It seems such a simple thing, leaving the house.  Mornings now are a little slow to say the least, after waking every hour or two during the...

A 'babymoon' is a newfangled term for a relaxed getaway for expectant parents before the baby arrives.  I am not sure our trip to Pe...

I'm sure all of us at some point have thought about how nice it might be to have a holiday home.  Maybe if we win the lottery .  Back in...

This week I started a new job!  This is quite a change, after nearly 8 years in my old one.  I am still working for the university, but in a...

Firstly, a pictorial whistle-stop tour of what we got up to on the rest of our trip to West Wales at the start of the month.  We stayed agai...

Where did the summer go?  September always seems to arrive sooner that I anticipate.  I've had a few weeks (well-deserved) time off work...

At the start of August some friends from London invited us to stay with them in Devon for the weekend at an Airbnb they'd rented.  I kno...

A day after my graduation, Chris and I packed up his car (I am still car-less) and we drove west into the Brechfa forest area of West Wales....

This year is really hurtling along for me.  In the past three weeks I've been to Devon on a hen weekend, to London on a work trip - oh, ...

The last month has been very busy work-wise, which is why I was so behind in posting about my Devon adventures.  I've traveled a little ...

I promise this is the last installment of the Devon trip!  We didn't end up leaving Burgh Island until a little later than anticipated,...

More time travel again today, as I try and catch up with writing about adventures that occurred a whole month ago!  The day before my 40th b...

As promised, here are more photos from my Burgh Island Birthday Bonanza experience!  Better late than never.  The weather forecast was shock...

I am playing catch-up with my blog posts, but it's always better to start at the beginning.  Before our visit to Burgh Island I booked a...

Last week I turned 40 years old in style, by spending my birthday with my husband at the incredible Art Deco extravaganza that is Burgh Isla...

It was a drizzly, misty Monday morning at the estuary in Laugharne, West Wales.  There's a short walk from the sleepy town that loops pa...

It's all about the birthdays!  I've just begun a whole 11 days off work.  Yesterday was Chris's birthday, and I am turning 40 ye...

This year I celebrated Valentine's Day with afternoon tea with my mum, and sister Louise at a beautiful country house run by the Nationa...

Between Christmas and New Year's, I had a weekend in London visiting friends with my husband.  We had a day to ourselves on the Saturday...

The Autumn colours have been particularly spectacular this year.  Here in the Rhondda, the landscape has looked more like North America in p...