Shelley's House

I've heard a lot about the Western Highlands but have never visited. So far I can tell you the scenery is dramatic and that it is eithe...

We visited Edinburgh for a few days, long enough for me to call in to Armstrongs  to pick up some cashmere sweaters, to locate Scotland'...

I finally had a go at making my own yogurt from milk and it actually worked the first time!  It's something I've meant to try for a ...

Today is my uncle Bernard's birthday. He would have been 94, but instead he died at the age of 56. I never think of Bernard these days w...

We've been having some construction work done around here: a very small extension that will give us a downstairs loo and a cloaks close...

I just finished a Julian Fellowes' novel (see the title of this post). I've passed it up time and again in charity shops as I wasn...

I lost my place again, so where was I?  Oh yes, at the lovely Wallington Hall. The woman who sits in the house and sees  is a match ...