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Turkey and vegetable bake is the ultimate in mid week comfort food. Though to be fair Mondays are the worst day of the week for cooking for me. I am tired after the weekend, invariably there is nothing in the fridge, I am chasing my tail to try and get ahead of myself and plan the week, oh and dinner needs to be early as Mr B is out on
How to socialise with zero energy Getting together with friends can seem like a lot of effort. You have to get up and dressed, you might end up cooking or going out, you have to keep up with conversation all night. And when you are already exhausted at the end of the week, this is often the last thing you want! But it would be a real shame for your
It was a frosty foggy Hinton Ampner house that greeted Annie and I this morning. The main house is currently closed for some much needed TLC but the grounds were open, as was the cafe so Annie and I picked Hinton Ampner as our spot to meet up for a mooch, a catch up and a sausage roll. Hinton Ampner, of course, is somewhere I have featured on here
The Pig in the Wall is a 12 room boutique hotel in the heart of Southampton. But it’s more than that. It’s quirky, and comfy and built into the town’s medieval walls, some of the rooms even make a feature of the wall (ask for room 10). If you were to look at the location on Google Maps you might think “hmm, no thanks, it’s on a busy road with
Chicken Akni is a mildly spiced, one dish, easy meal that is very similar to a biriyani. It wasn’t a dish I knew until I was looking for something quick and easy to do for dinner that would use up some chicken that needed eating! Having now cooked it though it will definitely be on our list of things we have regularly. Mostly because once prepared you shove it in
Can You Have a Luxury Holiday with Small Children in Tow? No-one wants to be the parent at a luxury hotel pool with the child that won’t stop screaming. While people of all walks of life go on luxury holidays, there is a certain prestige you expect from a luxury holiday. Can you still have a luxury holiday even if you have small children in tow? Let’s take a look
With the best will in the world, and all the right camera kit, getting photos of yourself in a variety of settings is not an easy task. Which is why you need to consider hiring a photographer. Historically we would only ever hire a photographer for a wedding or new baby shoot wouldn’t we? It’s just something we wouldn’t consider, especially when we are all so used to taking hundreds
We didn’t really know too much about the Windsor and Eton Brewery Tour before we did it this weekend, we had won it in an a charity auction late last year so only did a bit of research (mostly could we park. More of which later) before we arrived. You arrive at the tour, at the end of a residential road in Windsor to be welcomed at the bar where
You can’t write a “7 things to do in Windsor” post and NOT mention Windsor Castle, but after that what else is there to do in this historic Berkshire town? Windsor Castle Of course you don’t have to visit the Castle of course (I am ashamed to say I have visited Windsor half a dozen times and have never done a tour of the castle. That is because I only live
Christmas Pudding Crumble We had a couple of puddings leftover this year and I know in theory we could keep them until next year but I am really bad at buying things, shoving them in a cupboard, forgetting about them and then buying them again. So I was determined that this year that didn’t happen, hence needing ideas for leftovers. In previous years I have made truffles from the pudding
Current Fashion Trends To Make Anyone Look Like A Model Fashion is constantly changing as new trends rise and others dramatically fall. Some, however, never go out of fashion, and others are guaranteed to blow people away. Looking for something to make you stand out? Read on to find out our favorite fashion trends heating up the fashion industry. A Classic Throwback Something that’s quickly started to flood the clothing
I keep looking back at 2019 thinking it was a really crappy year, that it was one I would like to forget. And in so many respects it really was. Except whilst looking through all the photos I took last year I realised that there were also lots of highs, points worth remembering, and that hopefully will be the bits I remember when I look back on those 12 months