A view from the Treetop Walkway, Neckertal, Switzerland, April 2024. A break from my weekly/daily routine was much needed so, on being given one and…
A stretch of coast between Saint-Guimond and la Pointe du Grouin, Brittany, France, 19 November 2023. Searing 34°C heat. A 16km summer hike from Uzès…
Cala Pedrosa on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain, 7 September 2022. In September 2022 I was lucky to return to Catalonia and to the…
A view of Grindelwald from Rauft. In early February, five weeks after having Covid-19, and two and a half weeks before the threat of war…
The Ionian Sea as seen from Agios Mattheos mountain, Corfu, Greece Here are 10 tactless things people said when my Dad was ill with metastatic…
Boisterous boys on the beach WRITTEN ON 23 AUGUST 2017 Two boisterous little boys on the beach. — My Uncle Colin (left) and my Dad…
Me as an unselfconscious toddler WRITTEN ON 16 NOVEMBER 2016 The singer Adele is reported to have said ‘I have insecurities of course, but I…
