Long time readers of my blog will have seen my love for Twinwood over the past 4 or 5 years. It is the highlight of my year and something I start preparing for several weeks in advance. However this year was slightly different in that COVID is still prevalent and there was the worry…

As many of you will know, I have been trying to complete my ’50 things before I turn 50′ bucket list. This was something that I originally wrote in 2017 and for the first two years I had gone through a fair amount of the items listed on there and was looking forward to…

A few months ago a friend and I were discussing ‘Bucket Lists’ and it turned out that we had a few similar items on our lists. Although not technically on mine, one of the things she had was to go and watch Shakespeare at Stratford Upon Avon and asked if I fancied going along…

The 14th of August saw me having the pleasure of visiting a relatively new restaurant close to where I live. Moosteak had been highly reviewed and I was keen to give it a try for myself as it was billed as a restaurant that specialised in Steak and Lobster. Now as I love both,…

If you are a frequent reader, you will probably have seen a post that I posted last week called Doodlebugging. If you missed it, you can still catch it here.  In it I mentioned the fact that I was having a Pake Muu made by the amazing Karen Harvey. A what-a-muu? For any of…