Well, this is an interesting post to write. 2020 in review? How has the last year been? We know it’s been terrible. It’s been one crashing catastrophe after another and we’re finishing it with tier 4, international shunning and Brexit. But hey, we get blue passports so it’s not all bad! Let’s start this year … More 2020 in review & plans for 2021
Today’s post was supposed to be my plans for 2021 but I can sum that up in one line: I don’t have any plans. So instead, I’m going to treat you to more Christmas lights and more Dorset content: Ignite at Kingston Lacy. Back in the summer or autumn, I went to Corfe Castle. Kingston … More More Christmas lights: Ignite at Kingston Lacy
I’ve been meaning to do this post for years. Over time, I’ve picked up bits and pieces while travelling and some of them come out only at Christmas. I don’t collect Christmas decorations. I know there are people who bring back a fridge magnet or a beer mat from every place they go to. I’m not … More Christmas decorations from my travels
Santa Specials – Father Christmas and mince pies on steam trains – have been a staple of the season at least since I was a child, and for decades before that, probably. But that’s not really feasible in 2020 and so the heritage steam railways of the country have had to come up with some … More Steam Illuminations on the Watercress Line
If you read the post about my hot tub on Monday, you’ll know I went on holiday to Dorset last week. It’s no less a holiday for the fact that IÂ live in Dorset. I went to stay in a vintage-style shepherd’s hut with glorious countryside views and today I want to show you around the … More A holiday in Dorset: meet my shepherd’s hut
Last week I went off for my first holiday since the pandemic! I went glamping – glamping with a hot tub! It was third time lucky – I was supposed to have gone at the beginning of November but there was a mess-up with the dates. Then I was supposed to go right at the … More A holiday in Dorset: glamping with a hot tub
In this second “episode” of A Single Map, I’m taking my dad out for a walk in the woods. We’ve done a lot of walking this year. Headlands, several hillforts, the local thanks-Dr-Beeching trailway, around town and even a couple of fort-less hills. But woods are new. We didn’t really realise there was much in … More A Single Map episode 2: a walk in the woods
One thing I seem to have done in 2020 is switch over from liquid shampoo and conditioner to the solid variety. I have quite a lot of hair and it needs quite a lot of conditioner. There’s a reason you normally see it in plaits and that’s because it very easily gets in a state. … More Useful Travel Items: solid shampoo & conditioner
Yes, it’s the first post of December and it’s a Christmas-themed one from the bear who hates Christmas! I did a fused glass workshop! I booked it right at the end of October. It was supposed to be on Friday November 6th – yes, the second day of the UK lockdown. On the Saturday night … More My day at a fused glass Christmas workshop
I Am A Polar Bear 