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We always like to try and do something Christmassy each year. It doesn't have to be a big thing, maybe going to see some lights or the Coca Cola truck, ice-skating or a Christmas market. Some years we have been to see shows, like The Snowman or The Nutcracker. I miss the easy years when we just took the kids to see Father Christmas! Anyway, this weekend we went to see A Christmas Carol in St Albans' Vintry Gardens. The cathedral was the perfect backdrop to the play. The audie

Last Saturday was the world's oldest and longest civic procession - the Lord Mayor's Show, which this year was actually called the Lady Mayor's Show. Dame Susan Langley DBE was the first Lady Mayor of London (although two other women have been titled 'Mayor'). The procession has a very old history, beginning in 1215. This was when the City of London was given the power from King John to have its own mayor. Once elected, the mayor had to travel to Westminster to swear their oa

Monday was a Bank Holiday and surprisingly, it wasn't raining. We thought we'd go and visit Hampton Court Palace. I'd wanted to go and do...

Last Sunday, we went to a local castle for its Rock at the Castle event. We arrived a little after midday and laid out the campervan...

One of life's little joys is picking wild fruit, so on one of our recent dog walks, we decided to pick some blackberries to make a...

Parakeets aren't a bird usually associated with the UK, but they are known to live nearby. When we moved to this house nearly six years ago, we used to see them in our garden all the time, then they disappeared for a while. I was delighted to see them back again the other day! They didn't visit our garden, but my husband managed to get these shots of them resting in a neighbour's tree. I believe these are ring-necked parakeets and are often spotted in and around London. It's

What better way to begin a blog about British life and culture than talking about strawberry picking? One of life's little joys is...