family life & travels
It’s the start of the South African apple and pear season! South Africa is known for the eating quality of its fruit, thanks to the near perfect growing conditions in the country’s Western Cape. Particular varieties you’ll find in UK supermarkets from March until October are: Apples: Granny Smith – Tart yet sweet taste with a firm,
Thursday 1st March 2018 is St. David’s Day – the patron saint of Wales – and this year, there’s an even better reason to celebrate Wales’ most famous, in season food – the humble leek. From keeping sore throats at bay to improving the quality of the singing voice, leeks have long been known as
If you read my blog regularly, you will remember that a couple of weeks ago I wrote about my experience after doing two weeks on the Diet Chef diet. I was so amazed that I lost 8 lbs in the first two weeks. It was definitely a boost that I needed to get my weight
When you’ve got young children (or any for that matter), I think it is so important to ‘date’ your other half. I do find the whole date night term a little bit cringe, but it is so important to remember your relationship as you have kids that are growing. Otherwise, it is easy to get
For those of you that don’t know me, I have a confession: I have terrible eyesight! I wear contact lenses pretty much all of the time (which I am pretty sure has led to some eye problems and probably made my eyesight worse). I do have eyeglasses but I just don’t wear them very often,
Mornings are always such a rush in our house (I hope I’m not the only one). But we have our timings down to a fine art. One reason is because I love my breakfast. The best meal of the day. So I like to take time to make sure that I have some. One of
Travelling is great. Getting away from things, enjoying the sun and sand, just able to let all the usual worries and stress drift away from you. It’s heaven. Hell, of course, is your fellow holidaymakers. So first, the usual disclaimer: not every other traveller that you encounter will be one of the bad kind. Some
The mechanical alarm clock has a long history dating back to ancient Greece, where the philosopher Plato used a large water clock with an alarm which indicated when his lectures would begin in the morning. The Romans used striking clocks featuring hourly gongs. Similar clocks were used in ancient China. From the 14th century onwards,
The French are super stylish in many ways. You only have to walk around a French city to see perfectly coiffed hair, scarves tied with precision and of course, their delicate desserts. But French style extends to more than just fashion and food. It extends to homes too. So though the Danish ‘hygge’ seems to
