Apr 13, 2020bluebell woodsApril 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
Jan 31, 2020a grand European road tripIt 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...
Jan 24, 2020an 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?...
Dec 17, 2019cabins & castles | sussex escapesI think we have established that I am passionately in love with Sussex. I have lived here for over 20 years and - although I sometimes...
Nov 26, 2019rainy days and gardensGreat Dixter is (possibly) my favourite garden, anywhere. I mean to go more often, but it took until a very rainy October to make it...
Jul 3, 2019Kingshill Farmhouse | Elmley Nature ReserveIf 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...
Apr 17, 2019VeniceSomehow 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...
Nov 17, 2018stay in wildernessAbout 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...
Sep 28, 2018Babington HouseEarlier this week I visited Babington House in Somerset, on invitation to join them for the hotels twentieth birthday celebration. Set in...
Jul 7, 2018of a Tuscan retreatIt 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...
Jun 27, 2017Paris - a photo journalOn 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...
May 24, 2017holiday moments & memories madethis post is sponsored by British Airways Holidays I have mentioned more than once recently that I have itchy feet. Wanderlust. A desire...
Mar 9, 2017Venice in 3 daysVenice has been on my bucket list for a long time. After arranging a trip last year then having to rearrange it, altering who was...
Oct 12, 2016Amsterdam & the Hoxton hotelA long weekend. An early autumn break after 9 long (and lovely) weeks of summer holidays with the constant companionship of my children,...
Apr 28, 2016adventures on the Aegean SeaIt 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,...
Apr 6, 2016an ode to another placeanother place One hundred cast iron figures stand facing out to sea watching the tide which submerges most of them twice daily
Mar 5, 2016the pretty streets of LondonSir, 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...
Oct 30, 2015Bryncyn | The Welsh HouseThe 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...