Gale force winds in recent weeks have brought down more trees on our favourite forest walk. It was about this time last year when we suffered a similar fate. This time there was only one tree blocking out path but it was enough to cause a major interest for the... I never thought I’d reach the dizzy heights of domesticity when I would rustle up a tray of muffins for visitors for morning coffee without a moments thought. But today was a special day as I had a visitor – a friend of a friend who has recently moved... All around the local countryside there are pink ribbons hanging on trees. This is not a symbolic gesture of support to fight breast cancer but a more practical and visible indicator of local pest control. In the main it’s to show where the local environment... As if one special day in a week wasn’t enough it’s MT’s birthday today – 30 July. Can you think why we got married the day before? I bet you can’t guess what the birthday boy got for his present either! There is so much technology in... Fourteen Years ago today – 29 July – MT and I were married. Oh how much and how little we’ve changed in that time. It’s traditional on your anniversary to exchange gifts and do something special to celebrate the achievement of marriage for... 