These are just my experiences and the reader should never assume I’m an expert in anything. You can read the first instalment of my holiday experiences in 2020 here. There were a few reasons I was happy to fight to keep our holiday this year. Being bloody knackered and needing…

By 2019, my family and I had experienced three annual staycations in the UK. We were rained on and felt cold during each of them. My husband was exhausted from all the driving he had to do to try and outrun the weather for a fortnight taking us to places…

Just because it’s hidden, doesn’t mean it’s not a disability. — I’ve recently had to put in an application to renew my blue badge which gets me access to disabled parking bays where I live. They last for a maximum of three years and my first one is about to expire. When I first applied, people who ‘knew’ me thought it…

The slightly unhinged woman of a certain age perspective This post wings its way to you after experiencing several nights where I had three hours of sleep. This is not normal for me. I can get by on four hours. But if I was a surgeon, you wouldn’t want me…

How has life changed during the pandemic? The strange thing about this pandemic is for some of us, our lives haven’t changed that much. Bear with me. We may be the fortunate few. Those who work in health and social care will have seen huge changes. Those who work in…

The world has become a more anxious place. Even under normal circumstances, some people deal with high levels of anxiety every day that others cannot begin to understand. They didn’t need a pandemic thrown into the equation. A friend of mine said he’d scream if he heard the word unprecedented…

I’ve been glued to the BBC News channel throughout this crisis. As a globally trusted platform, they bring in experts and fact check before broadcasting. So when I caught some myth-busting information recently, I was hooked. Some of it made me shake my head. Eating garlic won’t cure the virus…

Schools, restaurants and an inability to use common sense. — No sooner had I said the schools in the UK would either close naturally as more and more staff members self-isolate or the government would call for them to close, the government called for them to close. …

The question of schools — Last night, our government announced a £330bn package to help out businesses large and small. I understand most of this is in the form of loans that will need to be paid back. I believe other countries are handing out free money. I’m a suspicious person and always expect a…