I rest my case with Little Basset. He has been eyeing up the new garden bed every since the landscapers arrived. For a dog that loves soft sand and soil it’s like his birthday and Christmas has arrived all on one day. The fact that the bed is raised and he... The first thing I was taught to cook at school was Shortbread. I remember how mine made a wonderful frizzbee when it was finished it was so hard but beautifully shaped. That experience has always made me slightly reluctant to repeat the experience. I tend to... When I think of cycle racing it’s not the Tour de France that sticks in my mind. Not that I don’t turn into a cycling freak for three weeks a year. No, my favourite memories of cycling are watching the Milk Race cyclists zooming over Cheney Hill, Nr... Being a stranger in a foreign land can be a lonely place. I started this blog to share what our new life was like with family and friends. Little did I know then that I’d have 1001 things to say. But indeed I have. This is my 1001 Domestic Executive post... The magic of digital photography processing is a little like cooking without a recipe. Letting your creativity go wild. I wish I could say I’ve come close to getting to grips with the processing of photographic files. It’s a bewildering range of... 