We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us. Venice crept into my affections on a hot summers day over 5 years ago. I had...

" Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days ... in whose light everything seems divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God."...

Psalm 42:7 (Amplified Bible) Roaring deep calls to roaring deep at the thunder of your water sprouts; all Your breakers and Your rolling...

Every year as we approach the longest day of the year, Chilworth Manor opens its gardens for 3 evenings of summer parties now known as...

This is one of my favourite photos that I've stumbled across this year. It is my idea of a little piece of heaven on earth, a magical...

Summer brings with it the very best of Britishness. There are a multitude of village fetes, fairs, produce shows, and ever since the...

'Wander a whole summer if you can ... time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening it, it will definitely...

"At the back of our brains, so to speak, there was a forgotten blaze or burst of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the...

'From the outside, the world of Polo seems almost impossibly glamorous: a private elite club of millionaires and royals, of champagne...

"Everybody needs beauty ... places to play in and pray in where nature may heal & cheer and give strength to the body & soul alike." ...

With a May Bank Holiday on the horizon this weekend and the leaves now on the trees, our green and pleasant land is furiously growing its...

This week I'm talking about creativity having been inspired by the Wisteria bush at Loseley which is just about to show off it's perfumed...

Easter for me means new birth, whether that is as seen in the natural world around me, daffodils, cherry blossom, spring bunnies, Easter...

I was out walking my brother's dogs, Poppy & Biscuit, last weekend and was delighted to see my first bluebell. There I was meandering...

The annual Oxford/Cambridge boat race on the River Thames.