Around March time a random posting on Facebook by a very good friend got me thinking. The esteemable Andy Freeman had posted about Jools Hollands new tour and how amazing a performer he is. Well, I knew it was almost time for Andy to retire, so I got in touch with his wonderful wife,…

As many of you know, I have a really good friend called Helen. We have got through good times and bad, drank a lot of cocktails and had some bloody great adventures. Murder Mystery nights, trips away, theatre visits and more. Usually we find something that sounds interesting, propose it to the other one…

Well this year we decided as a family that we wouldn’t be buying lots of knick-knacks 0r physical presents. This is mainly due to all being adults, with full time jobs (apart from Little Chick, the feckless student) and are quite capable of buying whatever we want or need during the year. However, this…