Cooking Bánh Xeo
I am frequently asked ‘what do you like most about Ho Chi Minh’. The answer: food and people. And in the absence of mountains my ‘social...
Read MoreFourteen from 2014
Facebook and Google have both taken it upon themselves to define my year, not quite as I would have done. So I thought I’d give my own...
Read MoreReasons to Stay North
So this is why I live here! The sun came out, and I went for a walk! After weeks of rain and wind there was hardly a breath as we...
Read MoreHistory Lesson
A few months ago I was scrabbling about in the ‘bargain bin’ at a local farm shop and pulled out The Tarns of Lakeland by John and Anne...
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