Leonie
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Custom Cars
Thanks to a glorious day I managed to get these shots at KKBO6 Continue reading
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The Local Wildlife Park
Living close to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park gives me many opportunity to take photos of it’s residents . Continue reading
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Yaaaay! I’ve Done It!
Yaaaaaay! I’ve done it! I have RETIRED!!! This is my first blog in ages and the first of, I hope, many, charting the ups and downs of this new period in my life. It was a huge decision which was… Continue reading
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A New Blogging Home
Welcome to my new home. Following the trials and tribulations with my old blog-site I have decided to cut my losses and start over. New hosting provider, new site. I will endeavour to keep adding my thoughts, stories and photos… Continue reading
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Standing Stones and Tanks
Our next trip was to Salisbury. Well we eventually set off about two hours later than I wanted as usual! Paul couldn’t find the National Trust parking sticker……we turned the house upside down to no avail. We had a good… Continue reading
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A Grand Tour Of Ireland
The Night Before It was raining heavily when I arrived home from work all ready to set off on our holidays. Paul had spent the day getting Matty ready and all we needed to do now was get the Harley… Continue reading
