The Thames Towpath is a 184 mile pathway stretching along the banks of the river Thames from the source in deepest Gloucestershire to its outlet into the sea at the Thames estuary. Mr D and I have been walking sections of it for longer than I care to remember. Initially we started as practice for…
We spent the long Easter weekend in the beautiful Devon surfing village of Croyde. We’ve been to Croyde many times before to ‘hang 10’ (or just hang out) and on this trip we were joined by my husband’s cousin and his wife. We hadn’t seen them since our wedding last August and the weekend was…
Carluccio’s for lunch today. I’m a big fan of all things Italian (even getting married there!) but I’ve walked passed Carluccio’s Italian restaurants many times looking in wistfully at the fabulous pasta, foccacia and cakes on offer but never going in. That is until I was trying to find somewhere suitable to have a weekday…
Without doubt one of the most read posts on this blog concerns Branston Pickle and answers the question, is pickle gluten free? You might notice in the url for this post that the date shows as 2010. You would be correct in thinking this was originally posted 10 YEARS ago but I have completely refreshed…
Isle of Wight this weekend. Bit of a flying visit to the in laws to see them and pick up our wetsuits for a surfing weekend we have coming up soon. We set off early from London on Saturday, getting up even earlier than I would for work. No time for breakfast in the rush…