days to go until the weekend? That’s today, that is. Though while the weekend is a lovely place to be it does mean that the holidays are very nearly […]
A holiday less average… Secrets of the typical Brit abroad
Not quite a week and already the tan is fading faster than the sand fly bites. We’ve passed through the usual back-to-normal phases: Good grief it’s great to be home I’m on top of the world and I can do anything. I’m rested, watch me roar. How can there possibly be so much laundry? […]