All things wise and wonderful

BACK in the days when a tankful of petrol cost as much as we pay for a coffee today, our sunny Sunday afternoon treat was a drive out. If we weren’t aiming for the beach, our route took us north to th

“ I met Charles Dickens today, except he had clearly been so busy working on The Mystery of Edwin Drood that he had fallen asleep, so I didn’t get to speak to him!” I laughingly proclaimed to Ro when

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Pre-Covid, Kay and I were fortunate enough to take the caravan abroad for our main holiday every year, but we hadn’t done so since 2019. Although we often have a fairly good idea of where we might end

Standing amid the stalactites and stalagmites in a massive cave, we could only imagine what it must have been like for Tommy and Jeff Morgan, the brothers who discovered this spectacular system way ba

Le Doyenné, Île-de-France, France In a nutshell A small working farm and restaurant with a handful of charming bedrooms just 40 minutes south of Paris. What’s the vibe? The expansive dining room is ve