Every year I convince myself I will be organised and will have everything ready so that on Christmas morning it will be a picture perfect film set …. every year I get to this time of year and think where has the time gone, why have those people who have not sent a card for years suddenly sent one this year, what day is Christmas, have I circled everything in the Radio Times and I must remember where I put cards, presents, school uniform and everything else I have moved around

In meteorological terms December 1st is the start of winter which certainly rang true on Monday when we woke up to a heavy frost. Well hurrah for the arrival of some dry albeit it cold weather as walking the dogs has been miserable, drizzly, muddy and wet. Last week I was on Rhondda Radio with Jeremy Vine’s allotment guru Terry Walton and conversation turned to bedding down for winter, winter greens and the thrill of the first shoots of spring. Every seaso

Our dining room table is a multi function piece of furniture - it's the dining room table first and foremost but also the dumping spot, the emptying of school bags location, the flat surface for when a flat surface is needed, the dining room table (just getting it in there again), the homework table, a clear space (hah!), a busy space, the gift wrapping table, laundry sorting table, the work table - you name it. We bought our first dining room table 25 years ago from The Stat

It’s the little touches that make a stay memorable and at The Coach House in Brecon there are plenty, with a few surprises thrown in.