Having been put off camping by the one guide camp I attended in my youth (sorry!), I was eventually persuaded to try it again once our...

Having admitted my failure to look after my indoor plants as well as I should (and indeed to keep my little chilli alive!), I decided it...

I happily admit that although I enjoy gardens and having a nice outdoor space, I'm really not a keen gardener at all. I do like indoor...

Continuing the Detective badge (not one I'd originally thought I as likely to do!), I've read up about blood pattern analysis, blood...

...or, Detective badge part 1 (clauses 5, 7) Given the number of crime/detective books I've read in recent years, and my enjoyment of all...

Having grown up knowing a few essential phrases of Swedish for basic survival when meeting up with family, I've spent much of my adult...

Like many people, of my generation, I grew up with a few board games at home - Ludo, Monopoly, chess and draughts etc. We had a couple of...

Like so many others, my childhood imaginings about the freedom of adult life turned out to be far from the truth. Instead of indulging...

I've always enjoyed all sorts of puzzles - from jigsaws to crosswords, word searches, logic problems. When I was young, before family...

I’ve been a keen - albeit decidedly unskilled - photographer for many years, and developed a limited amount of knowledge when I bought my...

I’ve recently been listening to a recording of Moominpapa at Sea, and am appreciating again Tove Jansson’s skill in writing a story...

As I mentioned in the 'about me' blurb, I've been living with cancer for the past three and a half years. My diagnosis came completely...

Over the years, I've collected all sorts of things - and still have many of my collections around the house. From my teens, for about 15...

As one of Britain’s most well-known and popular clergy, Revd Richard Coles is a man with many strings to his bow. Famously the only C of...

I decided earlier this year to try and spend less time doodling around on social media and my phone, and more time actually reading some...

This feels like a very odd thing for me to do, as I'm not a writer and am not good with words, but I've decided to start a blog. To those...