Author: Alison
Me, just me. Mum to two lovely frustrating wonderful teenagers. Living in deepest darkest Oxfordshire. Ex Londoner and proud of it - though I don't miss the traffic. Chelsea fan, motorsports fan, avid reader. Love my food, wine and family!
Cats will do anything for a treat …
I came across this very amusing video of a "psychic" cat via a friend on Facebook. Normally I can't stand talking animals but the synching of the voice and the cat is spot on!... Read More
The Creative Eye
Review of The Creative Eye, a creative photography course run by Derek Gale of Gale Photography ... Read More
Oar-some 4N Oxford is just too successful!
Wow, what a morning we had in Oxford today! I recently took over this group as Area Leader and it was only my fourth visit to 4N Oxford since I joined in 2008 but today's meeting really was great fun,... Read More
4N Oxfordshire Cash4Pash auction!
4Networking groups in Oxfordshire are holding an auction to raise money for Sarah "Pash" Howells to go on holiday. Pash was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and terminal brain cancer at Xmas. W... Read More
Avatar – surprisingly good!
Avatar. All looks, no substance or a good film?... Read More
Standing room only at Oxford 4Networking today!
It literally was standing room only at 4Networking Oxford this morning as 18 people crammed into a space that would have been tight for the 16 it was laid out for! Still, it was fabulous to have so ma... Read More
A poetic morning's networking!
4Networking Abingdon decide to celebrate Burns Night a couple of days early today, and encouraged everyone to come wearing tartan and to write a poetic 40 second introduction. Everyone embraced the id... Read More
Fame …. but not quite what I wanted!
Because I’m now 4Networking Area Leader for all of Oxfordshire I decided last week to send out a press release to the local papers about the groups. I had to have an angle for the story – ... Read More
First Oxfordshire Tweetup
I went to my first ever “tweetup” last night, at Fallowfields Hotel near Abingdon. And it was fun, even if I did end up spending most of my time talking to people I already knew! There wer... Read More
Channel 4's TV Book Club
Channel 4 launched their TV Book Club tonight, minus Richard and Judy but with Jo Brand hosting, a regular sleb panel (Dave Spikey, Auntie Gok et al) and a special guest each week. I never really got ... Read More
Promotion within 4Networking!
I’ve been promoted!! I can now proudly say that I am the Area Leader for 4Networking Oxfordshire! I first joined 4Networking in the autumn of 2007. At the time I was publishing a local magazine ... Read More
OK snow, time to go!
OK so snow is a rarity in the UK. (Though to have so much of it twice within the last 12 months is a bit odd .. whatever happened to global warming?) Everything looks very pretty, and for a new amateu... Read More