bluebell woods
April is a magical month in English woodlands. Although plenty of new growth can be found in March, it is not until this month that they
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Jan 31, 2020
a grand European road trip
It has obviously taken me a while to get round to writing this post, but I do want to keep a little of our grand European road trip last...
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Jan 24, 2020
an alpine escape to courchevel
* I was invited to Courchevel as part of a Press trip There is something about winter that lends itself well to an escape, isn't there?...
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Dec 17, 2019
cabins & castles | sussex escapes
I think we have established that I am passionately in love with Sussex. I have lived here for over 20 years and - although I sometimes...
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Nov 26, 2019
rainy days and gardens
Great Dixter is (possibly) my favourite garden, anywhere. I mean to go more often, but it took until a very rainy October to make it...
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Jul 3, 2019
Kingshill Farmhouse | Elmley Nature Reserve
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that I was back at Elmley Nature Reserve recently for the opening event at their newly...
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Apr 17, 2019
Venice
Somehow it is almost a month since I was in Venice. I wrote a post the first time I visited two years ago, and although I might update it...
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Nov 17, 2018
stay in wilderness
About last weekend. What can I tell you? We had a perfect escape to beautiful part of Suffolk, a few minutes drive from the coastal town...
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Sep 28, 2018
Babington House
Earlier this week I visited Babington House in Somerset, on invitation to join them for the hotels twentieth birthday celebration. Set in...
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Jul 7, 2018
of a Tuscan retreat
It may have taken me a month to put this together, mainly because it's been such a hectic month, but I have been wanting to share the...
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Jun 27, 2017
Paris - a photo journal
On a very warm midweek day, I visited Paris with my friend Catherine. Warm is an understatement, it was over 30º, which in a city feels...
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May 24, 2017
holiday moments & memories made
this post is sponsored by British Airways Holidays I have mentioned more than once recently that I have itchy feet. Wanderlust. A desire...
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Mar 9, 2017
Venice in 3 days
Venice has been on my bucket list for a long time. After arranging a trip last year then having to rearrange it, altering who was...
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Oct 12, 2016
Amsterdam & the Hoxton hotel
A long weekend. An early autumn break after 9 long (and lovely) weeks of summer holidays with the constant companionship of my children,...
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Apr 28, 2016
adventures on the Aegean Sea
It is only a couple of weeks since Anna and I came back from our adventures on the Aegean Sea but already it feels like a distant memory,...
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Apr 6, 2016
an ode to another place
another place
One hundred cast iron figures stand facing out to sea watching the tide which submerges most of them twice daily
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Mar 5, 2016
the pretty streets of London
Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson Recently I was...
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Oct 30, 2015
Bryncyn | The Welsh House
The end of school term. Everyone is tired. Life has been a fast paced sprint for the past 7 weeks and we could all do with a moment or...
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