Christmas Day in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily. A bustling holiday destination in summer and a complete ghost town in winter. There was a definite ‘zombie-apocalypse’ feel as we wandered the streets first thing on Christmas monring to check out our new neighbourhood. It didn’t take long to get down to the beach, where we Read more

I woke up with a jolt in an upright position, my head swinging wildly from side to side. I took a while to ascertain where we were. We’d arrived at Heathrow on schedule and had had the good fortune of being ushered (by mistake!?) into a very short check-in queue, while another snaked around the Read more

Everyone’s busy at Christmas time, especially on the build up towards the big day. One of our friends or relatives was so busy, they didn’t even have time to sign our Christmas card! Anyone want to claim this one!? After Clare finished her final coaching session of the year, we had two hours to frantically Read more

After a good work out in The Cottage log gym yesterday, I felt I was sufficiently limbered up for some white water kayaking. And this time, water levels and fellow kayakers were in good supply. It’s been a while since I’ve been on a river, so I was keen to get stuck in. I met Read more

Sensing that it might be my last chance to get a wave this year, I popped over to the beach in the gloom of the afternoon. I had been quite keen to go whitewater kayaking as the river were in spate, but I was lacking the necessary team for the task. Out at the coast, the Read more

Well a week seems to have just vanished in a bit of a blur. There’e been plenty going on, just not many photos of anything particularly exciting. I’d say that I was up early for the dawn this week at The Cottage, but the sunrise at this time of year is only at 8am! There Read more