Leonie

  • I’ve Been Training For This

    To quote one of my grandsons when he commented on social distancing and the current lockdown; “I have been training all my life for this!” Me too. I have, indeed, become an expert at extreme social distancing since most of… Continue reading

    I’ve Been Training For This
  • Heading For The Surface

    Taken late evening in a deserted London Underground station. Continue reading

    Heading For The Surface
  • Is Stupidity The Newest Virus?

    God save us from the hordes of uneducated and un-intelligent numpties who know no better and follow the herd and greedy bastards who want to resell at inflated prices to the less fortunate who didn’t get there in time to… Continue reading

    Is Stupidity The Newest Virus?
  • Me, Old? Never!

    Yesterday I got my first, long awaited Great Granny Cuddle of the newest addition to the family. Our first great grandson was born twelve days ago and six weeks early. Yesterday, after eleven days on the neo-natal unit, he was… Continue reading

    Me, Old? Never!
  • Goodbye And Good Luck

    I am, like many, fed up to the back teeth with hearing about Megxit. What follows is my personal opinion I am not a devout royalist, avidly following every fart and hiccup of the royal family but I do feel… Continue reading

    Goodbye And Good Luck
  • This Is Dracula?

    Episode One The BBC has brought us a brand new adaptation of one of my favourite novels. They shouldn’t have bothered.  Ten minutes in and we get our first meeting with Dracula through a rip off of the film Bram… Continue reading

    This Is Dracula?
  • A Gothic Love Affair

    My first encounter with The Count was at the tender age of 14. That wonderful age when you are just beginning to understand, and believe in, true romance. Your dreams of the perfect, fairytale ending have not yet been shattered,… Continue reading

    A Gothic Love Affair
  • Rhythm, But Not A Lot Of Riot

    It was pitch black, blowing a gale and the rain was howling down, a night worthy of that scene in Rocky Horror, and I’m at the end of a long drive from “oop north to darn sahth” for a B… Continue reading

    Rhythm, But Not A Lot Of Riot
  • Ditching The Bra

    I have discovered several benefits to this retirement lark. This is by far my favourite. Through my teens and twenties I used to bemoan the fact that I still only had a chest measurement whilst everyone else, including my younger… Continue reading

    Ditching The Bra
  • Custom Cars

    Thanks to a glorious day I managed to get these shots at KKBO6 Continue reading

    Custom Cars