Ron Scholes: An Octogenarian Long-distance Walker Planning His Next Steps

We recently chatted to Ron Scholes, 88, a long-distance trails books author and long-time friend of the great Alfred Wainwright, who’s not only devising his own sections of a ‘purely’ Pennine Way for his forthcoming book, A Pennine Odyssey –…

Macular Disease – What You Need To Know

One in three people know someone with macular disease and it is the biggest cause of blindness in the UK. It can affect people of all ages and yet awareness remains low. To raise awareness of the condition The Macular…

Prisoners of Geography – The Monday Moan

Are native populations prisoners of geography ? Geoffrey Boycott (77) who, according to G. Boycott, is the greatest ever English batsman, is a southerner. He was born in Fitzwilliam near to Pontefract, which is in Yorkshire. Southern Yorkshire is in…

Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding

This Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding tastes so good.  If you’re a chocolate fan then have a go at Mary Berry’s Chocolate Cake next! This delicious chocolate bread and butter pudding recipe is kind of adapted from an old Delia…

The Gran Tour of Spain

You’re never too old to take on the world! It’s never too late to turn a new page, to see a new sunrise, to try a new dish, or to dance under a new sky.  Or even go on a…

Five Tips for Managing Menopausal Weight

‘Menopause and Weight Gain‘ are often searched for in Google! So to help you out Ladies,  below there are 5 tips for managing menopausal weight gain without dieting! I recently asked a group of women “what is your worst menopausal…

A House Declutter

We’re thinking of selling our house! That sounds quite positive, exciting, even romantic in some eyes. To me, as soon as the For Sale board went up alarm bells started ringing very loudly in my head. The actual moving bit…