Skiathos…how can I resist you?

In the punishing throes of the recent heatwaves we decided that it would be a great idea to get ourselves even more sunshine so booked a fly-and-flop week…

Growing and Showing

Every year in September, my home town puts on a traditional Flower and Produce Show – although it’s not that traditional as it only started in 2014. In…

Manchester on a Friday

Spent the end of last week in the excellent company of our four-year-old grandson whom we looked after for a few days as his pre-school was closed. I…

Brighton in a Heatwave

Took ourselves down to Brighton to get a dose of “proper seaside” and found ourselves in the middle of what turned out to be heatwave 3.0. Nice walk…

The Racetrack on the Roof

Been back a couple of months now after our road trip down to Turin and back. Not being much of a petrol-head myself, I was still blown away…

The original Cinquecento

Just down a floor or so from the roof track of the Lingotto is Cafe 500 where you are presented with what can only be described as one…

The Streets of Turin

We spent almost a week back in May in and around Turin, having driven down through France with our trusty caravan. We just fancied visiting an Italian city…

Every Picture Tells a Story …. don’t it?

As you will have probably gathered from the title of this site, I’m of that boomer generation with an unhealthy interest in the early music of Rod Stewart…