Thank you so much to Lou at Waggy Tales Book Review & Dog Blog for her review of my latest book, Pups on Piste – A Ski Season in Italy. In summary, Lou says; “Pups on Piste is a humorous and incredibly informative factual account of the family’s exploits in a small Italian resort, wellContinue reading “Waggy Tales Dog Blog: Review of Pups on Piste – A Ski Season in Italy”
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A Lockdown Lesson for the Environment as Earth Day Turns 50
“He is much more happy that at ease contemplates the universe as his own, and in it the sun and stars, the pleasing meadows, shades, groves, green banks, stately trees, flowing springs and the wanton windings of a river, than he that with fire and sword disturbs the world, and measures his possessions by theContinue reading “A Lockdown Lesson for the Environment as Earth Day Turns 50”
Living the Dream in Lockdown – Our First Month in Italian Isolation
I vowed always to be honest in my blog and not to pull any punches. Our ‘dream’ lifestyle has many advantages, but it is not always sunshine and rainbows. Living the Dream in Lockdown has not been too bad, but three weeks in, I did have a little wibble.
A Life Without Ligaments – And How to Avoid It!
“Most of the All Blacks don’t have A.C.L.’s (Anterior Cruciate Ligaments).” This was the advice given to me by the orthopaedic surgeon. At the time, in the early 1990s, he also advised me that recovery from the surgery to put things right would be worse than the injury itself; that he couldn’t reproduce the functionContinue reading “A Life Without Ligaments – And How to Avoid It!”
World Wide Walkies 