I have never been skiing. I can’t ice skate. When I tried a skateboard at a mate’s 8th birthday party I fell on my face and got a bloody nose. Balance is not my thing. So no doubt learning to ski would be a challenge. I married into a family of skiing fanatics who spend […]
What is the best way to get to France from Britain? It’s only a short distance after all. Flying is a great option, especially now we have flights that are cheap as chips and seem to leave every 10 seconds from a bagful of airports. But what if you want to take your own car? […]
I’ve been reading about D-Day since I was a boy and films like Saving Private Ryan and the TV series Band of Brothers really fired my imagination as an adult. But it’s only when you actually stand there, on the beaches where the troops came ashore, that you can begin to appreciate what happened on […]
Australia is often called ‘the lucky country.’ Some say that’s because my home nation has never known the terror of war on its soil. But both my mother’s and father’s side have been deeply scarred by conflict overseas; an all too common curse down under. Not so lucky really. As Remembrance Day approaches, my thoughts turn […]
