As anyone who reads our blog will know, Bertie Boo is a regular feature - he's our gorgeous Springer Spaniel who we love dearly (those who have pets will understand this blog better than some).  Boo hasn't been well over the past few weeks and on Saturday we got the news that we'd been dreading … Continue reading Bertie’s Grand Day Out

Earlier this week we were watching Who Do You Think You Are which featured Brian Blessed researching his family tree.  During the show he went to a church behind St Pancras station in London and both Ken and I commented on how lovely it looked - so no time like the present, today we went off … Continue reading The old and the new of St Pancras

On Saturday we ventured to the village of Hampstead in North West London, somewhere we'd never been before.  It was such a beautiful day, the calm before the storm that hit on Sunday.We got the tube to Swiss Cottage and then walked, up hill, to Hampstead. Along the way we passed some beautiful buildings that … Continue reading Village life in Hampstead

In one of our previous posts, Secrets to a happy marriage, I talked about sharing each others interests, so recently I was sharing one of my beloved's favourite things - steam engines and classic cars. It was a beautiful day for the Potten End Steam Fair.Before we had even left the car park we came across this … Continue reading Steam engines, tractors, and automobiles