Lakeland winter

16 Dec 2022

Like most of the UK we've been having a sudden, severe cold snap here in Cumbria. Overnight temperatures have plummeted (it was minus 10c the night before last, which is…

Another nice Sunday stroll

20 Sep 2022

Off to Ambleside this week, for a walk through countryside that's just tinged with the first autumn colour, even on a damp misty morning with the clouds looming over the…

Read Around the Rainbow: My Top 3 Non-romance Books

26 Aug 202226 Aug 2022

I love reading and will happily devour almost anything, so this month’s topic is a doddle for me. Originally I intended to talk about fiction, and some of my favourite…

A Sunny Sunday Stroll

4 Aug 2022

After a drizzly start on Sunday morning the clouds rolled back to be replaced by glorious sunshine. We jumped in the car and dashed over to Ambleside, still reasonably early…

Read Around the Rainbow: Setting Books where you Live

24 Jun 202224 Jun 2022

I chose the topic for this month’s webring blogpost, but oddly I tend not to set books in the place I currently live. I’m not sure why that is, but…

Two go to Friar’s Crag

4 Apr 2022

Saturday brought another sunny but bitterly cold morning. For the first time in ages we drove to Keswick for a walk down to Derwent Water and along the shore path…

Lunch with a view

1 Mar 2022

A couple of weeks ago we met my good friend and fellow writer Angela King (The Blood of Kings) and her husband for coffee. We chose the Windermere Jetty museum…

Two get sleeted on

10 Feb 2022

Let's go to Ambleside for our daily walk, we said. It's quiet, the weather's not too bad, it'll be nice, we said. So off we toddled. By the time we'd…

Two go for a wet walk

11 Jan 2022

We haven't had much time to get out and explore lately what with travelling over Christmas and the New Year, bad weather, and a couple of health issues. However, yesterday…

The Man in the Checked Suit

23 Oct 202119 Nov 2021

High House, Seathwaite - pic from the High House website I was supposed to be editing and formatting my latest short story yesterday, but got hopelessly side-tracked by history -…