29. January 2010 by admin.

I am hastily finishing this blog as I am horribly late in sending it in. I have been running around working with clients and getting ready for my trip to South Africa as I leave tomorrow to teach a five day dog clinic. Daisy is coming with me and we will also spend a few days in the Kruger National Park. Daisy hasn’t been to South Africa before and I know she will love it. It is warm there and although I am stupidly excited when it snows, I have to admit that I am ready for some better weather.

I have one more report to write up for my last canine client, three more pictures to take for a dog magazine and I must find the time for a quick nervous breakdown. I also need to pack. It would appear as though every television company is planning to film around the same time so it if it all comes off it looks as though my days in the Kruger will be the last chance I have to chill out. I don’t have any other time off in February and all the clinics kick off here in March. I also need to work on a routine with Cookie Dough Dynamo as we will be doing a few displays at events this year and have two days filming booked the moment I return - and then more as we move into Spring. We are looking for animals in need of help so if you want a free session and are happy to be filmed please visit my website (there is a link to Tilley Farm opposite under ‘Blogroll’) and email me the details, which I will forward to the relevant production company.

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29. January 2010 by admin.

I arrived home early this evening after a fantastic trip to London to watch the opening night of Six Degrees of Separation at the Old Vic, in which Tony is starring. I LOVED the production. The set is stunning, the writing is brilliant and everyone was outstanding. Of course I am biased but I am also honest and wouldn’t rave about something I didn’t enjoy. We had a wonderful night catching up with old friends at the first night party – some of whom I hadn’t seen for over twenty years - including the brilliant Janine Duvitski who starred in the television production of one of my all time favourite plays, Abigail’s Party. I had mentioned Janine in my mother’s Eulogy last year (it’s a long and funny story) and it was so lovely to see her again. It is weird how so many people keep cropping up from our National Theatre days.

Obie Abili, who plays Paul in the play, is definitely going to be a very successful actor and he has the nicest personality too. I really can’t be doing with those actors/actresses who think that being rude to everyone, and that behaving like a petulant child is an appropriate way to behave. Fortunately we do not come across too many of them. So watch this space as I have a feeling he is going to become very well known.

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29. January 2010 by admin.

Just as our snow was melting we have more! Yes, yes, yes. More tobogganing today and I can hopefully hone my steering skills. They were a little lacking last week and as Emily and I were hurtling down the hills on the well worn toboggan track I realised that we were totally out of control and heading for the post and rail fencing and the stream, so we bailed out!

Of course there are emails to respond to as Mags has made it to the farm and has forwarded my more pressing messages. I have been shortlisted for the television show that I went up for in December. Hurrah! Filming dates may clash with my spring trip to South Africa but I shall keep everything crossed that it will all work out. I also have requests for articles, questions and answers for Horse magazine and interest from two more television companies, so I shall enjoy the last few days of being snowed in as my diary is already filling fast.

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29. January 2010 by admin.

I am having a jolly good clear out. In between dancing in the snow and dog walking and pushing the barrow through the drifts I am cleaning and clearing. I am sorting through the old magazines and pulling out the relevant articles on TTEAM and TTouch, and also reading through the old correspondence files, saving letters from playwrights and directors for our children. When we are old and boring they can read them and remember that there was a time when their father was really cool. I now have boxes of memorabilia from Chess, The Rocky Horror Show, Rope, to name a few, and press cuttings from our charity work and all the television productions that Tony and also our daughters have been in. All my articles are also neatly collated. (I look so young!) After days of sorting there it is. Our life in boxes.

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29. January 2010 by admin.

Yipppeee, yipppeee. I have snow, snow, snow. I am so over excited. Last night Emily, Jon and I went snow chasing. We tried to find the snow that was due but returned home disappointed. At 1.30am our lawns were still green but by 7.00am they were buried under a glorious six inch thick white blanket. And I can’t go anywhere. I live on a steep hill, which is always lethal in this weather, and whilst my trusty old pick up truck would probably be fine I will not be impressed if someone slides straight into my bonnet.

Whilst the donkeys may be appalled by the stunning scenery, my Maremma dog is in her element and she has spent the morning sitting in the garden watching the falling snow. Good old Tina is the only one who can get to the yard as she lives next to the farm so I know all the animals there will be well taken of. Tobogganing is on the agenda for this afternoon and I shall spend my time until then boxing up our belongings in my old office so that I can get on with converting it into a bedroom for Daisy as hers is rather on the small side. That’s if I can tear myself away from the beautiful, silent outdoors…

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