Life Trove

A delicious breakfast to celebrate Sam's birthday. Jo was hiking the Plett Camino so was away. The restaurant was awesome. Most of us ha...

My mother never quite saw eye-to-eye with her in-laws. She was English, they were South African, and in their eyes, no woman on earth was ev...

When I was young, I was quite the pilferer. Looking back, I'm genuinely surprised it didn't lead to a full-blown life of crime. My o...

When I was seventeen, my family flew to Mauritius for a holiday. We touched down at the airport in Port Louis and boarded a bus to be transp...

In 2005, Ally and I flew from the gray skies of London to Croatia for a short break, desperate for some Mediterranean sun and the famous cry...

Growing up, my mother was the silent, steady heartbeat of my rugby career. I have the most heart-warming memories of her standing in the pou...

And what colour coordination between blouse and smoothie !

Before I was born, my parents engaged in a titanic struggle over my identity. My father was determined to name me Lambert, after his own fat...

As a kid, I made a life-changing discovery: I could scale the great tree in our garden. I was obsessed. For a solid week, I spent every spar...

From the video footage that Jo had digitalised. It also stars Mike and Heather.  

More beautiful video footage.

Mum as a baby and growing up   Mum as a stunning young woman Meeting dad Getting married Having me Bringing up Jo and me More recent years R...