Things that happen in a small village
I’ve lived in rural places before, just a bit out of the village, certainly isolated. But for the last 20 years I’ve been a city dweller, which has its benefits, […]
Spoilers in the Sea
I’ve always been tempted by the sea. To look at it, to walk by it and to feel it. Being a kid of the 70’s and 80’s I’ve been subject […]
The Wild Side…
I’d decided that 2017 was the year of ‘getting in, or being on the water’. Last year I thought about wild swimming a lot. I blogged about it too, so […]
A nice day out. A throwback story
Today reminded me of my life a few years ago. Watching a mum on the bus heading into town I was transported back. Back to a time when I had […]
On being a virtual wild swimmer…
I’ve always been interested in wild swimming (but in those days it wasn’t called anything as grand) as a child I’d get in the sea, a freezing Lakeland stream and […]
New things to appreciate…
We have been living in the country now, in deepest darkest Devon, for over a year. This time last year we were trying to figure out how things worked and what the new normal was…
Crystal Tipps and the Tiny Tent
We haven’t managed to get a family holiday this year. We are both working full time and amusing the boys in-between, with a bit of help from a child-minder, holiday […]
Not on the list…
Not that I’m ever one to jump on the band wagon, who am I kidding, I am completely one for jumping on the band wagon and following whatever trend is […]
Rolling through the seasons…
We are 6 months into our adventure. That makes it sound like deepest darkest Peru, it’s not, it’s Devon. Mind sometimes it does feel like a foreign place. Folks said […]
On Not Hot Air Ballooning…
I’d been on one of those training courses where they liken athletes to business people. Successful athletes imagine the sweet taste of success, what it feels like, how they look […]
