Ali Aslam was born on 1st April 1945 in a small village near Lahore , Punjab , British India (now Punjab, Pakistan ). In either 1958 or...

I was unsure whether to write this post as this trip did not turn out the way it was supposed to, but I might as well be honest. I booked it back in July when my sister agreed to come with me. The main thing I wanted to do was see the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden Christmas light trail, and Jess wanted to see the Christmas market and the other highlights of this lovely city. We made it a long weekend to give us time to see everything and I booked an AirBnB that wasn't ridicu

Now we are into December and everyone is gearing up for Christmas. I did most of my Christmas shopping when I visited the kids at the end of November. Being in Leamington with shops on hand was a great opportunity to be able to browse and buy. Everything was wrapped and posted out to family in all corners of the UK at the beginning of December. While visiting Mum and Dad we took a little drive out to Doddington Hall to see their Fairytale inspired Christmas decorations. They

In October Kathryn said she had seen a job as a lifeguard advertised at Portavadie - a posh marina, sports club and spa about 30 minutes drive from my house. She had loved the area on each of her visits and decided now was the time to change her life and see what a new venture would bring. She passed the interview and her training and moved up here three weeks later. This opens up new things for me as she is up for anything and on her days off she will be looking for things