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Yes, my gin of the month for October is called TOAD. Or rather my gin of the month is made by The Oxford Artisan Distillery, TOAD for short. We first heard about this distillery after Tom, who runs it, was featured on BBC’ Countryfile because not only has he just started up this distillery in Oxford, but he is doing things slightly differently. You see all gin starts from a
Xero I started my business, making the leap from being just self employed to running a company, a couple of years ago. It made sense to do that and made me feel like a grown up suddenly being able to write “company director” when asked about my job title. No longer would I have to mumble something about what I used to do, or that I was a mum “does
“We have been invited to Ben and Michelle’s Wedding” “Oh that’s lovely, is it in Barnes?” “Nope, Malta” “Oh” And so that is how I found myself Googling Malta to find all I could about where to stay and what to do on the island that is often the hottest in the Med. We plumped for the little town of Silema, away from the capital as we thought it would
Wake me up when September ends Ring out the bells again Like we did when spring began Wake me up when September ends The lyrics to “When September Ends”, the song by Green Day don’t really fit my situation but I always feel that the end of September is significant for me. I don’t acknowledge New Year too much, there is so much hype around it with all the “new
Window Wednesday this week is from Venice and features a first: a photo that not only did I not take it, but that I also wasn’t even nearby when it was being taken. The above pic was taken by my youngest, Ellie in Venice earlier this week. Her first trip abroad without one of us, or a teacher, just her and a mate flying off to Italy for
My gin of the month for September is made in the kitchen of the Fera restaurant in Claridge’s Hotel, London. I have never had a gin with my name on it before. Or indeed made a special trip on a Sunday morning, into London to buy a bottle. But then this a special gin. Fera means wild in Latin (dontcha know) and is inspired by the flavours used in their
I am steaming. See that picture above? That steam just came out of my actual ears. 24 hours ago I was on holiday but here I am, a day later and any feelings of being relaxed have been destroyed. Replaced with anger at your systems and my now almost daily dealings with your company. I haven’t blogged in ages as I haven’t really had the time, but this afternoon I
That’s basically what this thread amounts to. And to be honest, I am sick of it. Sick of people having a dig at other people who are going about their lives, living it how they feel works for them, asking nothing of anybody else, only to find themselves being bashed and bullied by strangers on line. This thread on Mumsnet now has over 1000 replies and to be
I don’t know what possessed me to attack our kitchen cupboards last weekend but something did. I can’t even claim that I had bought a new labelling machine and had found a determination to use it because we have had it for years. Saturday morning though and Mr B came downstairs to find the contents of our kitchen cupboards all over the table. And when I say the contents
The great travel writer Simon Calder once said “if you want to be a travel writer, start at your own back door”. That really struck a chord with me, and whilst I have no great ambition to be a travel blogger (I have a full time job that makes leaving the house for longer than day difficult) it did make me think about how neglected our own part of the
Hughenden is on Window Wednesday this week With the gorgeous weather recently we decided to make the most of it (and our National Trust membership) and head to a property we haven’t been to before: Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire. Not only is the house steeped in political history due to it being the home of former British Prime Minister, Benjamin Diserali from 1848 to 1881, but during the second
If you want to raise money for a charity close to your heart, you want to do it in a way that’s going to get attention. Not only could this help you to raise more money personally, it could also help the charity to become more well known. Raising awareness for a charity you care about is always a good thing! Here are 10 incredibly fun ways you can