I’ve been excited about the Olympics coming to London since I leapt up and down in a car park in Milton Keynes with a colleague of mine over 6 years ago. Â I confess we absconded from a meeting to listen for the result on my car radio. It was worth the delays... 
The first time I heard his characteristically French “oo la la” I was almost suffocating under a mound of coats piled into my arms by VIPs at corporate function. Â By the time I had dumped the offending garments into the arms of one of my staff and... 
It was only after trying to explain to my seven year old nephew how I had travelled back in time over the international date and why people in New Zealand are going to bed when in London we are just getting up that I realised how much I have taken international... It’s not a fantasy that walking a pair of bassets can be a time consuming affair.  For all I might walk follow a direct path my hounds prefer something a little more meandering with occasional switch backs before concentrated sniffing effort in one place.  The... Life has a new zip and zing. Not sure if it’s the new eating regime or mounting excitement for our big trip north. Either way I’m celebrating and determined not to be disappointed if Air New Zealand laugh at my miniscule bid to upgrade under their... 
