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The old year – looking back on 2024 – Part 2

July

Me, running again? Really? Yes, me running again!! I did a Couch to 5k programme and graduated at Cwmbran parkrun the day before my birthday!

August

Holiday with Oliver on Lismore and Mull. Great times

Lismore looking east

September

Took a trip to Brussels and met up with people in the European Writers’ Salon. Planning for a bigger event in September 2025.

Walking tour in Brussels

October

Walked over 100k of the Camino de Santiago, starting in Vigo, with my good friends Elizabeth and Jude. It rained. A lot!

First day on the Camino

November

Oliver and I had a chance to sell some of our books at a local Craft Fair, and raise a little money for the local Foodbank.

December

Having lived nearby for over 19 years, we finally visited Raglan Castle!

That’s it – a new year of writing, walking, running and other adventures beckons!

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2022: Snapshots of my year (Part 3)

July

It got mighty hot! OB and I took a trip to Hereford on the bus to hear a concert in the Three Choirs Festival. It felt like going to another country. Well, of course that was literally true!

Church Street, Hereford

August

By mid-month the weather broke. Phew!

Walking in the rain

September

Went to South-West France to look after a second-hand English bookshop for a week with my friend Katsy. Loved it!

Two Go Mad in Tarn-et-Garonne

Lots of good walking with friends over this period, though not in the blistering heat, when I sat in the shade in the garden and read. Did no writing and didn’t worry about it. And – major excitement – an agent asked to read my novel!

Find out what happened next in Part 4 – coming on New Year’s Eve.

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2022: Snapshots of my year (Part 2)

April

OB and I had a short holiday in Dorset. We stayed in a wooden cabin surrounded by woods. Walked, read, ate and slept. Just what we needed.

On Golden Cap

May

The year blossomed, in our garden and others too. We visited old haunts, met old neighbours.

Open garden in Harry Stoke

June

Had another little holiday, at one of our favourite places, in West Wales. The weather was variable. We watched a lot of Wimbledon which – fortunately – we love.

Visiting the pigs in the rain

I also had some lovely walks closer to home over this period. In writing news, I got onto the Long Longlist of the Cheshire Prize, which was very good news, and meant that my work would – later in the year – be included in an agent showcase. Very exciting!

Parts 3 and 4 follow next week.