Our Shine 2011 moonlight walk

Our Shine 2011 moonlight walk

I joined a charity half-marathon through the streets of London at the weekend to raise funds for Cancer Research UK in support of their  Shine 2011 fundraiser. I walked alongside scientists Julie Barnes and Wendy Alderton from Abcodia and their friends. I believe...

Flatford Mill and pylons

I was impressed straight away when we set off yesterday from Manningtree Station for our walk to picturesque Flatford Mill in Constable Country as a new single storey car park has been built for commuters since I was last there two years ago, and it was virtually...

Benjamin Britten’s Aldeburgh

I have just spent the most wonderful few days in Aldeburgh with a dear friend and kind, generous hosts. It’s an annual retreat and point of reunion for Heather and myself, a former nurse from Cambridge who now lives in London, and plans to uproot to Somerset. We...