Supermarkets vs french markets…. (Sept08)

Even with the wind and rain lashing around our beach hut on the Dorset coast, [...]

Yeovil to Naples by train (Aug08)

Up to Waterloo and across to St Pancras, we caught the Eurostar to Paris. But [...]

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Family friendly films – a rant (Aug08)

This is a rant! Why make a Batman movie that’s not suitable for children – [...]

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Car Troubles – Ford Ka Troubles (Aug08)

I’ve had a couple of prangs in my car recently. First, someone in a four-wheel [...]

Summer produce (Jul08)

The weekend wasn’t glorious – certainly not the weather anyway. But I’ve been really enjoying [...]

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Reckitt Benckiser Sustainability Conference (Jul08)

“Julia had a great impact at our sustainability conference. As well as highlighting potential focus [...]

NT – Energy efficient light bulbs (Jun08)

ABOUT TIME TOO – NATIONAL TRUST ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULBS I was a tenant of [...]

A Trip to Waste Tip (Jun08)

Dimmer landfill site near Castle Cary in Somerset is unusual.  It has a rather beautiful [...]

Washing lines in Dubrovnik (Jun08)

Where bombs and missiles fell in the early 1990s, I stood looking at washing lines [...]

Flash floods in Somerset (Jun08)

My local town of Crewkerne doesn’t often hit the headlines. Last Thursday it did. I [...]