Blog: The journey so far….
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BE the change
I finished reading A Treachery of Spies, a novel by Manda Scott this week. It’s set in both the modern-day and during WWII with the plot interweaving both eras. It’s full of twists, intrigue, and deception. It kept me guessing right until the end....
Obstacles, blocks and a field full of bulls
Fridays seem to be turning into countryside walk day for me. And this week, I was doing so well. Armed with a 22-year-old library book, I managed to follow all directions on a randomly picked circular walk in Rhewl. I was feeling quite confident (okay, a bit smug)...
What’s a lamb worth?
On Friday, I put my control-freak behaviour to the test by going for a countryside walk, armed with only a blurry map from the internet. It was meant to be a circular walk around the village of Henllan. At one point, a farmer showed us to a remote path that...
Pencil, not ink
It’s Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK. And, as if on cue, it’s an overcast Sunday here in Wales with more of the same predicted tomorrow. If there’s one thing you can count on is the weather being unpredictable, especially when there’s a public holiday....
Tides are changing
As I’ve written before, moving to Wales on the eve of a national lockdown has been a life-changing event. The past couple of years has given me space to breathe, think and find myself again. Two years before the strange onset of 2020, I formed a company...
Hidden agendas and secret lists
Every Sunday morning, I go out for coffee with my husband. It started during lockdown when nothing was open except for takeaway restaurants. We decided that our ‘date day’ would be a cup of coffee by the sea no matter the weather. We’ve sat in hail,...