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Island Paradise – Covid alternative summer

So here we are on the island paradise of Koh Chang. And what a beautiful place it is! I promise this isn’t a gloaty post!!! I’m fact despite being on a beautiful tropical island, I’m desperately missing our annual trip back to the UK! We should be frolicking with...

Bye bye lockdown, hello ‘new normal’

So here we are over halfway through 2020 and what a bloody disaster it’s been! Would be handy if we could just write it off and come back afresh in Jan 2021!! As we are well and truly saying goodbye to lockdown, it’s a chance for me to reflect on the past 6 months. It...

Boys will be boys (unless they’re girls)

I once lied about my children. Completely lied. All to save someone’s feelings. It started when a client happened to be passing through Chiang Mai. We got on very well so I was excited to meet her for a coffee. We instantly began chit-chatting and she mentioned that...

Goodbye EleAid – our Asian elephant charity

Today’s a bit of a sad day. It’s the day Chas and I have decided we were going to close the Asian elephant charity we’ve been running since 2003, EleAid. Thank you! Firstly, thanks to everyone who’s supported us on this journey. It’s really been amazing! It’s been a...

Homeschool – Locked in and locked down

So… here we are, Day 6873(!?!?!) of homeschool lockdown and all is as expected at Begley primary. Just not that organised! It’s taking every ounce of my strength to even vaguely follow the timetable the kids have for homeschool and anything on top of that generally...