Hello and welcome to my December newsletter. Well, it won't be long now until Christmas! Fingers crossed the new covid variant doesn't upset everyone's plans. I'm feeling pretty organised at the moment. It was a relief to get my third book published and be able to...
I first met this month’s guest on social media through our shared interest in reading and writing, and we quickly became friends. Amanda has written two books, “Rapid Eye Movement”, and “The Dreaming”. I have read and enjoyed the first book which is very unusual, and...
My guest today is Alex Pearl, an author living in North West London. One of his many claims to fame is that he was inadvertently locked in a record shop on Christmas Eve! Alex’s first novel was published in 2011 and is called “Sleeping with the Blackbirds”, a darkly...
Hello and welcome to my November Newsletter. I was looking back over my newsletters earlier and realised that I sent my first one out in November 2020. Where has the time gone? Last year I wrote that a vaccine for Covid was in sight and that, hopefully, there might be...
This month, I am delighted to interview Elizabeth Ducie, an author who, like me, lives in Devon. I first met Elizabeth when a magazine editor suggested I contact her for some guidance in promoting my books. Elizabeth organised a Zoom meeting and provided me with some...
Hello and welcome to my October Newsletter. What lovely weather we have had during October, but sadly the sunshine has left us now, and as I write this it is pouring with rain outside. I guess it had to come sooner or later. I've made the most of the dry...
In the absence of a holiday abroad this year we spent a weekend in Marlborough, a pleasant little town situated in the picturesque rural northeast of Wiltshire. It has a wide High Street, lined on both sides with characterful old buildings, a good variety of shops,...
During the summer, I enjoyed a trip on a 75-seater, horse-drawn barge on the Tiverton Canal, and it was such a lovely experience I thought it was worth sharing in a blog. We booked in advance to avoid disappointment but did not need to pay until we arrived to collect...
Hello and welcome to my September newsletter. I seem to be having a very busy summer this year. We have quite a big garden, laid mostly with lawns and flower beds, and keeping it tidy sometimes feels like painting the Forth Bridge. I work my way...
This is a relatively short walk of around two miles, but it includes some spectacular scenery. Hollerday Hill in Lynton is 750 feet in height, and its proximity to the coast provides views of the island of Lundy. On clear days the coastline of Wales is also visible...
Hello and welcome to my August newsletter. Well, what a difference in the weather this week. A week or so ago we were in the Lake District, basking in glorious sunshine and now it is blowing a gale and pouring with rain. This was a holiday we should have taken...
This lovely walk has magnificent coastal views and country scenery and is around five miles long. The circular walk starts at Hele Bay on the road from Ilfracombe to Combe Martin and the route is via Watermouth Cove and Berrynarbor. There are two options for parking,...