A very posh Christmas tree

http://www.instagram.com/p/C08gEjRL9TS/ This is how the other half lives – in Orchard Road, Singapore. Do you find this luxurious decoration inspirational, aspirational or just plain gaudy? Do let me know, and do please have a Merry Christmas, with or without any help from Louis Vuitton!…

Rubbing Shoulders with Royalty

Originally posted on Life In Camelot – travel blog:
After a year of working my way through shows on Netflix, many of which I would never bother to sit through if we hadn’t been in strict lock down conditions during the pandemic, I have surrendered to popular pressure and finally started watching the series, The…

Happy New Year – fingers crossed!

I am a tad disappointed in myself for not writing or posting on my blog in approximately 51 weeks. So here I am, almost a year later, wishing you all a very happy new year again, and let’s hope this one is a keeper. My excuses are not only Covid related, but I moved house,…

Happy New Year

I’m not one for short posts or just posting a photo, BUT, here is a photo I took in my front garden recently.   I hope this new year of 2021 springs forth as bold, fresh and beautiful as this yellow cactus flower. Let’s leave all the pricks of 2020 behind us… Happy New Year…

Rubbing Shoulders with Royalty

After a year of working my way through shows on Netflix, many of which I would never bother to sit through if we hadn’t been in strict lock down conditions during the pandemic, I have surrendered to popular pressure and finally started watching the series, The Crown. I’m no monarchist but I’m actually enjoying all…

The best years of my life

It goes without saying, I know,  but 2020 has not been fabulous so far;  it is not one of the best years of my life! I have been struggling to write a post about some previous travel I’d taken because, really, lockdown isn’t as creatively inspiring as one might imagine. It is impossible not to…

Before they closed Tasmania…

Back in February 2020, before they closed Tasmania (because of the Covid-19 restrictions),  my husband and I flew down there for a weekend getaway and we found it even more charming than our last visit with a few delightful surprises. We picked up our hire car at Hobart airport and drove straight down to the…

Visit Iceland: Get ready, get set… get wet! (Part 2)

Iceland is a land of fire and ice. Fire melts ice. Ice is frozen water. So, when you visit Iceland… … you will get wet!   I visited Iceland on board Cunard’s Queen Victoria. This voyage included 3 stops in Iceland; the first port was Akureyri (part 1), followed by Ísafjörður and finally Reykjavik. Ísafjörður…