Dipping Into The Water Butt

I’ve just visited Norway for the first time in 6 years. I’d put off going back because I knew it would hurt because I miss the place so much but with my daughter living out there I couldn’t keep putting it off forever. Now that I’ve done it once, I can’t wait to do it […]

Ok my honeys, here I is – back in the world of the living.
First of all, I must apologise for the way I so rudely just rushed off and left you all without so much as a by-your-leave but it was something I had to do.
I’ve been using Buprenorphine (a synthetic morphine) for four […]

I’ve recently arranged a short break for Richard and myself to Morocco. We both felt we needed to spend some time together in order to, hopefully, rekindle the romance that had died in our relationship and decide whether or not there really is any point in trying to work through out problems with a view […]

Sorry to disappoint you guys but this isn’t a post about pornography. What I’m going to talk about today is the filthy state of our country and why we Brits are, if not happy then certainly willing to put up with it.
Richard and I went to Blackpool a few days ago. Now don’t get me […]

In 1997, whilst living in Norway, I took a week away from home while I visited my family in England. It was 7 years since I was last back so I was really looking forward to it. At this point Paul was 19 but with a mental age of about 4, Inger Lise was 11 […]

Since mentioning that I’ve been homeless in the past, I’ve had a couple of people contact me asking about the story. One person was very cautious - she said she’d done some research into homelessness while at Uni and would understand if I found it embarrassing or difficult to talk about because quite often it’s […]

We’re off to be part of the audience for The Paul O’Grady Show tomorrow. I’m gonna be totally cream-crackered at having to make the journey down to London and back up again after doing the journey up from Kent yesterday so he’d better be worth it.
If I’d known it would be so close to our […]

Today we pack our car up again and head back to Cheshire. You’d never believe I’m going home, I’m acting more like a kid going on holiday.
It’s nice to get away now and then (and believe me, I do like getting away) but a month’s a long time to be away from home. I’m missing […]

Yesterday we went for a drive. It was one of those days where the sun would be shining one minute and then suddenly the heavens would open and it’d tip down so not the kind of day where you’d want to be out without your rain jacket.
As Hamstreet (the village closest to Richard’s parent’s house) […]