I just got to Minnesota after most of a sunny week in Wisconsin on my World Tour of the American MidWest. Wisconsin was a blaze of beautiful spring colour. At least it was inside the Mitchell Park Domes – it’s pretty much grey and brown everywhere else.

Although, to be fair, it was very [...]

No photos for a while because we’ve been busy, me and the cats…

Two years ago almost to the day a couple of friends and I hiked the West Highland Way – a 95 mile trail from Glasgow to Fort William. One of the friends had knee trouble and missed 40 miles of the walk. Last year we took a day and hiked over Rannoch Moor [...]

Such a blaze of colour in the park today. I wonder if the bee felt similarly overwhelmed – she was the only bee out there…so many sweet things to choose from…where to start?

I may have mentioned before – but hopefully not more than a dozen times – how much I like my lifestyle. 12:15 I was having a cup of tea and thinking “It’s ages since I’ve been to the seaside”. 30 minutes later I was on the train.
And since most people aren’t stupid enough [...]