Coming up Daisies
The gloomy, wet and damp days are here now, so I thought it was a good idea to splash a ...
Elton’s Knob Feel
The knob-feel of a hifi amplifier is all-important, and the knob-feel of the 'Billie Mk 3 by Heaven 11' can't ...
Elton Swain’s ‘Fingers Corner’
I'm hard at work on the planning stages of launching 'Elton Swain's Diary of a (not so) Dull Man', and ...
Cold, Sunny, Hot, Cold, Sunny, Hot
Late October, back to the routine of a trip to the coast at Holland-on-Sea for a swim in the sea, ...
Plantpots for my Potplants
Back from sunny France, and straight into windy and rainy England. But no matter... I was keen to get over ...
We lost (again!)
Every year we (the Brits) take on the French at their own game with a concours de cuisine (cooking competition. ...
Dusting off the old bike
It's a tough slog getting up the steep hill of Rue St Denis when exiting Montolieu – but nevertheless I ...
I (kind of) Became French
It was a cloak-and-dagger operation for a birthday party of the highest calibre. Adrian (wine-shop owner in Montolieu and friend ...
Carcassonne – La Cité
There are 2 Carcassonnes... one is the 'new' town that contains shops, hotels, restaurants, bars, school, church, houses and more. ...
Going Over to the Other Side
For 10 years now we've stared out from the terrace of the Writer's Retreat towards The Other Side and ...
Arrived at Writer’s Retreat, Montolieu
Lucky me! I have 3 weeks of being here. And it's not just a holiday - I have some serious ...