Oops! Wrong wedding and funeral

Oops! Wrong wedding and funeral

Hearing how a woman unbelievably went to a cremation she thought was for her son – only for him to turn up alive and well the following day, reminded me how I once inadvertently gate crashed the wrong wedding party. However, while I had not met met the bride,...
The missing – Madeleine McCann

The missing – Madeleine McCann

Yet another story is published today about a reported sighting of Madeleine McCann in Morocco. A woman told detectives she even recognised the distinctive fleck in Madeleine’s eye, where her pupil runs into her iris. Naoual Malhi, who alerted police about the...
Lessons for fitness

Lessons for fitness

It sounds very impressive to say let’s make our new eco towns "fit towns" to tackle obesity, but many of these proposed facilities are already available. While it makes sense to provide more cycle lanes and safer walking routes to and from school, at...
Geoff’s winter retreat

Geoff’s winter retreat

I’m tempted to book a ski holiday at Geoff’s winter retreat at Les Gets. Let’s hope there will be more snow this winter, it was pretty dire last year. I had three ski holidays before I married and found them exhilarating, especially navigating my way...