Goods, Chattels and Ghosts
It’s moving week. The time has come and it’s too late to worry whether I’ve cleared the required six washing machines worth of excess baggage and to sit back and […]
Category Archives: Random musings
Moving Preparations – Drinking the Drinks Cabinet, and Other Excuses
Moving Day is so very nearly upon us. Time has raced by since the day the Assignment Fairy was in contact and the Moving Pixie is seriously under prepared and […]
News From the Assignment Fairy
It’s that time again when the Assignment Fairy determines our fate and we prepare to be flung to a far corner of the world in service of Queen and country. […]
Finding Entertainment in Waiting
I’m early. I’m always early. I arrive through ticket check, passport control and security scan with 10 minutes to spare before the 30 minute pre departure check in deadline. I’m […]
Home Alone – What to do and Where to Go?
Well, here we are. Home alone with several long lonely months ahead devoid of company (cat doesn’t count), devoid of adventure (work doesn’t count), and devoid of excitement (mowing the […]
Isn’t it just for old people?
Another party, another conversation about Easter travel plans. This time, the person asking was going on a Mediterranean cruise. I was somewhat taken aback – I have always had visions […]
And where are YOU going for Easter?
At a dinner party recently, someone asked me what we were doing for Easter. Now, this has been happening quite a lot lately, and always has me wondering why people […]
When the Cat is Away, Where Will the Mouse Play?
If your travelling companion was going to be leaving you for several months because they had to go away with work, what would you do? Well, when her Cat broke […]
Now The Plugs Don’t Work…
Just humour me, and read the title of this post to the tune of a well known song by The Verve… One thing I had forgotten to mention, that amused […]
Balkans Odyssey Dream
That’s all it takes – 24 short hours to be back from fabulous summer travels and trodden down again by routine and duty. We flew from Zadar into Dusseldorf Weeze […]
Liechtenstein?
You bet! The girls arrive tomorrow, and on Sunday morning we will drive about 8 hours through Germany and into Liechtenstein, a small Principality nestled between Switzerland and Austria that […]
Just a teeny idea
Poor Nigel. He’s away a lot at the moment, and as soon as he comes back from days/weeks away, I have another new idea about where we can go and […]
Two Nomadic Brits 