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Category : Lifestyle
The Famous Five go to Scafell Pike
Late September and camping in England are not two things I thought I would ever link, but there you are, life is full of surprises.
The Lockdown Menu
So, as the world locks down to flatten the curve of COVID-19, closer to home we are trying to flatten the curve of food consumption,...
Not far from the madding crowds!
Nestled in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales on the banks of the River Wharfe, Bolton Abbey is regarded as Yorkshire's best day out...
See my brighter future - Hardcastle Crags
A fiver for a day's parking at the National Trust carpark seemed a bit steep (there are literally no other choices for parking), but...
Food in France
We eat a mostly plant based diet, with one eggseption. We do not eat meat or dairy, having cut these out for our whole family over...
A Winter Christmas
Or… a guilt-free Christmas! There’s nothing like a fuzzy Christmas jumper to hide the multiple glasses of eggnog and a huge Christmas...
Profitez bien de ces moments de famille
At the beginning of winter when the geese said goodbye to their French summer and flew south for the winter, it was a truly depressing...
A Woke Lullaby – Saying Goodnight to Consumerism.
It’s sometimes hard to teach our children the littlest things. Teaching them important life lessons is harder. Hardest of all is helping...
To Live is to Dream
When we set out on our house-hunting expedition, outwardly I was open-minded but inside, all I wanted was a Maison de Maître. Unbelievably,...
Just another 'Swanny' Day
It's mid February, and this time last year we were up to our armpits in snow from the 'Beast from the East'. Quite a surprise then,...