A little over a year ago, Cam and I experienced our first taste of open water swimming - he had been talking about it for a while - I was...

Last post I mentioned our 'last' meal in Sweden, as we had suspected that we wouldn't be staying anywhere else that had a restaurant...

The day arrived - Wednesday 14th August 2024. Following the delay in getting holiday booked, we had missed the opportunity to get a ferry...

Last Christmas, a casual invitation to visit my husbands cousin in Sweden, turned into a plan for our first European tour in the...

(or the controversial issue of Neuro-divergent self-diagnosis) As a teacher, we are involved in the diagnostic process of pupils with a...

Earlier this year, Mr W and I went abroad for the first time in about 6 years. It had been so long for a few reasons – expired passports,...

I was quite an avid reader as a child, I have early memories of reading Welsh story books while listening to audio versions when I was in...

So my list of blog post ideas that I go to when I am short of an exciting and inspiring post, includes the example ‘share your morning...

I love the out of doors, in my fitter days I enjoyed long walks in the countryside and have frequently visited Snowdonia and Scotland to...

Subverting genre This year, Mr W and I have made a promise to ourselves to say ‘yes’ more to activities outside work. As a consequence of...

If I had to choose, I think Autumn would be my favourite season – there are quite a few things that I love about autumn. Firstly, and...

It is a genuine question – I would be very interested to hear what other people do to relax, but also how do you make yourself relax? I...

Last week I told most of the story of our week in Corfu. This week we are going to get to the end. So on the Friday evening, our amazing...

Those of you who read the blog regularly will know that I have had a tumultuous 27 months, having been diagnosed with a brain tumour in...

Publishing day began with a spectacular start. An early morning beach yoga session with Gemma the author. It was calming and invigorating...

**Contains spoilers** I have long been a fan of Max Brooks’ Zombie books – having been gifted the Zombie survival guide around 15 years...

First drafts A glimpse of my novel WIP, what follows is the opening chapter I originally wrote, that I have since cut from the work. She...

Answer - partially - of course it can be full time: writing will take up as much of your time as you give it; it is a hungry beast that...

Regular readers of this blog will remember that I have done a small review of ‘The Girl with all the gifts’ by M.R.Carey in a previous...

I have finally managed to get back to it. Thanks to an email from an ex-student friend, giving me a bit of purpose, and seeing a friend...