A TINY TRIP TO LONDON..

It has been quite some time since I wrote anything for my blog. The whole month of May was taken up with The Bug which both I and my husband managed to go down with. We seemed to spend a lot of time huddled up in blankets and our constant companions were large boxes of … Continued



SOME RANDOM SCENES TO CHEER THE SOUL PERHAPS…

I have been unwell for the past days and am only just feeling the energy within me move in a more positive way. I do not get ill often but when I do my body really does it well! I simply collapsed and took to my bed..for days it seems now as I gaze back. … Continued



LOOKING UP…..

We spent Monday and Tuesday of last week in London. We went primarily to a concert at the Barbican. Hugh Masekela is 75 years old and I have loved his music for the past 30 years when I was introduced to him by friends whilst living in The Lowveld of Zimbabwe. Monday evening was filled … Continued



JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT THESE BEAUTIFUL DOGS!

I simply have to share these photos. Two weeks ago we took the bus from Riva del Garda to visit Gardone Riviera. The bus left rather early for a mature couple on holiday, but there we were in a bus station full of teenagers on their way to school/college. We had our backpacks with map, … Continued



MONDAY MORNING AT BIDDULPH GRANGE.

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



MY VIEW….

“ What do you see as you look out on this view? Will it make a difference if you know where it is? Will the location make it more interesting? Or do you gaze at it and simply see an arid hillside with some sort of fort/castle on the crest? And if I now tell … Continued



LET’S THINK ABOUT TEA!

My drink is admittedly more likely to be coffee…rather dark, strong, sometimes thick and always hot! However, I do enjoy my daily tea but not the usual blend drunk by the majority of the British. I have for years drunk rooisbosch tea. When we arrived in Middle Sabi, Zimbabwe we were introduced to this wonderful … Continued



BOLTON CASTLE, NORTH YORKSHIRE.

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



ANGKOR WAT.

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



A WEEK IN THE MOUNTAINS.

Everywhere I look I see mountains and today is a most beautiful day.  No clouds just blue skies and sunshine. This is Seefeld in Austria and a part of the world I have only travelled through many years ago on a trip to Greece.  We went by road in a tiny car and stopped in … Continued