Hello, and welcome to my May Newsletter. Well, after so much rain, I've finally been able to get out and weed my garden, and now it's looking nice and tidy. My potatoes, broad beans, and peas are all up, and the sweet peas are already climbing up...
Hartland Book Festival
My April 2024 Newsletter
Hello, and welcome to my April Newsletter. Thankfully, last weekend signalled the start of British Summer Time, but I just wish someone would tell the weather! I know the English like to moan about the rain, but we've had so much...
Tregolls Review with Marcia Clayton
When I attended the Hartland Book Festival earlier this year, I met Howard Embury of The Tregolls Lodge Book Club which is based in Truro and he kindly invited me to be interviewed for the monthly newsletter, The Tregolls Review. And here is my interview. I'd like to...
My June 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my June Newsletter. I've recently returned from a lovely holiday in Kefalonia, and now I'm trying to catch up with everything. We had a great time, but it's always nice to come home, even though there's always the...
My May 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my May Newsletter. I've probably said this before, but May is my favourite month of the year, as everything is so green and fresh in the countryside. I love seeing the new shoots appear in my garden, and it's always a relief to...
My April 2023 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my April Newsletter. Since my last newsletter, I've been lucky enough to enjoy a trip to Lanzarote with our youngest son, David, and daughter-in-law, Jenny. It was so wonderful to feel the sun after such a long, cold winter....
My May 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my May Newsletter. May is my favourite month of the year because everything is so fresh and green and I love the plants that flower now - primroses, bluebells, and wood anemones. Over the Easter weekend, we went for a local walk...
My April 2022 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to my April Newsletter. I always thought the month of March was supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, but it seems to have been the opposite this year. We had some lovely warm sunny weather in the middle of the month but...