STORIES: PEOPLE
Cinque Terra
Weirdly, I quite like walking uphill. There is no denying that age, expanding girth and lack of fitness make this more of a challenge than for [...]
Out To Dinner
My hosts were in their usual good form. The food was excellent. The wine was flowing and the slow gin homemade. The conversation was about the [...]
Whats That App?
I like to think I am a woman in my prime. The evidence does not necessarily support this position. There are those that think I have [...]
What’s Up with You?
I was in a pizza restaurant dithering over what to chose. "My God," said my newest colleague. "Your eye sight is terrible. You should go to [...]
Locked Out
There are lots of apples falling off the tree in next doors garden. There is an abundance of windfalls, in my garden, that the local wildlife [...]
Biff, Chip, Kipper and Me.
My picky friends have pointed out that this blog is full of idiosyncratic spelling mistakes. I plead visual impairment! Early attempts at reading were centred around [...]
The Only Way Is Essex
Sometimes I feel like a dysfunctional travel correspondent. My tales always seem to involve the extraordinary. I've been abandoned on aeroplanes, been refused assistance at train [...]
Loos Fail The Sniff Test
I had lunch with a friend in an Italian place in Oxford Circus. We ate a good lunch and laughed a lot. As my friend got [...]