River Cruise: Avalon: Rhine and Mosel
Falling in love with river cruising - with Avalon Waterways
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Ann
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Yorkshire’s Great Food and Drink: Paradise Café
Paradise Café at Daleside Nurseries in Killinghall, Harrogate opened last month and offers a welcoming and beautiful café cum fine dining cu
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Ann
- Mar 12, 2022
- 2 min
Yorkshire's Great Food and Drink: Mackenzies Farm Shop
Yorkshires great food and drink: Mackenzies Farm Shop
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Ann
- Jan 13, 2022
- 4 min
North Yorkshire Coast: Runswick Bay
I am drawn back to one of North Yorkshire coast’s most scenic destinations time and time again – Runswick Bay with its wide sweeping bay...
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Ann
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
Yorkshires Michelin Stars: 2021
It's really a gloomy time of year and going out to eat is not something we can do at the moment, being in the midst of Lockdown Number 3....
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Ann
- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
Three Days in Cumbria
My great first staycation in 8 months! It was exciting to take a journey of a couple of hours over the Pennines to one of my favourite...
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Ann
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
Yorkshire Gardens: Breezy Knees Gardens
If you visited this field in 1998, you would have seen a bleak area of potatoes and barley fields that stretched for miles across the...
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Ann
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
Botanical Beauty: Flor og Fjære
Where the Rainbow Hit Earth - A most beautiful, colourful Norwegian garden, on an island with a white sandy beach and my ultimate garden...
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Ann
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
Botanical Beauty: Bodnant Garden
If you are in the Conwy area of North Wales in the spring, lucky you! This time last year I was so lucky to spend a day strolling around...
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Ann
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
Botanical Beauty: Jardins de Cap Roig
This time last year, May 2019, I was here in Catalonia, Spain….Jardins de Cap Roig In the northwest corner of the Mediterranean is the...
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Ann
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Eat The Season: Rhubarb
January got no respect from me! I've been hating it this year. The damp, grey and eternally dark days made me so lethargic, together with...
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Ann
- Jan 28, 2020
- 3 min
A Winter Break in Normandy
Winter can be a wonderful time to visit France especially over the New Year period. January was mild, sunny, wide blue skies with a hint...
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Ann
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
Santa Lucia - A Scandinavian Tradition - Swedish Style
December 13th is Santa Lucia, one of the most cherished celebrations in Scandinavia. Sweden was the first country in the Nordic region to...
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Ann
- Nov 17, 2019
- 4 min
Whitby: Foodie Tour
Whitby is a place for all seasons complete with dramatic, changing landscapes. It nestles in the iconic Yorkshire heritage coastline...
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Ann
- Aug 27, 2019
- 4 min
The Lake District is Impossibly Beautiful
June is a wonderful time to visit the Cumbrian Lake District, Kendal was my perfect place for a week long birthday celebration. About 10...
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Ann
- Jul 12, 2019
- 2 min
Tiled Hall Cafe in Leeds
The Tiled Hall Café in the Leeds Art Gallery is the perfect setting for a lunch break, morning breakfast or just a quiet space to relax....
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Ann
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
Happy Midsommar in Åland
Today its Midsummer, the longest day of the year, and an especially magical time in the Nordic countries and cause for celebration. The...
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Ann
- May 29, 2019
- 3 min
Life Lately
You may have noticed something of a radio silence here in recent weeks. This was partly for some really nice reasons, and also there is...
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Ann
- Apr 27, 2019
- 1 min
Lotte the Baker in York
Loving all foodie things Scandi, I’m excited to have found Lotte the Baker in York! Lotte has started a small batch organic Scandi bakery...
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Ann
- Feb 16, 2019
- 2 min
Barbakan, a Polish Restaurant in York
Walmgate, one of the oldest streets in York is an interesting jumble of buildings from different periods and now home to innovative and...
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Ann
- Jan 28, 2019
- 3 min
Why You Should Visit the Åland Islands
I must admit, before I revisited Scandinavia last year I had never heard of the Åland Islands. That is the wonderful thing about travel,...
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Ann
- Dec 20, 2018
- 2 min
One Summer Day in Stockholm
Stockholm is the city of fourteen islands, the so-called “Venice of the North,” and is the home to one of Europe’s best-preserved old...
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Ann
- Nov 19, 2018
- 2 min
Insta-worthy reasons to visit Bornholm Island, Denmark
Here is yet another highlight of my cruise to the islands and cities of Scandinavia – Bornholm. The picturesque island of Bornholm is a...
