您好 or in plain English - “nÃn hÇŽo”. Yes, the first leg of our journey North is over. We’ve arrived in Shanghai where we’ll be exploring for a few days before moving on to the main event of our trip away. There is really only one way... Instead of the usual killing time at the airport the powers of technology are letting me send my final blog before I head north. Phew what a roller coaster week it’s been. I woke in the middle of the night convinced I could hear basset squeaking. This was... Cute faces are what make the basset hound such an adorable dog. It’s easy to forget though that bassets come in all shapes and sizes. There was no denying this fact today as I was surrounded by no less than 10 basset hounds. Fortnum and Mason are going to... With all the lists, chores and things to think about I thought I might explode at one point today. My tolerance to stress just isn’t what it used to be so I took some corrective action and beetled off with the bassets to check out the spring blooms that were... Many moons ago I was a competitive long jumper. I can still remember clearly now the thrill of the sprint run up and then launching myself into a sand pit. Despite my aspirations club and country athletics was about my limit although I did win the Independent... 