There was a raging wind outside last night and I woke up angry because so many of the leaves have now been ripped off the trees and the...

' Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. ' Proverbs 13:12 Today I had scheduled myself to write...

I scheduled in my diary to write about Capetown this week. I can't remember why I thought this would be a good time to reflect on South...

I was reading Nigel Slater's 'The Christmas Chronicles' and it put me in the mood for bonfires and winter soups. Up until that point I...

As Kenya is in the news today with regards to its questionable recent elections, it triggered a few memories that I thought I'd share...

' Burnt out ends of smokey days ...' TS Eliot - Preludes It is Autumn and there is the smell of woodsmoke in the air. It is also grape...

About 5 years ago I went on a short weekend to Paris in October. It coincided with Paris fashion week and a heat wave. It was fantastic....

Last week I wrote about Felicity, the Beetle I drove when I worked in the township of Diepsloot in South Africa. Today I wanted to...

So I was going to write a blog post about old cars, chrome bodywork, lead paint, happy car faces and luscious curves. Basically old cars...

I have a blackboard painted on my wall in the kitchen and every week I wipe it clean and start again with my lists of things to do and...

'Season of mists & mellow fruitfulness' John Keats Next weekend Loseley will be hosting the Surrey Game & Country Fair. If the weather is...

"If you are never alone with God it is not because you are too busy, it is because you don't care for Him, don't love Him and you had...

Next weekend is the utterly amazing and wonderful Goodwood Revival. ( https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/goodwood-revival/ ) My...

France - a jewel of land so close to us that on a clear day we can see each other across the water. It is the ever present neighbour who...

Here are a few of my favourites from Goodwood race course. Next weekend is the end of season August Bank holiday event which is a throw...

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." ...

'Listen attentively, and above all remember that true tales are meant to be transmitted; to keep them to oneself is to betray them.' ...

"We ate well & cheaply and drank well & cheaply and slept well & warm together and loved each other." A moveable feast - Ernest...

' The world is a book & those who do not travel read only one page. ' On my bookshelf is a slightly dog eared book of poetry by Pablo...

when California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout it's entire length. Wherever a bee might fly within the bounds of this...