What makes the perfect summer?   Does anyone else feel the same as me? That this is our first proper summer, after two years of hell.  I’ve been thinking about how my summers used to be pre-Covid.  But also just how much I’ve come to appreciate so much more, the basics in life, like going

Fffffffff….goodness sake…. Fundraising for cancer research, Rachel is in training for her challenge this year – the London Marathon in October.  For those of you who don’t know, she puts herself through hell every so often to raise money for Cancer Research UK.  And just to add a twist, she often picks up the baton

2023 and all that…. Well we finished our season in Torbay in fine style with that cracking weekend at the Derwent hotel in Torquay. And then we thought …..might as well start as we mean to go on.  So, our 2023 season begins with a fabulous weekend at the Derwent ‘s sister hotel, the Carlton

Sun, sea and skittles… We love Bournemouth.  It’s not difficult to work out why it became such a famous resort.  Seven miles of soft yellow sands, turquoise seas, a beautiful Victorian pier and a great climate.  Hence more than five million tourists flock to the town each year.  Actor Christian Bale went to school here,