On a recent visit to Upton House, a National Trust property near Banbury, we took time out to pootle through a few of the surrounding villages in search of items of interest and once again encountered the kindness of strangers when you take the ... Read more

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to see the stage version of Yes, Prime Minister at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff. It was every bit as entertaining as the TV version. Updated and with excellent casting it seemed to appeal to all ages. &n... Read more

Life has rather got in the way of writing of late but a few weeks ago I came across a small writing competition that closed at midnight. It was already ten at night. However, it sparked a memory and I duly wrote it down, discovered it was a hund... Read more

This year Hatfield House in Hertfordshire celebrates its four hundredth anniversary. Not that we were aware of this when we planned our recent visit but it did mean we saw the exhibition of Henry Moore sculptures that have been brought in for th... Read more

Alongside a steady supply of new books it seems this year is to be one of experience prizes. After the Wales/England rugby match and an outing to the Cheltenham Gold Cup yesterday saw us at the NEC for Gardeners' World Live where there is also a... Read more

Visiting Reading recently, a town we know have known for many years, I finally remembered to pop a camera in my pocket with the aim of photographing a couple of details we had noted before. I always mean to take a camera as you never know what y... Read more

"So, have you photographed the one in town?" "Er, no," I had to confess. A few years back I sent a letter to our local paper asking for readers to get in touch if they could help with some research. The result was a call from the editor and, al... Read more

Domesday - 925 years on   I have just spent some time looking up various places on the BBC Domesday Reloaded site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday) and quite fascinating it has been, too. Back in 1986 there was a project aiming to m... Read more

We seem to be having an organised week. This happens from time to time. Appointments arranged by others come together and in between we fit such joys as the annual boiler service and so on. As we also try to match other tasks to essential shoppi... Read more

Like many other Writelinkers, I suspect, I have taken a bit of a break from writing the past couple of weeks. What with all the holidays and visitors and so on, plus the sunshine, the call of the outdoors has been great. Whilst walks and opportu... Read more