Susan and friend Great to see Dirty Weekend return and riding high in the collection, Bridegroom Bosses! The original book has one of my favourite covers of all time – and I have to say I love the Misty Blue of the new anthology cover – Cue tune… And thank you to all my fab [...]

I wasn’t a ‘Playschool’ presenter for nothing Have a fun day, everyone! Sxx

We’re really lucky to have Tropical World not too far from home. There has always been a fabulous selection of things creepy and feathered and scaly to see at TW, but now we have the cheeky meercats too. Well worth a visit if you live anywhere near Leeds Sxx

Hope this Blog finds you flying high – And if it’s not enough for minimus to take to the high seas I now have my oldest child planning to climb Kilimanjaro on her honeymoon – You’re right – they got my share of the courage genes. Rumours of my wedding present including a large basket [...]

I haven’t forgotten – the mail cramming my inbox for more photographs from the Clipper Round the world yacht race first training session – so here we go – I entitled this shot Freezing is Fun when what I probably meant is, Freezing is Fun? But from this shot you can see it is exactly [...]

Wishing you chocolate chilled and romance hot Sxx

Winter is reluctant to say goodbye up here on the moors – but the colours are extraordinary – almost autumnal, in some instances – and in the first picture I took at dawn you can see quite clearly how the spine of England is covered in snow again. The rest of these shots are just [...]

But first a bulletinn from our sailor – who doesn’t seem to care that it’s freezing cold and blowing a gale in the channel- But then, as dh points out (ahem, why did I miss this!) sail boats need wind! Today was great…we’re in Cherbourg channel was insane force 9 wow 50 knots wind speed [...]