A lifestyle blog
. When Jonnie went off to Kenya for a month with the school a couple of years ago I was very envious. Not the climbing Mt Kenya bit. Nor the sleeping in tents bit. Or in fact the eating fish casserole bit. Especially not the “no phones, no internet” for a month bit. The bit that really made me envious was going off with friends to see
. Where Eagles Dare is a film that is as old as I am, or I’m as old as it is, or something. I’m using a bit of artistic licence, obviously – I’m only 28 as you know. This is one of those films that everyone has seen, haven’t they? I mean, it even has its own drinking game, courtesy of @almurray (via @littlejason). So it’s practically an institution. And I
. I could have ranted about so much this week but I am writing this post at 6.30am before I wake the teen at 7am and then leave the house at 7.30am and don’t return until 6pm. I have already showered, dressed, fed the cats, tidied the lounge, put the washing machine on, worked out to have for dinner and folded a pile of towels. In fact I could
.Croiffles Yep, that’s right. A blog post with a title that you can’t even pronounce. The picture might give you some clue though. It’s a waffle made from croissant dough. Hence the croiffle name. You see, much as a dog is not just for Christmas and cake is not just for birthdays, waffle machines are not just for waffles. There is so much more you can
. There is no denying that social media is a big part of our life as a family. Okay, admittedly I am the biggest user of it, possibly on a scale completely incomprehensible by friends and family who don’t have Twitter or Facebook accounts, let alone blogs. For my close family though it is just a way of life now and they are quite used to getting texts from friends
. I kicked off the “New for 2015” Film Club last week with American Beauty and have now seen it for the first time. What can I say? Wow. It’s an incredible film and one I would definitely watch again because I am sure each time you watch it you see more. It’s heartstoppingly brilliant. I will watch it again. And if you watch it and
. Suffice to say it has been a bonkers week. So much so that I haven’t time to even shave by the looks of the photo above. The lack of a blog post since Sunday is the first clue that things are a bit out of sorts at Barrow Towers. Unheard of in recent times for it to be so long between posts, and a fact that
. This is it, this is really happening then. I mentioned late last year that I was going to kick off a film club on the blog (and blogged about it here: Announcing the Film Club) in the hope I could see “must see” films that I haven’t seen but the rest of world have, or revisiting films that I adore and think others might not have seen such
It seems wrong to be kicking off the new year with a miserable blog post but this blog is nothing if not honest, and to be honest right now I am feeling pretty miserable. I hate New Year. There I have said it out loud. And I apologise to all those around me for whom this brings down the general mood of celebration. But that is just it.
Like so many blog posts I write the post you are reading is not the one I planned. Today’s post was going to be a look back at the year to see just what BB Towers had been up to. Holding the FA Cup in our lounge (no you shut up, we so did) / a trip to Tanzania / Mr B putting up with me saying “we are
Late last year I happened to mention that I had never seen Rita, Sue and Bob Too. What turns out to be an iconic film. When I mentioned this fact on Twitter people were amazed I hadn’t seen it and raved about how fantastic it was. One lovely friend then sent me a copy of it to prove just how magnificent it was. This sparked a big
The world changed ten years ago today. Many people just learned what a tsunami was, so many of us hadn’t even heard the word, for hundreds of thousands more their lives were devastated when a tidal wave crashed onto land following a massive earthquake. Family members were lost, villages wiped out, livelihoods destroyed. And in amongst all that destruction were two of our greatest friends: Sam and
