Having spent a blissfully peaceful few days at an amazing lighthouse clinging to the side of a cliff in deepest Cornwall, we decided to head to the Scarlett hotel for Mr D’s big birthday. In truth, it was a shocker of a day weather-wise, wet, dark and miserable. Yet somehow as we walked into the…
PLEASE NOTE THIS GREAT LITTLE TEA SHOP MAY NOW HAVE CLOSED. PLEASE ENSURE YOU CHECK BEFORE VISITING, MORE EXCELLENT GLUTEN FREE CORNISH RECOMMENDATIONS APPEAR IN THE COMMENTS BELOW. This weekend Mr D and I headed to fantastic Cornwall to celebrate his special birthday. In the weeks before our trip I spent a lot of time…
Last weekend I went to the fabulous Brown’s Hotel with my two partners in crime. Usually this would involve large quantities of something sparkling (and sometimes a bit of karaoke!) but as I’m not drinking alcohol at the moment, we decided to try out Afternoon Tea. Initially I’d tried to book a table at Claridges…
Once in a while something random, something very removed from your normal life comes along, takes you out of your normal everyday experience and knocks your socks off. Such was the case when a PR agency contacted me having found my blog to invite me to an event on behalf of one of their clients. Interesting, I thought….
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…