The blue car went faster and faster, my foot stuck between the accelerator and the brake. The L plates flew into the air as we sped down the road in the direction of the field. The elderly driving instructor was Read more…

Recently Facebook did that thing where they send you a memory from two years ago. This particular one was of me and my crew on our way to Whirl-y-Gig. It made me smile but also made me very sad, thinking Read more…

Whirl-y-fayre cancelled, Noisily cancelled and so many more cancelled in 2021; some because of issues around insurance (read Covid, read Conservative game playing) but others due to an unsettling new approach to psytrance and neo hippie festivals by local councils, Read more…

“Open your heart to happiness.Let every pore absorb light.Swim in the joy of the here and now,And cast off the darkness of night.” Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/collection/poems-about-happiness/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2voLI1L4tA It seems weird to be lying here in my bed on a Saturday afternoon in Read more…

Driving lesson one: I was standing nervously outside my small block of flats in Hampton on a fresh summer morning in August, waiting for my instructor to turn up for our first lesson. I had not slept well that night Read more…

I have always fancied the idea of driving; all my friends do it, how hard can it be? I have always dreamt of owning a motorhome; exploring the world in my home on wheels, attending festivals and exploring new parts Read more…

WARNING, QUITE GLOOMY BLOG POST WITH A FAIRLY UPBEAT ENDING I dream of a simpler life in these dark times. I dream of living in a small rented Portuguese house, just off of the beach in either Arambol or Anjuna Read more…

Things have changed, forever, and I don’t like it!  Things are changing before my very eyes, and it makes me sad; sad about change.  Endings, beginnings? The most wonderful chapter in my life up until now…is over. The last pages Read more…

“Free Spirit” by Jacqueline C. Nash “She would sit entranced by babbling brooks,swim naked in clear rivers and dry herself in the golden sun, making even the green willow smile.” Those who regularly read my blog know my heart lies in India. Going Read more…

In my last post I spoke about depression and dealing with mental health. I felt it was important to write about this subject because many of us have struggled during this pandemic and the subsequent lockdown… …its not been easy Read more…