Last summer, we had a very successful camping holiday in France accompanied by our Staffie Cross, which I wrote about here (Click to read)
We have now been informed that our lovely furry friend is considered to be a dangerous breed and will not be allowed into France. (more…)
How can it be right to give paedophiles suspended sentences because the prisons are too full, (more…)
We were horrified to see the looting which occurred at Branscombe this week, whilst everybody else in the area was trying to prevent damage to the coastline and to the environment.
The sight on TV of people deliberately (more…)
On Boxing Day, on the second anniversary of the dreadful tsunami in the southern hemisphere, we were also reminded of something that happened during our sailing years.
In 2003 there was an earthquake in Algeria. (more…)
As this is the night when all self respecting ghosts and ghouls come out to play, I thought it fitting to air a true ghost story:
Some years ago, on a wet and windy day in November I was driving home for lunch along a deserted narrow lane in Swansea. Suddenly a pale sickly-looking old Bassett Hound sped out of a gateway and shot straight at the front of my car.
I braked hard in a vain attempt to avoid the animal, but (more…)
When I first met my present husband, Dave, he had a book on one of his bookshelves which he had read years earlier and he recommended it to me as a good read.
It was certainly that….. very well written and a first hand account of (more…)
It seems remarkably ironic that, whilst strong protests are being made against the removal of the excellent neuro-surgery unit from Swansea’s Morriston Hospital, to Cardiff… (more…)