Philippa has no hiking boots. Which is a problem if you are, as we are, about to head to the […]


Philippa has no hiking boots. Which is a problem if you are, as we are, about to head to the […]

Back in October 1967 the RMS Queen Mary arrived in Southampton having completed its last transatlantic crossing from New […]

‘Given that the temperature today was going to hit no more than about 95 we thought it a good idea […]

Dedicated readers of this blog will know that I have a TVR Vixen sports car, which was made in Blackpool […]

There was one thing we absolutely had to do in LA, because we did it two years ago and […]

From the hills above LA, on a clear day, you can just about make out a distant smudge in the […]

OK back to the great outdoors again today. The Angeles National forest is no more than an occasionally hair-raising forty […]

On Thursdays at film school we get supporting roles, as our little de Milles film their projects on the Universal […]

Ok so we’d done shopping and culture. It was about time for a hike. After dropping Tom off at film […]

After a day of retail therapy, today was about culture (with only a little shopping). Anna had scored free tickets […]