The fastest way to become the person you want to be is to step out of your comfort zone, into a place where there’s no backup plan and no easy exit. Where you are forced to rise to meet what’s required. I promise you there are few greater feelings than finding out you can

The summit of Everest was tiny - like a coffee table on the roof of the world. It took 93 days of struggle to get there. The best views come after the hardest climbs. Never give up.

My planned wild swim is looking tricky!

What a gorgeous read to end 2025 with!

Before today’s children even begin school, they have already been exposed to more technology-driven information, media, and sensory input than their grandparents encountered by the time they graduated school. Think about it. No other generation in history has been exposed to this

A Valentine treat spotted in M&S this morning 😳

#expectations

Three years have passed. Ruth will never be forgotten. ❤️

I’m hiding my car keys as the off spring has passed!!

In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up, not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.

A spaniel who sleeps with a treat on his ear 😳

Another week at work it is then…

Perfect reading for me today! I’ve resigned from headship and about to sign up for an adventure which involves travel….

It’s been a tricky old week….

Friday…what took you so long?

The longer I’m in education the more I’m becoming a cynical old crow ….

Here is Edward Bear coming downstairs, bump, bump on the back of his head behind Christopher Robin. It is as far as he knows the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way if only he could stop bumping for a moment to think of it

Can the whispering angels save 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏉 ?

A no ‘Scaries Sunday’ half term bliss….