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You might think that a “how to make the perfect gin and tonic” post would consist of simply saying “pour some gin and some tonic into a glass, drink”. Well you couldn’t be more wrong. Actually that isn’t fair. And whilst this is my perfect gin and tonic recipe, there is no such thing as a bad gin and tonic, it’s a marriage made in heaven after all, but this
I first wrote this post almost four years ago now and over lockdown we got pizza kits from a local company that had pivoted their business since they couldn’t sell hot pizza from their truck. Having those kits delivered and being able to make and cook them on our Firepod really was the highlight of our week sometimes. We looked forward to the kits being dropped on our doorsteps
Contains an item sent for review The name “Mermaid Gin” was repeated a few times when I asked recently what the next gin in my collection should be. To be honest I kicked myself for not thinking of it myself as I had actually spent an afternoon with one of the co-founders a few years ago and had learned all about the gin and its origins on the Isle of
My 100 gins shelfie Yes it is true, I have been on a quest to find the last few gins to take my collection of gins up to 100. In fact I didn’t realise I was so close until I brought four new ones back from Wales recently and it led us to counting just how many were in the collection. I was on 98! I asked on Twitter
Last month I spotted on Twitter that Yorkshire Tea and released a new flavour of tea, not, as I hoped, specifically for people who like to drink their tea without milk, but flavoured with jam and toast. I mean, seriously? Tea flavoured with jam and toast? I wasn’t impressed, as you can see from the tweet above. I stand by that middle sentence, who in God’s name thought this was
It’s up a lane, behind the church and you would never know the Oak Retreat on the Glanusk Estate was there unless you knew where to look. Thankfully Harry, whose family own the estate, was on hand when we arrived at teatime one Saturday to show us where to go, and. to hand us our keys to this little woodland haven. The Oak Retreat is a wooden hideaway that sleeps
Exbury Gardens was the destination for a much needed socially distanced mooch with my pal, Annie recently. We hadn’t met up in months and I think both of us were feeling the social distance living at opposite ends of the M3 so with the weather looking good for a morning’s mooch we headed off last week. I hadn’t been before but Annie lives locally so has annual pass and knows
Supporting teens anxious about Coronavirus This is a guest post from children’s therapist and wellbeing author Becky Goddard-Hill. Becky’s book, co-written with Penny Alexander is called Be Happy Be You – a teenage guide to happiness and it was published by Harper Collins earlier this year. When it comes to younger kids we can totally control how we pass over information in regard to Covid-19. We can be sure not
A review of the Catipilla Cat Scratcher AD — This post contains an item sent for review If you know anything about our elderly cat, Bob, it’s that she rules the roost here at Barrow Towers. As an example, we can no longer eat at our kitchen table as it is where she eats her food, and it is where she sits to keep an eye on the dog.
This is a collaborative post Creating an area in which you have room to spread out and relax in is one of the joys of owning your own home. Even better, is if this space happens to be outside, preferably in a position to capture the sun on those warm summer evenings. Even properties with a modest amount of outdoor space have the potential to offer a comfortable relaxation area
Dog products we are loving this summer Mr Cheeks is not getting any younger (well, none of us are, are we?) and is of an age now where we have to take more care of him than we did when we first adopted him. He is over ten now and definitely slowing down (unless you’re the postman knocking on the door, then he will still do the dash down
Week 21, twenty one weeks, 147 days since the first announcement that Coronavirus was serious and we were going to be locked down and not able to move about as freely as we had before, or as we ever would again for a long time. We finally got confirmation this week that our holiday in September to Morocco has been cancelled by BA and they have refunded our tickets. To
