I flew out of Manchester last week with just hours left on my UK working visa, using the flight to Dublin to remind myself that although it didn’t feel like it, my arrival into England last year was actually a while ago. Looking back, there have been so many, many highs, and thankfully, just a handful of lows.
A little while ago I wrote about my reasons for not wanting to live in London. All of them still stand. But that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in visiting occasionally. My most recent trip to The Big Smoke had one purpose: to catch up with some friends.…
If you think Miss Marple is a brand of cake mix and Poirot is a French wine, this post may be of little interest to you. However if the dotty spinster from St Mary Mead and our little egg-shaped headed man are familiar, then carry on old chap. I was introduced…
If it’s true you are what you eat, then this week I’m a delicious combination of tea, scones, cake and muffins. The sugar crash after my tea tour of London will be tremendous. But it has been fun. A bit of a tea (and cafe, and cake) lover, and…
Trivia question. I’m enjoying a cup of tea and slice of cake. Which country am I in? In reality, I could be anywhere in the world. But chances are you answered England! Enjoying a cuppa and a cake or scone is such as British thing to do. After all, the…
If you’re not very interested in sport, then I apologise for the recent content of Pegs on the Line. And I suppose, in advance, for this post. But then the Olympics aren’t really sport. Well of course there is sport, but there’s a lot more to it. A few years ago,…
Even as a writer, there are some things I struggle to put into words. The Lion King musical is one of those things. Minutes into the show I had goosebumps and I spent the next two hours sitting on the edge of my seat with my mouth open.…
I ended the day two blisters on the soles of my feet, sunburnt and exhausted. But it was worth it. If you think playing Monopoly takes a long time, it has got nothing on walking it! It took all day and I covered 30km. I’m not exaggerating. No…
