Middle Aged, Menopausal, Muddling along
I binge watch a lot of TV. I can no longer be bothered to watch a TV programme and then have to wait a week for the next one (current cases in point: Baptiste and Mother, Father, Son. Watched one of each and promptly forgot about them and when the next one came on I had forgotten half the plot) so I tend to binge a whole series in
First of all, just to be clear, whilst I have been involved with fund raising for Comic Relief for the past few years and have made a couple of trips to projects with them I am in no way affiliated with them. Not paid by them (never have been) and have no official role with them. So anything I say here is just me dumping the thoughts in my
The menopause really is the gift that just keeps on giving. I think people were shocked when I listed the recognised symptoms of the menopause in this recent post: My thoughts on the menopause. The idea that the menopause is about more than just periods and hot sweats, that this pesky hormone imbalance can lead to disruptions in so many of the body’s processes is an eyeopener to
This post contains products sent for review Want to know how to live your best life? Just make a decision that you are going to do it. That you will do the things you previously never would have done, even if you only do them once, though the chances are that having done it once you will want to do it again. Last year a friend I had met
I have been travelling for almost my entire life, having gone on my first holiday (to Benidorm) when I was 18 months old. Since then I have been very lucky to get away most years, and even spent six years an an ex-pat flying back and forth a number of times a year. This means that I now see myself as a bit of a travel expert and thought
Get outdoors this February half-term with the National Trust – in and around Hampshire February half-term is fast approaching, and there are loads of activities at National Trust places for kids to get messy, muddy and back in touch with nature. It’s the perfect opportunity for the whole family to create special memories and get inspiration for the year ahead. Give nature a hand and tackle Hinton Ampner’s spring
When I saw that Into The Glacier were based in Husafell, the same location of our first hotel in Iceland I decided to book it for our first day. Generally we wanted our holiday to be governed by the weather and to not be looking at our watches every day so we decided not to plan anything other than this trip. Into The Glacier have an office just to the
Having just got back from a week in Iceland, on what could quite possibly be the best holiday I have ever been on, I thought I would share my 10 reasons why you need to go to Iceland. Because you do. Flight Time From the UK it is only a three hour flight and there are flights from Gatwick, Heathrow, Stansted and Manchester on a daily basis. There
A couple of weeks ago I was asked if I would like to review the newly opened spa at Warbrook House, a local luxury hotel. It did occur to me that we didn’t really have any spare time in the next couple of weeks which, the more I thought about it, made me realise we should absolutely make the time to do it. Spending time with Mr B where
Not even joking. ACTUAL Caroline “possibly the most influential skincare blogger in the Western Hemisphere” (according to NewBeauty Magazine this month) Hirons has sorted out my face. Okay so maybe right now I do have a spot the size of a small Mediterranean Island on my chin but I see that as proof that what I have been doing to my face, thanks to Caroline, over the past week
It may surprise you to know that the very idea of going to the cinema alone fills me with abject horror. Buy a ticket for one and sit by myself?! I might as well just get a sandwich board with “I HAVE NO FRIENDS” plastered on it and stand in the multi screen car park, surely? Apparently not. I spotted an article in Stylist magazine being shared online yesterday
Everyone seems to have just got back from Iceland recently, or are planning a trip. Mr B and I currently fall into the latter group and so for the past few months I have been reading up on what to do / where to go / what we need. All of it useful info that I thought might be worth sharing should you ever find yourself thinking “what
