I hope you all had a lovely weekend. This week’s piece is written by fellow writer, Susan Batten. Thank you, Susan, for sharing your holiday memories with us. HOLIDAYS IN SIGHT Everyone has different expectations of holidays: some long for lazy days lying on a sunny beach, some look forward to authentic cuisine and local…

Wimbledon starts today!🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓 Click on the photo above for the official Wimbledon website. Today, I’m going to share some photos I took on a visit to Wimbledon in 2019, when were were fortunate enough to get tickets in the ballot for centre court. I have a 60x zoom lens camera and captured a few famous…

My first gig as a ‘musician’. I wanted to be a musician since I was about eight-years old. When I saw Suzi Quatro on Top of the Pops way back in June 1973, that’s when I decided I had to play bass player. I used to play at being in a famous band, in my…

Music Stars in Kent I hope everyone had a good weekend. This week I am sharing three music videos that were filmed here in Kent. First up is MIKA – Excuses for Love – which was filmed this year on the Dungeness Estate and the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. I have been on this…

A fellow writer suggested I write some posts about where I live, which is in a small village in Kent, the self proclaimed garden of England. So, I thought I would kick-off with a sweet treat. Thank you, Susan for your suggestions. Traditional Kentish Fayre – Gypsy Tart The gypsy tart is a traditional dessert…

The Ghosts of Pluckley The village is nestled in the Weald of Kent, surrounded by beautiful orchards and fields of grazing sheep. Pluckley is named in the Domesday book as Pluchelei. Activity in the village dates back to Roman times. The church, St. Nicholas, is Grade 1 listed and there are over sixty listed buildings…

Wimbledon – The Centre Court Of Tennis A hot summer’s day in June, a sixteen thousand capacity centre court crowd waiting in anticipation for the Men’s Singles Champion of the previous year to make his entrance and step onto the lush green court, where ball boys and girls wait with military precision for the players…

I couldn’t resist any longer! I had to write about my beautiful fur babies. Welcome, Charlie Love-heart! Back in the summer of 2018, we were at the vet with our poorly fur baby Suzi Q. She had been ill for a while after being diagnosed with feline Triaditis and was having her regular check-up with…

Do you have a book(s) that you’ll always treasure? As a writer, I really wish I’d have kept the books I had and read as a child. When I was at school I wanted to be a musician in a band; music was my everything. Being a writer wasn’t on my list, even though I…

For today’s memory, I am pleased to welcome a guest writer, Maggie Young, who has written a great piece about her time helping out at horse riding stables. My Days at Chaucer Riding Stables After finding a book called Riding Cavalcade in my loft, that I was presented with at my secondary school back in…