I’ll start this with the “why” again. Why every year do we go back to help the people of Cambodia?Why do we every year visit the memories of the atrocities of Cambodia in S21 and Killing Fields?”Why?”Here is one paragraph of a poem written by a local, that I think just sums it all up forRead More

Amazing – Bintan revisited, this time with Miz. What a lovely time we had, we just love this place. Miz even said best holiday she’s had, as she’s never done the Asian tropical beach type holiday. We got two sea facing rooms next door to each other – Amy with Mary and I, and OllieRead More

Well OK not really fossicking & grubbing but fishing!  Jo, a good friend of mine, popped a wee note that her and the boys and Chris were off deep sea fishing. They’ve done it before and liked it so much they’re off again. A boat was booked with room for 10 and we have 2 ticketsRead More

Well having the two kids means a great deal of birthday invites.  Here’s another one for us this weekend, with an invite to our good friends Keith and Adeline, and baby Francesca’s 1st birthday – how cute is this! Here she is, such a big girl now, sitting up, crawling round – Mary and I evenRead More

Yes we went again. Something slightly different this time – Ollie took some shots, and I tired real arty not just photos of flowers. Hope you like – some beeeeeeeautiful specimens here – and I don’t mean me, Mary and the kids! Taking some learnings from my mate Ged, I am liking these photos aRead More

My great mate Mr Epps, Eppsy, Hippsy (bless him) made my day recently. An anonymous parcel arrives. In Singapore you have to write what the items inside are. So on the label it states kids books, memorabilia or something like that. So now I am even more “none the wiser” to what’s inside. What wasRead More

What a Sunday. Arranged with Adeline to swap Saturday and Sunday, yes Mary and I had an invitation for some “adult time”. What a fantastic time it was. Our friend who we met through Dave and Jacqui had invited us to Singapore Turf Club for Sunday racing. Oh yes indeed! He even gave us this delightful daysRead More

Like the Queen this year Amy had about 4 Birthdays for her 4th. So we started allowing he to open some presents in the hotel in Tagbilaran, Bohol Tropica – the start of our epic trip to Fiesta time in Philippines (please see separate blog for that and a food one too – you luckyRead More