Escaping the city
Puglia, Italy
What?
My first visit to Italy! Specifically to the boot, Puglia. A trip of three parts: exploring the main towns and cities of the region, a rural villa with friends and a beautiful wedding. We drank good wine and ate great food – Primitivo, orecchiette pasta, pizza and lots of Taralli…
Escaping the city
Kinsale, Ireland
What? My first visit to Ireland. After a 5 am start in London, we stepped off the 226 bus from Cork airport out onto Kinsale harbour and straight into the Jim Edwards pub for the first pint of Murphys of the trip. Ireland, and specifically Dublin, is famous for Guinness, Read more…
Escaping the city
Bath
Following last years weekend away in the Lake District, this year we cemented our new annual girls weekend away tradition with a trip to Bath.
Escaping the city
Staithes coastal walk
A beautiful opportunistic coastal walk while staying in Staithes for a friend’s wedding.
Enjoying the city
Woodworking project
One of my 2023 resolutions was to do a woodworking project. In March I signed up and did a woodworking tasting evening at the London school of furniture making to kick start this resolution. But it was not until July that I had a rare free weekend to actually do a project – our potting table for the garden.
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Kyoto Gardens
July 2023
On a sunny but cooler Sunday in July, we went to visit the Kyoto garden in Holland Park.
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Columbia flower market
June 2023
Columbia flower market one sunny Sunday in Shoreditch. By far my most enjoyable ‘touristy’ outing in London to date!
Enjoying the city
Kayaking in Hackney
One of our more Urban adventures, we kayaked through London’s oldest canal from Limehouse to Crate Brewery’s bar on the water’s edge in Hackney Wick.
April
Wild fire cooking
Less than an hour from London, we escaped to Surrey for an immersive day of seasonally inspired wild fire cooking nestled beneath trees and surrounded by bluebells.