New Year greetings to you all

4th January 2013 | Daily Life | 0 comments

A very happy new year to my readers!

Here I am on New Year’s Day, eating home-made Christmas cake on an outing to Richmond Park, and enjoying a rare and sudden burst of sunshine.

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Today I've been icing my home-made Christmas cake. It's taken months to reach this point. I made the cake in October and fed it with...

10th Dec 2025 | 5 Comments

I woke up in total darkness early this morning and for a few moments thought I was back in my house in London. In the darkness I...