A lifestyle blog
When I was ten we were skiing in St Anton and in a rare navigational snaffoo we ended up on a short black run. Having fallen over in a small dip I sat on my bottom crying, and steeling myself to walking uphill for the last bit. Dad skied down to meet me and immediately sat down in the snow. He opened his jacket, took out a
1.08am. Tick tock. Tick tock. A shout at 1am saying Dad’s breathing has changed sees me running down the landing of my parents house. By the time I get there a nano second later, his breathing is back to his new normal. I perch on the stool telling mum to get more sleep, I’ll carry on the watch so she can rest. Glad now I bought new pyjamas. Dad was given a terminal diagnosis
Let’s face it, the weather can’t make its mind up at the moment and making plans to do anything outside is problematic. We have had four seasons in the past three hours alone, from thunder so loud it shook the house to it now being so sunny that I am tempted to go and sit in the garden for half an hour. And I would if the cushions on the
I don’t know about you but I have never been away somewhere before where it was possible to experience daylight 24 hours a day. It still blows my mind that if you fly to the Faroe Islands from London in the summer it takes just two hours and you can do exactly that. It also means you wont sleep for a week because you will be lying in bed saying
I will be honest, the Faroe Islands was never really on my radar until Bruce spotted that Atlantic Airways flight directly there from Gatwick over the summer, and you can do it two hours. Previously it had meant going via Copenhagen but the idea of being able to get there in just two hours suddenly made this other worldly group of 18 islands seem much more attractive. Having spent a
I have heard “Did you just pay with your ring?” eleven times this week, and the answer every time has been “why yes I did just pay for that with my ring, It’s a Tapster payment ring, thank you for asking”. Which leads to the next question of “How?” Great question, thank you for asking it. I have been reading about payment rings and their ability to let you pay
We must be one of the only households to have not yet embraced the air fryer revolution because they just seemed like another way to cook oven chips. Then MJ’s Diner got in touch and asked if I would like to review their collection of Air Fryer Ready Meals and they would also provide me with an air fryer so I said “yes please”. There are currently 14 different meals
Twenty six years ago my husband introduced me to Westvleteren (pronounced fan vest flay tur ruh) beer whilst we were in Amsterdam. Quite how that quiet assuming little bar is stocking Westvleteren beer is anyone’s guess because it is the most elusive beer in the world. They make three varieties and one of them, the 12 has also been voted the best beer in the world several times. Back when
If you follow me on instagram you may have seen me mention that over Christmas last year Mr B’s family home had suffered from water damage to a bedroom after a storm during building works. Not only had water started pouring into the bedroom and kitchen, the ceiling of the bedroom then collapsed on to his mum whilst she was trying to get furniture and other items out of the
I have always had a thing for windows. And doors. Oh and rooftops and chimneys And for bicycles leaning against railings. But mostly for windows. A window, with its sturdy wooden frame weathered by time, can stand as a testament to the many eyes that have gazed through it, pondering the mysteries of the world beyond. A world that can look quite unremarkable and yet with the addition of the
As it seems to never stop raining I am finding myself looking forward to a weekend afternoon on the sofa with a box set and a cuppa more and more. But what to watch? Here is a list of things I have either earmarked for the next couple of weeks, or recently enjoyed just in case you find yourself in need of some inspiration for bingeworthy TV this month Each
In a previous life I saw people moving into and out of houses every week so developed a solid set of tips and nuggets of information to pass on (make your bed the second you get in there, you will be shattered by 7pm and grateful that 10am you had the foresight to do it) and now my son has bought his first place so is about to move in.