A lifestyle blog
We were in Worcester for the weekend when we realised it was of only a handful of towns in England that end in cester. I say “we”. It wasn’t we at all, it was Bruce because that is how his brain works. Once we realised they were all “do-able” for a weekend we promised ourselves we would set out to visit them all this year. We found ourselves in Worcester
Did you know that there are only a few towns or cities in England that end in -cester? And if you ever find yourself saying “what are the towns that end in Cester?” I can tell you that in alphabetical order they are Alcester, Bicester, Cirencester, Frocester, Gloucester, Leicester, Towcester, and Worcester. You are welcome. This isn’t why we ended up in Worcester in the middle of January but whilst
Bruce first visited Luciano forty years ago so he was excited to revisit when I mentioned that I fancied going there for dinner after seeing their posts on Instagram. Technically when he was last there it was a nightclub called Brasingamen’s where footballers and wannabe WAGs hung out, and not a beautiful restaurant run by popular chef Gino D’Acampo, but he was excited nonetheless. If you know Alderley Edge at
It’s all very well taking all these photos on our phones, or with our fancy cameras, but what do we do with them afterwards? I have over 90.000 photos on my phone and whilst I grant you many of them are of cute cats or my dinner and probably only deserve to stay on my phone, there are some that I would love to see more often. So when Photowall
There are so many more things to do in Bath other than the baths that I thought I would do a post listing my favourite things to do in Bath that aren’t the baths. Don’t get me wrong, the baths are fantastic and something you should do but equally there are lots of other things to do that might be a little over shadowed. Bath is a relatively small city
If you have followed me for a while you will know that my husband likes to grow chillis. Lots of chillis. Like so many chilli plants all over the patio you can’t move for them over the summer. Alongside tomatoes. Our patio is positively awash with stuff from about May onwards, all grown from seed, all tucked up in a greenhouse on cooler nights and when it gets really cold
When Hotel Indigo Bath got in touch to ask if we would like to experience a night away in their hotel we jumped at the chance. Bath is a city steeped in history and most of it, I am ashamed to say, new to me. We stopped off in Lacock on the way to Bath, a place that I highly recommend if Wiltshire is somewhere you haven’t been before. With
Need an itinerary for Bath as you are heading there for the weekend (I mean, why wouldnt you, its a fabulous city) then here is my handy itinerary to make sure you come away having seen the best bits of the city. There really is so much explore and it is all best done on foot Saturday Sunday Bath is one of those rare places that is fun to explore
You would be forgiven for thinking you recognise a lot of Lacock, it features as heavily in period dramas as heaving bosoms and crinolines. The Abbey Cloisters above has been in many a Harry Potter film, and recent adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Wolf Hall were filmed in the Abbey itself. It is only when you wander the village that it dawns on you that there are no yellow
We all have that one person in our family that is impossible to buy birthday presents for, dont we? I think it is me in our family. I am a nightmare for my family and friends and it isnt helped by the fact that I seem to have a constant wish list in my head until about a month before my birthday. Then I forget the entire list and find
Woolbeding Garden is managed by the National Trust, though the house that sits within it is let by them to a private family (Lord Sainsbury and his partner who remains resident there following Lord Sainsbury’s death in 2006). To say the garden is a hidden gem would be an understatement. My parent live locally and even worship in Woolbeding Church yet they were unaware that such a spectacular garden lay
Before we travelled to Amsterdam over the Jubilee weekend I had done my research on top places to eat in Amsterdam, made a short list and booked at least one restaurant for each day. Bruce thought I was mad but knowing how busy it would be, with many places also still struggling with staffing levels I wanted to know we were in the places we wanted to be in. Leaving
