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Bounty flavoured waffles are easy and incredibly tasty! I know. They didn’t make waffles on #GBBO last week, even though it was batter week. They did churros (we don’t have a deep fat fryer), filled Yorkshires (I didn’t have time) or lacy pancakes (yeah, can you imagine me, the heavy handed one trying to make lace pancakes?!). Nope if I am making batter, I am making waffles in
I know it says they are for rubbish but when I saw the Sort and Go range from Brabantia I knew I had to use them for something else: storage. Out utility room has a habit of turning into a dumping ground and since we took the door off it I can no longer close the door and pretend it isn’t happening. Seeing it everytime I walk out of
Goodwood motor circuit was born shortly after the RAF closed their Westhampnett base at the end of the Second World War and the landowner, Freddie March, decided to turn the perimeter road into a Motor Circuit. For 18 years it became one of the most prestigious tracks in the world before closing its doors in 1966. Fifty years after that first meeting in 1948 it reopened it doors once more
These days, family camping holidays are less about going back-to-basics and more about discovering Europe’s most wonderful hidden gems. It’s not until you set your sights at least a little off the beaten path that you realise quite how dramatically diverse and deeply beautiful our very own continent can be. So if you’ve been thinking of heading out with the kids for a spot of adventure, you’d be wise to
Yesterday I took you around Chawton House Library, former home of Jane Austen’s brother, and today for How Does Your Garden Grow (#HDYGG) I am sharing some pics from the garden. One of the most fascinating gardens I have ever visited. Andrew, the garden manager, arrived less than a year ago but has already made his mark on the place, whilst still ensuring that the garden stays authentic.
Chawton House Library on Window Wednesday this week. Chawton village is, of course, dominated by its most famous resident Jane Austen. Her house sits in the middle of this pretty village in Hampshire and is a draw for hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. The first time we went we had just decided on the spur of the moment to head there since it is only 45
Do you know about Timehop? Chances are you do, but if you don’t: Timehop is an app that allows you to connect your social media accounts and then everyday it reminds you want you were posting about on that day, a year ago, five years ago, eight years ago etc. It is a lovely reminder of the places you have been, the people you were with, what you ate.
As windows or rather window frames go, this probably the strangest one I have seen since I started Window Wednesday. Spotted on the walk down from the car park along the river at Cliveden I wooped when I saw it and knew I had this week’s blog post sorted! There are six picture frames on the walk, this one the only blank one to allow you to frame the
The Canon 1300D is the perfect camera for a blogger. There. That is my review of this camera. The shortest review ever. But honestly, it is. When I got the email from Mumsnet asking if I wanted to apply for the chance to review the Canon 1300D I couldn’t reply quickly enough. You see I have a camera, one I am very fond of (it was a wedding present from
I don’t even really like Jaffa cakes if I am honest. Not since I worked for a VAT consultant in 1991 and the whole “for VAT purposes are they a cake or a biscuit?” debate kicked off (biscuits with chocolate on them are subject to VAT, cake is not and McVities claimed they were a cake. HMRC were not convinced). And since then they have got smaller so I am
So here is the thing. I can’t cook. I have said it before and I will keep saying it again. What I do have though are gadgets that do things for me so I can produce results that make it look like I can cook. Which is why I have decided to join in with Jenny’s #GBBOBloggers weekly linky. Every week inspired by that week’s episode of the
Shimmer in the haze of summer lawns Then I heard the children singing They were running through the rainbows They were singing a song for you Well it seemed to be a song for you The one I wanted to write for you, for you Lavenders blue, dilly dilly, lavenders green All I can say is “thank god for air conditioning in my car” because when we came away from
