This week was a week of firsts: I met a Dame – a proper one, with a badge and everything (I presume there was a badge somewhere, I didn’t actually get to see one). I saw a musical comedy about plotting pensioners, where the old women were played by old(ish) men; and [...]
Having recently discovered I shared a liking for hiking and all things outdoors with my Dad, he pointed out that he'd always had an ambition to climb Mount Snowdon in North Wales. “No problem, I can do that,” I said figuring that if my old dad at 75 could do it then [...]
I’m on my way to visit a friend – she’s got a double fractured leg, has been shut away in her house for weeks and gone through numerous casts, boots and hospital appointments. As I walk through the door she glows. That sort of ‘life is good, I’m happy, healthy and in-the-flow’ [...]
So, I am gridlocked in a traffic jam on the M25. Stationary. My Sat Nav says I am going to be nearly two hours late for my arrival in Eastbourne – and I feel a tad stressed. I call my friend (hands free!) – not quite how I had envisaged my first [...]
