I always come on-line round about now to complain about how I want summer to go on for ever. And I don't want it to end. But even I kno...

The other day we trooped along to the Espai Carmen Thyssen  in the Monastery here in (very) sunny Sant Feliu. We love our monastery, and sup...

... to the lovely guests who came for our May Spring Colours holiday. Come rain or come shine, you were terrific!

 Okay. I am now officially fed up with the weather. It feels more like February than May here in London. And in my book that's bad - re...

Gosh it's good when spring finally shows up. The skies are blue, the sun is shining and everywhere there's a riot of colour. This ha...

The WonderDog and I have just been out for a wander along the cliff tops. I've been rather busy over the weekend with lots of people com...

It's been a funny old time out here on the (not-so) sunny Costa Brava. We've had the very worst weather imaginable. On Tuesday...

Last week I was pootling around in the sunshine, feeling as though summer hadn't really gone anywhere, and could safely be relied u...

This morning we woke up to an alien invasion. Sunny Sant Feliu has been overrun by brown jellyfish - medusas , as they're known in this ...

... to somewhere where it's always summer. Tragically, I can feel summer slipping through my fingers, and I really, really don&#...

There's something about open-air shopping in the moonlight on a balmy summer night that really appeals. And when the venue is as pretty ...

I LOVE summer. Totally, utterly and absolutely! It's the best time of the year by far.  We've got into the rhythm of sum...

Last week we had a special dinner date, a very special dinner date indeed. All the planets aligned and we were offered a table at the celebr...

We've finally made it home to Sant Feliu. It was an epic adventure getting here via the Panzer Museum in Munster: 3 days in the car, mor...

This past couple of days I've been chilling, enjoying the (unusual for me) sensation of having nothing much to do. All my deadlines have...

The other day we headed off on a little pilgrimage to the ancient monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes. Once upon a (very long) time (ago) it...

Tonight, 4th January, the Royal Pages who precede the Wise Kings for the Feast of Epiphany have arrived in town. They came by sea with drums...

It doesn't have quite the same ring to it as going on a bear hunt , but on New Year's Day we headed out on a rock safari around the...

I have to 'fess up to never having been to Denmark, and to have a knowledge of that country, its language and its people that has largel...

At this time of the year we tend to go through rather a lot of vino, with friends and family dropping in, dinners, celebrations and general ...