walking and talking

There's been much walking and talking in recent days.... The walking took us to Hampshire, where I walked the Hangers Way with Sarah whi...

moving on

Suddenly it feels like we are about to move on.  My big report has been sent into the office, admin has been finished and the work computer ...

Perfect day

The wind has dropped, the sun is shining, the sky is blue without a hint of cloud (or a vapour trail for that matter).  We were whisked away...

ten months on and life is good (all things considered....)

It's ten calender months to the day since Steve was diagnosed with mesothelioma and - at the risk of tempting fate - life is good, all t...

comings and goings.....

It's been good to have Katie at home, even for a few days, and especially so last night when she cooked us a meal!   Apart from Katie...

Easter nostalgia

If my memory serves me right, when our son Jack was small he was given a cardboard Easter egg, probably full of little chocolate eggs.  Ther...

Can't get away from it....

There we were, back virtually in the early 80s, enjoying the first episode of the latest series of Ashes to Ashes and, suddenly, we are conf...

over the hill, but far from down and out

It's official.  Steve's gone over the hill.  Not just any old hill, but Lantern Pike in the Peak District, which is just a tad bigge...