A lifestyle blog
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
We haven’t been away as a family this summer, but have spent our summer at home, with days out and some more local exploring. We have also spent quite a bit of time around the fire pit, toasting marshmallows, chatting late into the night. It is amazing how much more talking goes on when you turn the TV off. Who knew?! One of the questions that sparked the longest
Toasted Marshmallow day is Wednesday 30th August. You would be forgiven for not knowing this of course since it is one of those “National Days” made up by an organisation with a vested interest: in this case The National Confectioners Association. Whoever they are. It used to be that toasting marshmallows was the preserve of cubs and brownies, Americans, or people who really knew how to do a festival properly.
Dear Giles Coren I have just seen on social media that you recently reviewed a cafe near a beach on the south coast and whilst doing so ranted about “tattooed fatties day tripping from Plymouth”. Now I can’t work out if you actually mean that or if you said it as some kind of traffic driving click bait exercise. Well if it is the latter it has certainly worked (much
It has been a while since I ranted on a Friday but I saw a headline yesterday that properly made me rage. And made me ask “when is a review not a review”? No surprise it was in the Daily Mail but hey ho. The article in question was this one: So it will also come as no surprise to you that it grabbed my attention
The story of Daffy’s gin is the story of a four year quest to make the best gin in the world and by jimmy it was a worthwhile quest, and it’s why it is my gin of the month for August. Made from grain spirit imported from France it is then mixed with eleven botanicals in an old copper whisky still in Edinburgh. This attention to detail creates
The Waitrose Summer Festival When my BFF asked if I fancied the Waitrose Festival as a venue for meeting up for a few hours on my birthday, well I couldn’t think of a more perfect way to spend a morning. What IS The Waitrose Summer Festival? As you would expect, the Waitrose Summer Festival isn’t like any other festival. You can’t camp for a start, which is always a bonus
