Tuesday 18th April 2023 Guidebook: 10.5 miles My Garmin: 11.3 miles Day two of my walk to Walsingham takes me from Waltham Abbey to Stanstead Abbotts in Hertfordshire. I need…
Sunday 5th March 2023 Guidebook: 17.7 miles My Garmin: 19.5 miles I take the train to Fenchurch Street station to begin my London to Walsingham Camino on a chilly Sunday…
The foetal curl of your spine And your silky, floppy head Warm in my hand. Slate eyes blinking open, unfocused, Onto the blur of the world, You hiccup and yawn…
The best part of my day is in the early morning. I got into the habit of rising early when the children were small. It was the only time I…
I visited a nuclear power station last week. We were on holiday in Suffolk, and the weather was uninspiring. Being science geeks, we headed to Sizewell B to check out…
D’you ever feel like you’ve got knots in your life? Not nice, tidy functional knots like the ones Boy Scouts tie. I’m thinking about big, gnarly, lumpy knots. The sort…
I had other plans for that day. The baby wasn’t due for another two weeks. It was a Saturday morning, and I was going to take Jerome and Verity, aged…
I have just published my first book, thanks to Covid 19! 2020 has been a year of challenges for us all. It has been a year of dealing with disappointment…
Whose fault will it be if Christmas is cancelled this year, the Government’s or the people’s? I keep seeing memes like this on social media. Trying to apportion blame for…
“I teach people to let themselves be creative” – Julia Cameron Several months ago, just before the Coronavirus lockdown, my coach Rosemary suggested I have a look at “The Artist’s…
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