National Portrait Gallery Christmas Treasure Hunt

12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt When we found out the National Portrait Gallery is to close in 2020 for three years, we decided we’d better stage our 12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt one more time. The 12 Days of Christmas Treasure Hunt at The National Portrait Gallery on Friday 27th December 2019 at 1pm The 12… More National Portrait Gallery Christmas Treasure Hunt

Christmas Tree Wonderland

We headed to Bournemouth to see their Christmas Tree Trail…. The Christmas Tree Wonderland trail has more than 100 glittering trees and festive illuminations. The free trail starts at the illuminated big wheel, situated in Pier Approach, before weaving through Bournemouth’s historic Lower Gardens. You can get a great view from the big wheel, before… More Christmas Tree Wonderland

Marriage Of Vanessa

This first appeared on Solve The Murder – https://solvethemurder.wordpress.com/2019/05/02/marriage-of-vanessa/ It was a hot bank holiday weekend. 4 million people were reported to be on the roads. Most of them seemed to be ahead of us, complained my husband as we drove down to the New Place Hotel near Southampton. Entering the wrought iron gates, we could… More Marriage Of Vanessa

The Diplomats

This first appeared on City Adventurers – https://cityadventurers.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/the-diplomats/ We arrived for the evening event at the Best Western Royal Clifton Hotel & Spa just in time. The drive had been horrendous and we feared we were not going to make it. Having set off from London in sunshine, the weather deteriorated. We were soon driving… More The Diplomats

A Taste For Murder

Would you believe we’d had another mystery invitation to celebrate a surprise wedding? This time it was Mr Boddy who had asked Lady Peacock to be his bride. Grooms don’t seem to have much luck at the weddings we’ve been invited to recently. There was poor Lord Heathcliff who was killed with the candlestick in… More A Taste For Murder