the adlards

I don’t usually write during working hours, but there have been a number of explosions on the Underground and at least one on a London Bus (at Tavistock Square near Euston) …

I was crossing the Strand outside Pret having had a quiet sandwich with a friend when the Red Arrows rocketed overhead straight down Fleet Street towards Trafalgar Square …

Some days walking to the station feels like wading through chest-deep treacle. Today is one of those days. Every step is an effort and every minute on the platform spent fighting the urge to call in sick. I usually only have these days when I’m really run down. Hadn’t realised that’s where I was, which […]

We now have a contact form for those of you who read this but prefer not to leave generally visible comments. Tomorrow we find out where the 2012 Olympics will be held (and therefore whether we will be renting our house out for a few weeks in 2012 or not). This will be a highlight […]

Gwyneth Paltrow provides clear guidance on managing noise sensitivity in the very young. Oddly enough tallies with the advice I was given …

On the way home today we saw a car that must have been driven by very small people because the roof was so low they only had about an inch of window space to see through …

This is my favourite place in all the world today. I’m sitting outside on the grass next to a roaring fire in what’s become a balmy summer evening …

A quick sail before the weather closed in today. Josie is the orange blob on the left. Highlights in brief: All traipsing down to the beach and a quick sail with Jo before the weather closed in and it pissed with rain for the rest of the day. Driving to Porthmadog to visit Portmeiron by […]