Two visit Frogmorton Towers

3 Jun 20223 Jun 2022

This is a tease, really, because Frogmorton Towers is the fictional setting for my book December Roses so we couldn't possibly have visited it. But we did the next best…

Read around the Rainbow: Weird Research

29 Apr 202229 Apr 2022

When this topic was first suggested, I wasn’t sure I could write about it. Most of my books are contemporary, with backdrops that I’m reasonably familiar with (archaeology, old buildings)…

Fun with Printing

1 Apr 2022

I enjoyed Saturday's geli plate printing workshop so much that I ordered myself a geli plate and roller, and bought myself four tubes of paint - the best our tiny…

Two find some bonkers birds

30 Mar 2022

We had a walk along the promenade at Morecambe for a change on Monday. Chosen because it's level with benches (again, still struggling with post-Covid tiredness) and because the weather…

Easy peasy printing

27 Mar 2022

For a complete change yesterday I went to an art workshop at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. I'd seen it advertised a few weeks ago and booked a ticket…

Canals, basins, docks – and a fish on a bicycle

4 Dec 2021

Last week we spent a few days in London, on our first holiday in over two years. We were only there for two and a half days but managed to…

Two go on a sculpture trail

22 Sep 202119 Nov 2021

Grizedale Forest in the Lake District is a perennial favourite of ours. We love it because it's a huge area of woodland, heath and moorland criss-crossed by walking trails. We…

Yesterday’s Monday mystery…

14 Sep 202119 Nov 2021

I wanted to blog about this yesterday but real life got in the way. I did manage to post a mystery question on my Instagram account, though, and wanted to…

Tuesday Trip – Yewbarrow House gardens

7 Sep 202119 Nov 2021

Here in the UK the National Garden Scheme (NGS) opens up beautiful gardens around the country with the entry fees going to charity. There are now hundreds of gardens of…

Monday Mystery temple

6 Sep 202119 Nov 2021

It's been a while since I had a Monday Mystery feature on here, but this one is, if I do say so myself, a bit of a doozy! All you…