The cake was from the hotel. They have everyone's date of birth from passport records but it was still a surprise Spent my birthday on...

Starbucks (other coffee shops are available - lots and lots and lots of them!) has been serving pumpkin spice latte as a limited offer...

BLUE (& Yellow & Orange & Red) October is a colourful month in many ways. I love the "bright blue weather" to reference an old poem, as...

One thing I love about retirement is being able to go on holiday when I want to and not when my job dictates, nor my children's school...

We could have driven to the famous Bodnant Garden ... but in late May and early June they sell tickets because so many people want to see...

Following the removal of a cataract I am currently unable to drive because my eyesight and my spectactles no longer match. In the...

I hadn't factored in time to live this challenge twice - once to do seventy new things, and again to write about all seventy of them in...

This is what I've taken on, my challenge to myself, to try seventy new  things in a year means at least five, and probably six every...