A (special) day in the Kruger
During our recent holiday in South Africa, we had the pleasure of spending a week at Ngwenya Lodge with my parents (thanks again and again Mum for organising the Timeshare!), just South of the Crocodi…
Read article →The joys of flying Business Class, and why have I never done this before?!
I've just returned from a weekend away in Kent (where I was working, actually, thank you very much!)…
The Kirk of Sculls: Scotland's Most Haunting Ruined Church
Perched on the edge of a cliff above Gamrie Bay in Aberdeenshire, the ruins of St John's Church feel…
The Light at the End of the (Very Long, Very Grey) Tunnel
There's a moment, somewhere in the depths of a Scottish winter, where you start to genuinely questio…
The Ted Lasso Experience
I'm currently sitting outside the Tide Tables Cafe, on the banks of the River Thames, in Richmond, L…
The use of AI in coding - a personal view
There's no denying that the age of AI is upon us. Maybe not what purists might call real AI (as in, …
Greenhouses. You can have 'em!
As we approach the end of another moderately successful, though somewhat disappointing, greenhouse s…
It's OK to meet your heroes
Everyone knows the old adage, "never meet your heroes" as you'll likely be disappointed, but that's …
We drove almost the length of the UK, and experienced the best and worst of English roads!
English roads are something else, really. From country lanes edged with impossible-to-see-over hedge…