A lifestyle blog
My gin of the month for March is Rock Rose, spring edition This week it has finally felt like spring has arrived. There are daffodils on the verges, the birds are singing and when the sun comes out there is a real warmth to it. With it comes a desire to bunk off work to sit in the garden with a mug of tea every morning and
On Saturday we walked our ten miles (which turned out to be slightly longer due to a sat nav reading cock up) and we had our three meals in three parks. There is no denying it was hard work in places but my lasting memory is going to be of laughter and friendship. Or a joint determination that we were going to do this for those less fortunate than
Thirty five years ago at school I was bullied. Relentlessly To the point where other than memories of the bullying I have no other memories of school. Never physical, that would have been too easy I could have fought back, or shown my bruises to a teacher. It was always verbal so there was no evidence. But the evidence is very much there, even thirty five years later. My
Where would we be without grandparents? Stuck. That’s where I would be if hadn’t been for the support of my parents when my children were little. As my granny moved into a care home this week and my mum becomes her main spokesperson and carer I have been pondering how the tables have turned. Where my granny once cared for my mum, and for me in the
Things to consider starting a blog Blogging is extremely popular. There are now an awful lot of them out there. So many that it seems people have lost count – although the total worldwide figure is more than 150 million. That doesn’t mean you should be put off from starting your own blog, however. The fact that there are so many blogs online should be seen as a positive
Yesterday I visited a Comic Relief project closer to home, Mayfield Nurseries, and not just in terms of geography. It seems daft that after being involved with Comic Relief for four years, and three trips to Africa, I haven’t visited one of their projects on my own doorstep. So when the charity emailed some of us last month to ask if we wanted to do just that, I leapt
#ReclaimYourMattress Sorry to be revolting so early in the morning (or over dinner if you are reading this later in the day) but the team at Vorwerk have asked me to take part in their campaign for National Bed Month, designed to help the nation reclaim its mattresses for a happy, healthy night’s sleep. Which means I need to write it down and then share it with you. Think of
A few years ago I saw the work that Mothers 2 Mothers do in Kenya first hand. I have never forgotten it. Or the families we met. I follow the charity on Instagram and Twitter and follow the work they are continuing to do. And that work is very simple. It is not complicated or contrived, it is honest, and simple. Empowering. Life changing. And life saving. Mothers
Home made Nutella recipe Can I make Nutella at home? Yes! You absolutely can, with just a few ingredients you can have your own jar of this chocolatey goodness in less than an hour Do I need a high speed blender to make Nutella? You do really as you need to blitz the hazelnuts. I use my Thermomix because I can then warm the chocolate to melt it too, but
It’s not everyday you get to say you are going away for the weekend, to stay at a Castle. But last weekend we got to do just that. Last year Warwick Castle opened their Knights Village. A glorious collection of wooden lodges, set right on the banks of the River Avon, within the grounds of the Castle. I would say that a stay there is an
Thermomix Banana bread It is also National Dog Biscuit Day and National Toast Day but I figured that you might not need a recipe for either of those. Well not from me anyway. What I thought you might need though is a recipe for banana bread in case you wanted to join in with National Banana Bread Day, or later in the year with #NationalBananaDay. And let’s face it,
We recently spent the weekend in Warwick, so here is Window Wednesday featuring Warwick Castle Savages. Despite our favourite family saying being (in the most pompous voice we can muster) “We aren’t savages” we were. Well our ancestors certainly were. And despite all the history and majesty of Warwick Castle that is the one over-riding feeling I come away with. Horrible Histories is not wrong. A moat