The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves

 

Dear friends.  DCI Vera Stanhope is back, and searching for a troubled teenager who may have murdered a fellow resident in her care home. 

As always from Ann Cleeves, it's a complex, well constructed and eerie thriller. 

It's my turn on the blog tour for The Dark Wives. 

The UK in Pictures: August in Review

 

Dear friends.  Today's wrap-up of August is a different post than usual. Instead of writing about what I did on each day, I'm sharing a picture. 

We cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats, the length of mainland Britain, in August  (covered in this post), and I had lots of scenic photos I didn't have room to share.

Thanks to fellow riders Steve Waplington, David George and David Hamilton for many of the photos. My own are marked * in the caption.

From Novice to LEJOG by eBike

 

Dear friends. I'm back from the most amazing adventure, cycling across the UK in 19 days.  

Today I'm going to cover my "journey" in terms of how someone who disliked cycling 17 months ago ended up on the iconic 1000 mile  (1,607 kilometres) Land's End to John O'Groats (LEJOG) ride. Plus some of my learnings and tips for anyone contemplating this or another bike holiday. 

On Friday in my usual monthly review I'll cover the actual journey, day by day, with pictures.