In a few short weeks our lovely daughter, Katie will be marrying Hamish. They have known each other since university and the next stage of their journey is soon to begin. They have planned and organised this day between them. Katie has tried on many wonderful dresses, some of which I had the pleasure of … Continued
Monday is my day off. No massage and no yoga classes to teach. Once upon a time I massaged every week day and then I began to get older….and wiser! I now have a good balance of work and taking time to rest and enjoy breathing into space that I, with support and help from … Continued
Oh dear..boots stuck! A little while ago I wrote about our trip to North Yorkshire back in September of last year. This is another glance at that most beautiful part of the world. On one of our days out we decided to take a trip to Bolton Castle which is situated in Wensleydale. Now, many … Continued
I was perhaps fourteen years old and we lived in a large Victorian terraced house in Durham City. Every Sunday my Dad would buy various newspapers and each one would have a ‘colour supplement’. It was not actively encouraged but I do remember papers scattered about for all to read and look at. I was … Continued
It occurred to me recently that I have never written anything about our father Bill Gillson. I believe this is because he was such a ‘big’ character in the Durham area and it seems like an equally ‘big’ task to write about him. He passed away eight years ago, only weeks before my fiftieth birthday … Continued
I have spent quite a lot of my life moving….from house to house, from country to country… To be very honest I have lived in this house for a long time but my early years were spent packing and unpacking as we moved to a various parts of Durham County. Our mother became the absolute … Continued
Last week I wrote a post about our trip to Ironbridge. This week our friend Phil, who came with us, popped by with his photographs and is very happy to share them. What you see below belong to Phil and show how beautiful Ironbridge is…my thanks to him.
The weather was to be good. Monday is my free day and a lovely friend of ours has always wanted to visit Ironbridge in Shropshire. Plenty of water for us and the dog. We collected Phil and off we went. Ironbridge and the River Severn. Ironbridge is now a very beautiful town situated in a … Continued
Last week I had reason to go back to the North East. I was visiting my sister and brother-in-law. The trip was rather unexpected and I was there to support them rather than it being purely a social trip. The feel was, therefore, very different to my normal jaunts back to the land of my youth. My sister, Sue … Continued
Mothers and daughters are an interesting mix…. so much goes on and so often what goes on ends up being at the least tricky and at the other end of the scale just downright destructive! Yoga encourages us to live in the moment and I truly do work towards that daily, BUT there is always … Continued