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Ann
- Sep 30, 2018
- 3 min
Off the Radar in Europe - The Kiel Canal
Europe has endless possibilities of places to explore, sights to see and delicious foods to taste and my favourite way to get a true...
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Ann
- Sep 3, 2018
- 6 min
Exploring the Baltic Islands and Cities on Fred Olsen’s Braemar
Going on a voyage always takes me on a journey of self-discovery and transformation. Those first few hours after boarding, settling down...
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Ann
- Aug 11, 2018
- 5 min
Crossing the Atlantic on QM2
It’s actually NOT a cruise ship! And I like sailing not cruising!! Last year, in June 2017, I excitedly sailed out of Southampton on ...
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Ann
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
Afternoon Tea For Two at York Gate
I’m thinking about incorporating more Slow Living into my life, and it just got off to a good start! Afternoon tea with a friend...
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Ann
- Jun 5, 2018
- 5 min
Five Things I Love About Northern Spain
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know I have just had a whistle-stop tour of Northern Spain. I jumped at the chance to join friends...
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Ann
- Sep 25, 2017
- 1 min
September is rushing by
Who else feels like September has just rushed by in the blink of an eye? The sun hasn’t always shone this month, but that didn’t stop us...
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Ann
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
In a nutshell: August
August, well it just sort of went! It went in having my little house painted internally at the beginning of August and the finale was...
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Ann
- Aug 28, 2017
- 3 min
New York: Foodie Tour
You’re in New York for the first time ever. You’ve got 4 hours and an appetite for everything. Where do you start? Fortunately, I’d...
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Ann
- May 23, 2017
- 2 min
In a nutshell: May
I can’t believe we are nearly into June. There have been cool days and oh so hot days, but May is my fav month full of freshness and...
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Ann
- Apr 14, 2017
- 3 min
Weekend away: Alnwick
A few weekends ago I spent a long weekend in Alnwick and the Northumbrian coast with my partner in crime. Despite the chilly weather we...
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Ann
- Feb 27, 2017
- 3 min
Seville: awe-inspiring architecture
My recent Spanish visit inspired by Rick Stein began and ended in Seville. Seville is a city with something of a split-personality. It’s...
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Ann
- Feb 26, 2017
- 4 min
Secrets of Cadiz
Rick Stein and his recent TV series (and now a book!) ‘Rick Stein’s – Long Weekends’, has a lot to answer for, he has encouraged my get...
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Ann
- Feb 20, 2017
- 1 min
Hello Harlow Carr
February can feel gloomy, but it’s surprising how a visit to RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate can lift the spirits, by taking a few photos of...
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Ann
- Feb 5, 2017
- 2 min
Tadcaster: Bridge Over the River Wharfe
Tadcaster What’s going for it? Yorkshire has for so long appealed to me, Leeds urban and sprawling, and York touristy and twee, then...
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Ann
- Dec 29, 2016
- 2 min
The best things I bought this year
Hoping you all had a gorgeous Christmas and are looking forward to the dawn on 2017. As you may have noticed from the title, today’s post...
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Ann
- Nov 27, 2016
- 1 min
November in North Yorkshire
I’ve just come back from a bit of a retreat. I get this urge now and again to go to the seaside and I jump at the chance of a visit to...
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Ann
- Oct 12, 2016
- 1 min
Bircher Meusli
Bircher Muesli was a very recent discovery for me. A few weeks ago I was staying at the MGallery Hotel Continental in Zurich. It would...
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Ann
- Sep 28, 2016
- 1 min
Going Swiss: Loved It!
September: Has been and almost gone but what warmth and sunshine we have enjoyed. Recovery: Well on the way, not as fast as I would like,...
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Ann
- Jul 10, 2016
- 2 min
Barnbow Canaries: West Yorkshire Playhouse
The First World War remains a defining moment in our history and a visit to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds to see a production of...
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Ann
- Jun 3, 2016
- 3 min
Copenhagen in Three Days
A couple of weekends ago a friend and I landed at Copenhagen Airport, with an address for an Airbnb apartment, a 72 hour Copenhagen City...
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Ann
- Apr 25, 2016
- 3 min
NT Goddards House and Gardens
Oh but it's been a lovely week. Writing jobs have been ticked off. Plans are under way for some cracking Yorkshire collaborations. And,...
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Ann
- Mar 16, 2016
- 2 min
Three Things to Go Do in South Lakeland
You can take the girl out of Cumbria, but you can’t take Cumbria out of the girl. I’ve frequently been back visiting the Lake District...
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