Hello, and welcome to my November 2025 Newsletter. At the end of September, Bryan and I visited Porto, which is the second-largest city in Portugal. I must confess, it's a city I'd never heard of, although since mentioning our visit to friends, it seems it's...
Hello, and welcome to my October Newsletter. What a lovely summer we had this year, followed, in Devon at least, by weeks of rain that didn't seem to know when to stop. However, we couldn't grumble because the gardens were in desperate need of rain, so...
Hello, and welcome to my September Newsletter. It was my birthday in August, and Bryan and I had planned to spend a couple of days with our youngest son, David, and his wife, Jenny, in South Devon. However, they were both quite...
Hello, and welcome to my August Newsletter. As I write this, it's drizzling outside, and the garden is loving it. After the heatwave, everything was parched, and I was tired of watering, but now the lawn is recovering, and the plants are...
Hello, and welcome to my July Newsletter. Well, June was quite a rollercoaster of a month for Bryan and me. As regular readers will know, we put our bungalow on the market in early January, hoping to move to somewhere with a smaller garden. We...
Hello, and welcome to my June Newsletter. I've recently returned from a lovely holiday in Corfu, where we stayed in a peaceful resort called San Stephanos. It was beautiful and ideal for a relaxing holiday. The photo is of another picturesque...
Hello, and welcome to my May Newsletter. I had hoped to be writing this newsletter from our new home, but I'm afraid we're still waiting for a moving date. Everything seems to be progressing well, and we expect to hear more in the next week or two,...
Hello, and welcome to my April Newsletter. I was pleased when the clocks changed last weekend and signalled the start of British Summer Time, which is always welcome with the lighter nights and longer days. However, when I looked back at my...
Hello, and welcome to my March Newsletter. Hello everyone, I hope you are all keeping well. In North Devon, we've had some lovely weather during February, with cold, frosty mornings and fine sunny afternoons, but I'd much rather have that than endless...
Hello, and welcome to my February Newsletter. Well, the new year started with a lot of storms again, and we lost yet another fence, but for the last few days, the weather has been lovely here in Devon, and I've even made a start in the...
Hello, and welcome to my January Newsletter. Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas as we did. Our eldest son, Stuart, and his wife, Laura, came to us for Christmas Day, and we had garlic mushrooms for a starter, then...
Hello, and welcome to my December Newsletter. I've recently returned from a family holiday in Lanzarote. We had a lovely time and it was wonderful to feel the warmth of the sun, but it was a bit of a shock to come back to snow and ice after enjoying 30+...