Last weekend we went to visit our besties, P, A, S & A, down in lovely Dorset. Whilst the welcome was warm, the weather was cold. Reall...

Happy New Year! Gosh it's hard to believe that Christmas and New Year's Eve have been and gone. It all sped by so quickly. W...

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...

I love Hay-on-Wye. It's totally my kind of town. Mr B and I are in the habit of going there on a fairly regular basis to shop, shop,...

Now I have to 'fess up to feeling a tad proprietary about the bluebell. You see I was born at the end of April, when, as my mother stil...

Once upon a very long time ago  snuff was all the rage. It started with the indigenous tribes of Brazil, and was carried back to the Old Wo...

Work on Beaumaris Castle, the castle on the fair marsh, started on 18 th April 1295 … and they still haven’t got the place finished. It...

Now, at the risk of leading people to believe that I've morphed into a vampire, who only ventures out a night, I have to 'fess up to...

Do you ever go out for a moonlit stroll? Do you like to wander solitary beneath the stars? It's one of those activities that you could...

I'm all cosy and snug with my nearest and dearest here on the Costa Brava. Our tree is up, our presents are wrapped, the turkey is stuff...

Here's to the golden aura of a Sant Feliu sunset. It's a precious moment when the sun disappears leaving the warm glow of its ray...

The Basilica of Sant Feliu is an ancient place, a very ancient place indeed. It’s an older church than the Cathedral of Santa Maria on top ...

On Friday morning Emi, the WonderDog and I blew town super early (in the wagon and rolling by 4:15 a.m.) on our way to Ireland. I’m not su...

If there's one flower that really makes my heart sing it's the wild field poppy. Here on the Costa Brava there are millions of them,...

The other day Emi and I were in Pals. We hadn't gone there for anything in particular. It had just occurred to us that it would be a goo...

Do you like to climb mountains? I love, love, love the mountains. In an earlier pre-being-a-mum incarnation I used to do proper climbi...

Do you know the Beatles' song the  Octopus's Garden  ? It's a real classic. Well here's the thing: I think I've found ...

Our local airport, here on the sunny Costa Brava, is Girona-Costa Brava Airport . It opened in 1965, but only had modest numbers of passenge...

The other day I had to go down to Barcelona for a meeting. As luck would have it the venue was just beside Barcelona's totally sensation...

... from the snowy mountains of Andorra. Emi striding out with Victor, his ski instructor at Vall Nord We're celebrating Easter wi...