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  New Year. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year. A little late I know but however you celebrated I hope it was happy and peaceful. I have to say that I'm glad 2013 came to an end, for me personally it was an awful year, work-wise it was superb. Just before Christmas I lost one of my best friends. A person who has always been there for me, supported me, let me be the person I am, shown me unconditional love. A person with who I have shared the very best of times, we laughed - a lot, shared our sad times, every memory involves this person. So who is this remarkable person? My Mum. At 68 she wasn't old and we still had lots to do, places to visit, gossiping, lunches, flowers to plant, handbags to buy and so forth. It's made me think about the cliché - life is precious. Just worked out that whilst it may be an overused phrase it's very true. If you aspire to something and it is within your reach, do it. So 2014 is all about getting on with it, pushing ahead and...

Welcome 2013!   Happy New Year to you All. I hope you all had a wonderful festive season and for those of you who had a break are fully fit and refreshed and ready to tackle all that this year throws at us. The end of 2012 was very busy, shooting in the studio right up until Christmas Eve so we were pleased to finish up and head off for Christmas. Christmas Day was kicked off with the gathering of the villagers in the Barley Mow for festive drinks then back home for a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, Christmas pud with brandy cream, perfect! We were then struck with a case of Man Flu in the house - yes, Jason got the flu. He went to bed Christmas night and re-emerged New Years Day, poor soul. Having a bit of time in between nursing duties I had some time to reflect on 2012. We have had celebrations on a national scale with the Diamond Jubilee , seen some devastating weather, watched Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space and felt proud ...