We welcomed the new year with other wedding guests the night before the wedding of some good Japan friends, held in the UK. By 11.30pm most partygoers had actually gone to bed, not wanting to spoil the New Year’s Day wedding, but I can’t possibly miss midnight so I got the remaining guests up out [...]

We’re driving over to Bath today to do a bit of shopping. I love visiting Bath. It’s a beautiful city with lots of lovely shops and restaurants, windy roads through the back streets, and beautiful architecture. It’s also often full of tourists which gives the city a multicultural feel, which I really enjoy. The last [...]