As I write this I am actually on my first solo break of the year. I know, how did that happen? Shocking given that I champion the solo lifestyle and am on record for advocating the benefits of going solo on holiday. But this year, even when I travelled and arrived somewhere alone, I either[…]
An arc of life Most people can draw an arc. A perfect curved line, in one stroke. The swift sweep upwards like a lark descends and trails away like smoke. A metaphor for a journey; a life. Whose life is so smooth an arc? Perhaps only those who die young. Most are made[…]
This weekend marks the second anniversary of the publication of my self-help guide, Solo Success! You CAN do things on your own. Where did those two years go? More importantly, where am I now at the end of them? What have been the highs, what have I learned, and what will be my next step[…]
Next month I’ve planned another solo break to the Lake District, one of my favourite places as regular readers will know. I like to take a few solo breaks a year, but this will be my first proper solo break – no meet-ups with family or friends – in 2019. ‘Me time’ in a different[…]
Twenty eight people assembled around the Tour Director at Catania airport: thirteen married couples, me and a solo gentleman. I’ll call him Gentleman X. And what with seating arrangements at meal times, and finding ourselves paired during free time on daytrips, we were thrown together quite a bit over the next week. But – a[…]
Italy as a holiday destination has it all as far as I’m concerned: good weather, great views, great artwork, ancient ruins – and I’m not talking about the other people on the tour! And not forgetting GOOD FOOD. This summer I visited Sicily, the much fought over Mediterranean volcanic rock, close to the toe of[…]
We all feel stuck in a rut sometimes. It just takes a moment, a sideways glance at our life, to notice the same old day after day or regular weekly routine – and it feels dull all of a sudden. What we need is a change! Perhaps we suddenly can’t remember the last time we[…]
Everyone wants to feel good, preferably all of the time. But for many people that feeling can be elusive. Perhaps they are so busy chasing after the feeling that they don’t notice that it has been there all the time. But, you have to choose to notice it, to look for it in the everyday.[…]
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that Father’s Day is getting a bit OTT? Once it was more low key than Mother’s Day, but it has now become yet another overblown and over-commercialised calendar event. It seems as though those promoting Dad-Day-related wares are not just chasing after Mother’s Day to try[…]
Since writing my blog on the importance of sleep, I have continued to be hounded by information on the subject: articles and comments have appeared on my social media feed and videos have popped up on my You Tube channel. I could not ignore this apparent synchronicity: I was meant to do something. When I[…]