Short change
1st June 2025 We had hoped that last weekend’s sunshine promised a change to more consistently seasonal (i.e. clear, dry and warm, if not...
Wait a moment
25th May 2025 It was all go on Tuesday morning, if you count hanging around and waiting all go – but as we should know after a decade in...
Winging it
18th May 2025 Believe it or not (and I lean decidedly to the latter) it is now ten years since we drove through the Monte Bianco Tunnel...
Making the cut
11th Mary 2025 As feared, the various forecasts proved correct and after a good run things changed on Monday when the weather became more...
Branching out
4th May 2025 We edged a little bit further up our learning curve this week, most notably on Tuesday morning when we came home from doing...
Sausage dog
27th April 2025 Easter Monday and a bank holiday, the first of two this past week, and more than a few of the locals, and not so locals,...
Watchful
20th April, 2025 Taking on a new dog, puppy, mature, or puppy masquerading as more mature, is a learning curve, but we had hoped it might...
A dog's life
13th April 2025 The end of our first week with Peggy and I think I can safely say it’s gone very well – or maybe it’s just that by the...
Peg o' my heart
6th April 2025 After the sunshine in Bologna last Sunday, we woke to rain again on Monday, a sign that our brief holiday was all but...
Ragù alla Bolognese
30th March 2025 Big things at last with our weekend to Bologna, but before we get there, there’s the usual nonsense to dispose of… ...
