1. I spent several years as an officer in the British territorial army. 2. In that capacity I once, (accidentally I should add), machine-gunned a sheep which was hiding behind a target on the shooting range. It seems funny now, but at the time I was a vegetarian and took it hard to heart. 3. […]

It’s always the way isn’t it? Wanting what you can’t have? Although on the whole I’m not really that sort of person. I didn’t bring my sewing machine or any fabric to the mountains with me. There was no room in the car and I decided that I could more than make do with knitting […]

Today is a quiet Sunday. (As much as is possible in a family with 3 teenagers). No programme, no plans, no pressure. It’s snowing gently outside and we’re playing board games, reading and being as unconnected to modern media as possible. In a little while we’ll take a walk along the frozen river to the […]

What a great film! If you haven’t been to see it, then do go and I’m sure you won’t be disappointed. We saw it last night in a very smart cinema in Altdorf, of all places. Even my  sceptical Swiss husband (who thinks royalty is an altogether daft idea in the first place) admitted that […]

The first tiny brave snowdrops have been peeking out in my garden this week. It’s very early, but I’m sure they’ve been as confused as the rest of us by the weather this winter. Usually in February they would be sitting under a good layer of snow and putting up with sub-zero temperatures. Instead we’ve […]