Intergenerations…
Over the summer I spent a bit of time volunteering for Age UK a charity working with and for older people. Blown away by this fantastic project between an Age UK branch and a local school…
Blow the Fuse 25th Anniversary 1
I’ve long admired and followed the fantastic bunch of women that are the driving force behind Blow the Fuse Jazz. Ever since I was more of a nipper than I am now. So there was no way I was going to miss their 25th Anniversary gig. What a great night. […]
A wonderful week in Spain… 2
Back to Casa Granadina for a week of spring sunshine, warmth, relaxation, walking and all things good. Stopped off in Torremelinos en route from the airport for lovely meal, Â cold beer (non alcoholic). Picked up a couple of nice tees in a local mall. Arrived at Casa Granadina, the river […]
Easter musings
Interesting couple of weeks since last post. Great to have a week off over Easter to catch up with family and friends and generally be a slovenly slothy slug. Got round to bit of culture n stuff in the lead up to the resurrection. First up an interesting mix of […]
The Brown Boot of Anne 3
Had a fabulous weekend down in Hampshire taking in a walk to Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve amongst other things. An ancient Yew woodland and tree hugger’s paradise. We even ran into a marauding Saxon who’d lost the rest of his tribe (we were able to point him in the […]
Emotional Roller Coaster
It’s been a fairly hectic cultural schedule over the last week or so including way more cinema outings than I’d normally have. First off the very entertaining the grand budapest hotel – a fine bit of silliness to end a hard working week. Next up, an afternoon socializing at […]
Sizwe Banzi is Dead…
… No need to worry – we’re just talking about a most excellent play that I went to see last week. I was really disappointed to have missed this play at the Young Vic first time round, so extremely pleased to get another chance and bag tickets for the current […]
Especially for you Deb… 2
…Well since you commented that I hadn’t blogged for a while…(it’s ok for you to say you miss me you know 🙂 ). Beaut day here, spring finally looks like it’s springin’. I know how much you like to hear about our walks and associated eating. Today we walked round […]
Happy International Women’s Day…
…To all of you women out there. The spirit was very willing, but sadly the flesh very weak. Despite all my good intentions, I didn’t make it to the Million Women Rise march. Fortunately many other women did represent and march for a good cause – an end to violence […]
Dogs and clouds…
During recent meanderings around the web checking out various photo galleries I came across the bizarre and the stunning… Here’s just a little sample… Click on the pictures to see more.