Bad alliteration alert, sorry, but in other news we had a lovely time in Mid Wales recently. We hired a cottage with Sykes Cottages off the beaten track in a village called Abbey-Cwm-Hir, away from all the distractions of modern life and got back to nature. The winding roads led to my favourite husband quote… Continue reading Walking and wildlife in wet but warmish Wales
We had a lovely day out at Bodiam Castle last weekend with a dash of neurotic husband and hyperactive toddler thrown in. What I always relish is for the adult non-driver in the family to behave like a nervous wreck if you go above 30 in a 60 zone on country roads, pointing out possible… Continue reading Bedlam at Bodiam
Doubled up on the floor in my hotel room, I knew that things were getting really bad. I tried to have a shower to make myself feel better and remember saying out loud ‘hold on, hold on’ but I knew it wasn’t meant to be. I had to ring my boss then and say I… Continue reading Frankfurt Part 2
My first miscarriage happened just on the 11-week mark in June 2011. It was great timing as I was on a weekend press trip to Frankfurt with my male boss. Yay! He did know I was pregnant, which made it marginally less awkward but no less surreal. I got off the plane and into the… Continue reading Frankfurt Part 1
My Beautiful Diary of the Amazingly Mundane 