Karen (Richard’s sister) came to visit for two weeks. It was great spending some time doing the touristy London things and best of all was going to see some theatre shows at last!We saw Spamalot which was seriously funny, and Wicked which was just spectacular.The photo at the top was taken in St James park [...]

On one of the clearer days (apart from the minor shower) we headed out to Yetholm Mains for a walk in the hills. We did part of St Cuthbert’s Way and a little of the Penine Way but mostly just explored the hills in the sunshine. I landed up going to Scotland to get a [...]

Well, the photos I landed up look pretty summery, but most were taken while wearing a raincoat! We were quite lucky with the weather for most of the visit, but it still made coming back to London feel like returning to the tropics.

The picture above was taken at the main ceremony of the Melrose Festival, [...]

I took a week off work to join my folks with the family up in Scotland. It was a great idea to go by train - so much less stressful than flying and such beautiful scenery…This is Boris looking out at Newcastle, and below is the view of the sea close to Berwick-on-Tweed.

My folks arrived on Saturday for a weekend in London before heading up to Scotland. I had this brilliant plan of taking them to see my lunch spot at St James’s Park, but didn’t think about the HORDES of people that would be around for Trooping the Colours.

From wikipedia “Trooping the Colour is [...]