Celebrating Mums (And Non-Mums) On Mother’s Day
For those women who, like myself, are childless not by choice (CNBC), Mother’s Day brings a mixture of feelings: love and appreciation for our own mothers (and mothers everywhere), and sadness that we will never experience motherhood ourselves. If you are a mum, I hope this Sunday brings you all the treats that you deserve, […]
The Thai Diaries: Krabi (5/6)
29th January After three super-chilled nights on laid-back Lanta, it’s time for a change of scenery once again, so today we’re taking another ferry – this time to Krabi. Each ferry ride takes a couple of hours, costs about 350 baht per person (about £8) and includes minibus transfers to the pier. We savour the […]
The Thai Diaries: Phi Phi (3/6)
23rd January After breakfast and bidding fond farewells to our lovely hosts (half the hotels we stay at on this trip are run by a European guy and his Thai wife) we take a minibus to the pier. The 45-minute bus journey plus two-hour ferry ride is 350 baht each (about eight quid). Despite being […]
The Thai Diaries: Phuket (2/6)
20th January 2018 For this particular island-hopping adventure we fly directly into Phuket from Gatwick for three nights, then a two-hour ferry to Phi Phi for three nights, then another ferry to Koh Lanta for three nights, then a ferry to Krabi for – yes, you guessed it – three nights. Then it’s on to […]
The Thai Diaries (1/6)
19th January 2018 Right, Thailand! I need your help. (“Again?!” I hear you mumble, raising your eyes heavenwards.) Sorry, yes. I need you to fix me. Just saying your name is like drizzling honey onto my soul, giving me the sugar high I need to keep me going until I catch a glimpse of you […]
The Thing About Things
I’ve always valued experiences over things, and this is never clearer in my mind than upon returning from South East Asia, where people have far less stuff but always seem so much happier and more content than us Western folk. As a Non-Mum, I often think about the stuff I’m accumulating in life, and wonder, perhaps […]
I’m A Shortlisted Finalist In The UK Blog Awards!
Thank you, Bird’s Eye Viewers – you rock! OH EM GEEEEEE!!! I am off-the-charts DE-LIGHTED!! Thank you so much from the bottom of my battered and oft-broken 40-something heart for voting for me in the UK Blog Awards 2018 and kicking off my New Year with the best news everrrr!! ☺️🎉 I was idly sitting on […]
Will You Fall Or Fly in 2024?
If you’ve not heard of Erin Hanson, check out her inspiring poetry on Instagram here[/caption] So, will you fall…or fly? There’s only one way to find out: JUMP! To kick off the New Year I’ve decided to take the leap into the unknown. In November I quit my full-time job to work on various passion […]
Menopause At 35 Turned My Life Upside Down
“We have your bloods back from the lab, Mrs…er…Walsh,” said the consultant at St Bart’s Hospital, London, looking up from his stack of papers and pushing his varifocals back up on the bridge of his nose. “The results are…extremely high.” I beamed. “Oh great!” I’d always been a reasonably studious schoolkid (I was in the […]
When “I Do” Becomes “I’m Done” : The Damage-Limitation Divorce Guide
My social media newsfeeds have been awash with a flurry of engagement announcements this Christmas: loved-up couples beaming contently at the camera, sparkling diamond rings proudly held aloft. Good luck to them, I say. Heaven knows they’ll need it. Nobody likes a naysaying numpty tarnishing the impending nuptials, but with 42% of marriages ending in […]