For those who don’t know I left the country on the 9th of June and only returned on Monday and the reason was simple…a holiday! Joanna and myself were very kindly offered the use of Clive and Florence’s Italian villa which is set in the heart of the Umbria region. Due to the remote nature,   Read More …

This morning I appeared on BBC Radio Norfolk alongside  a lady from relationship counselling charity  relate. I was invited onto the show yesterday after Dave passed my name on as both a youth worker and young person who is engaged so we spent 45 minutes with the host discussing ‘young people and marriage’. Other than   Read More …

I’m back in the UK from Italy and within 24 hours have been asked to do a 45 minute slot on BBC Radio Norfolk discussing the topic of young people and marriage coming from the perspective of both newly engaged young person and also from my experience as a youth worker. Tune in from 9   Read More …

Once again I am in an internet cafe in Umbertide and have about 4 minutes left to blog so here is a very very quick Italy blog 2! Not huge amounts has been happening, we visited Assisi yesterday with the intentions of going to an English church service however the sat nav lost all sense   Read More …

So as promised here is a blog from Italy…although with 6 minutes left in this internet cafe it will be short and sharp with a full post with pictures and floating melons appearing when I return to the UK (dont ask!) Firstly the drive was lovely, drove through France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Switzerland before arriving   Read More …

Right readers…I’m leaving the country tomorrow…nothing personal! Myself and Jo leave tomorrow morning at half 6, catch a 12pm ferry and spend the next couple of days driving through Belgium, Switzerland and France before arriving in Italy on Saturday for 2 weeks then driving home…I shall try and blog from Italy but I shall certainly   Read More …

I headed round to Dave’s for breakfast this morning…however disaster struck! We had no tin opener for the all important baked beans….however the clever youth worker in me came up with a solution…