I have known Alex who owns Ty Croeso for quite a while and when she asked me if I would like to stay the night before I was Keynote Speaker at the Brecon Beacons Tourism Conference I jumped at the chance. Normally when guests arrives Alex lays on a delicious cake but she knows I have embraced a sugar free life so didn't shudder when I said "just hot water please". We caught up and had a natter in the guest lounge which is bright and airy, with an honesty bar, plenty of cosy

I always wanted babies and puppies. I have 3 girls, a 10 year old black and another on the way (puppy that is). Obviously I didn’t think this through clearly, of course they don't stay as babies or puppies! So yes I’m “blessed” with not one, not two but three teenage daughters ranging from 14 to 21. As Shania Twain once said to me (and countless others) “no one said it would be easy”. It’s not easy, it’s incredibly hard but it’s also rewarding and traumatic, loud and silent,

Well that’s it the A levels and GCSEs are over, university courses are done for the year, schools are out, the festival season has well and truly started and the promise of a long hot summer beckons (though Tuesday’s weather was something else). Thinking back to when my O levels were over I went to Estepona, came home and nervously waited for the dreaded envelope but let’s gloss over that.  Just before I started at college an undergraduate, Olivia Channon, died of a drugs ove