Eat well - travel often
I am sure you are like me and want to stay clean when you are travelling but also want to travel light. Here are a few of my tips, especially for making things do more than one job. There is no need to take full […]
There seem to be so many subscription services out there these days but one that has really caught my attention is Bake Box. Bake Box will be a bi-monthly delivery of recipes and equipment to make six really up to the minute goodies. Bake Box […]
I was invited to the film premier of Norm of the North an animated film which will be released in the UK on 18 March 2016. It was a great opportunity to take my granddaughter with me and treat her to a day out in London. […]
I love making soup and am known at home as The Soup Queen – if it has a bone I will make soup out of it! Mr R often takes my soups for his lunch since he doesn’t often get to sit down for a […]
It is important for any kind of blogger wanting to look professional to not only have business cards but professional looking cards. I was asked by Aura Print to receive their new cards with the coloured edge and made specifically to my design. I emailed them […]
I usually get the Eurotunnel to France for the day a couple of times per year. This year it was me, my son and my granddaughter who made the pilgrimage! It is so easy to make the crossing across the English Channel without a wave […]
High above the rooftops in Camden is The Beach, at the Roundhouse. Pusser’s Rum held a tribute to ‘Black Tot Day’ here and I was invited to attend. Mr R loves a drop of rum too so I took him along. You don’t expect to […]
When I think of Nepal I immediately picture Mount Everest, and further thought I see a group of people sitting around a campfire eating roasted Yak! Well, I have never been there so what do you expect! Along with a couple of fellow bloggers, Nayna […]
Here is a list of a few things to surprise your Valentine with this year on 14 February:- Start your romantic morning with something pink and bubbly, this Lanson gift set will start any young (or indeed any age) maiden’s pulse fizzing. Lanson have been […]
It may seem strange that I wanted to, and voluntarily attended the Telegraph Cruise Show a few weeks ago however since my short voyage on the Norweigan Escape’s inaugural voyage at the end of last year I have decided that perhaps the story of cruising […]
As you know afternoon tea is my utmost favourite meal but in close pursuit is weekend brunch. That lazy Sunday morning of eating your favourite breakfast halfway through the day and sipping orange juice and coffee with possibly something fizzy! And don’t forget Saturday as […]
Do you hate it when your hot drinks go cold and the cold ones warm up long before you have finished drinking them! A practical solution is thermal cups and glasses, two thin layers of glass with a gap between them help to keep your […]
I love travelling but I know I will want to bring some goodies back home and with the airlines clamping down on how much luggage you can take with you combined with the fact that I hate carrying too much luggage with me I have […]
Following the Christmas holiday I went through the fridge to see what needed using up. I hate wasting and sometimes you have so much food in over the holidays that some things get missed. The red peppers in the veg drawer were not at their […]
I have often said that one of my favourite experiences is traditional Afternoon Tea, little finger sandwiches, tiny little cake replicas of larger pieces and of course tea, one of the only times I really want proper British tea. I was recently invited to try […]
On a trip to Grenada earlier this year I met a guy named Dom who was on the trip for the Grenada Chocolate Festival and who was making his own fine bean to bar chocolate at home in his kitchen. A little eccentric perhaps making […]