This is a blog about surviving the winter months by following the trail of some of the remarkable women of Cornwall's Past

Time is a tricksy thing and this place has tested the bounds of it. We’ve stretched it and shaped it and made it our own. We’ve learned...

At the start, days stretched endlessly ahead. A summer house in autumn and a table at the window. Windows on three sides. Facing...

For some time now, I’ve been getting to know two characters, who first featured in a short story I wrote for a competition. At the time...

* Read/Listen to Introducing before reading! So far, Lucy Brookes had found retirement to be fairly unremarkable. When Dave had suggested...

Reading about the garden renovations at Standen sparked the idea for the original short story. And a visit to Lytes Cary Manor in June...

I thought I’d kick this blog off by sharing what I’ve been thinking lately about some of life’s big questions. Who am I? and where do I...