I am too old for camping Last weekend we went to Silverstone for the first time. In order to gain the full Grand Prix experience, we chose to camp on the Saturday night. It meant we made a weekend of it, watched the qualifying, walked round the circuit on a gorgeous balmy Saturday evening when …
Sometimes you have to experience failure to fully appreciate success My eldest son passed his driving test this week. He went to the test centre with his instructor, so the first I knew how he’d done was when he arrived home. The delight on his face when I opened the door to him will stay with …
Toads look like frogs but it’s best not to kiss them We had a gorgeous visitor to our garden this week. He was walking along the grass by our pond. ‘A frog!’ I yelped enthusiastically (I don’t get out much). ‘A toad.’ I was informed. I’d always thought toads were big ugly looking creatures, and …
I know a lot more about the Magna Carta than I did previously It’s 800 years since the Magna Carta was sealed by King John “in the meadow called Ronimed between Windsor and Staines on the fifteenth day of June in the seventeenth year of our reign.” As I live opposite that meadow in Runnymede, …
Today marks the 6th birthday of my publisher, Choc Lit. Here are six reasons why I’m so proud (and really, really happy) to write for them. 1) They took a risk on an unknown author and made her dream come true 2) They’re incredibly professional, yet it feels more like being part of a family …