TRAVEL

Making Hay while the sun (hopefully) shines

Making Hay while the sun (hopefully) shines

26 May to 4 June Hay-on-Wye, Wales The Hay Festival is one of the world’s top literary festivals, staged in the small town of Hay-on-Wye on the Wales-England border. This year the Hay Festival i ...
Celebrating a French home owning oddesy

Celebrating a French home owning oddesy

Our eight year French home owning adventure began with the first of many voyages from Portsmouth on Brittany Ferries Normandy and Mon St Michelle. It was April and we were responding to a long standin ...
A walk around Windsor Castle

A walk around Windsor Castle

We have all been privileged to see images of Windsor Castle on our television screens and to follow the amazing restoration of the State Rooms after the devastating fire that took hold and destroyed m ...
Investigating the Crimefest

Investigating the Crimefest

Tina Foster turns detective The annual festival of crime writers and readers is to take place in Bristol at the Marriott hotel between 18th and 21st May. Having attended last year we at the Mature Tim ...