Ann 4 days ago9 minRiver Cruise: Avalon: Rhine and MoselFalling in love with river cruising - with Avalon Waterways
Ann Apr 252 minYorkshire’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
Ann Mar 122 minYorkshire's Great Food and Drink: Mackenzies Farm ShopYorkshires great food and drink: Mackenzies Farm Shop
Ann Jan 134 minNorth Yorkshire Coast: Runswick BayI am drawn back to one of North Yorkshire coast’s most scenic destinations time and time again – Runswick Bay with its wide sweeping bay...
Ann Jan 25, 20212 minYorkshires Michelin Stars: 2021It'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....
Ann Aug 27, 20203 minThree Days in CumbriaMy 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...
Ann Aug 18, 20202 minYorkshire Gardens: Breezy Knees GardensIf you visited this field in 1998, you would have seen a bleak area of potatoes and barley fields that stretched for miles across the...
Ann Jul 26, 20203 minBotanical Beauty: Flor og FjæreWhere the Rainbow Hit Earth - A most beautiful, colourful Norwegian garden, on an island with a white sandy beach and my ultimate garden...
Ann May 21, 20201 minBotanical Beauty: Bodnant GardenIf 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...
Ann May 5, 20203 minBotanical Beauty: Jardins de Cap RoigThis time last year, May 2019, I was here in Catalonia, Spain….Jardins de Cap Roig In the northwest corner of the Mediterranean is the...
Ann Feb 15, 20202 minEat The Season: RhubarbJanuary 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...
Ann Jan 28, 20203 minA Winter Break in NormandyWinter can be a wonderful time to visit France especially over the New Year period. January was mild, sunny, wide blue skies with a hint...
Ann Dec 13, 20192 minSanta Lucia - A Scandinavian Tradition - Swedish StyleDecember 13th is Santa Lucia, one of the most cherished celebrations in Scandinavia. Sweden was the first country in the Nordic region to...
Ann Nov 17, 20194 minWhitby: Foodie TourWhitby is a place for all seasons complete with dramatic, changing landscapes. It nestles in the iconic Yorkshire heritage coastline...
Ann Aug 27, 20194 minThe 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...
Ann Jul 12, 20192 minTiled 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....
Ann Jun 21, 20192 minHappy 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...
Ann May 29, 20193 minLife 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...
Ann Apr 27, 20191 minLotte 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...
Ann Feb 16, 20192 minBarbakan, 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...
Ann Jan 28, 20193 minWhy You Should Visit the Åland IslandsI must admit, before I revisited Scandinavia last year I had never heard of the Åland Islands. That is the wonderful thing about travel,...
Ann Dec 20, 20182 minOne Summer Day in StockholmStockholm 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...
Ann Nov 19, 20182 minInsta-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...
Ann Sep 30, 20183 minOff 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...
Ann Sep 3, 20186 minExploring 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...
Ann Aug 11, 20185 minCrossing the Atlantic on QM2It’s actually NOT a cruise ship! And I like sailing not cruising!! Last year, in June 2017, I excitedly sailed out of Southampton on ...
Ann Jul 25, 20182 minAfternoon 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...
Ann Jun 5, 20185 minFive Things I Love About Northern SpainIf 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...
Ann Sep 25, 20171 minSeptember is rushing byWho 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...
Ann Sep 5, 20172 minIn a nutshell: AugustAugust, well it just sort of went! It went in having my little house painted internally at the beginning of August and the finale was...
Ann Aug 28, 20173 minNew York: Foodie TourYou’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...
Ann May 23, 20172 minIn a nutshell: MayI 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...
Ann Apr 14, 20173 minWeekend away: AlnwickA few weekends ago I spent a long weekend in Alnwick and the Northumbrian coast with my partner in crime. Despite the chilly weather we...
Ann Feb 27, 20173 minSeville: awe-inspiring architectureMy recent Spanish visit inspired by Rick Stein began and ended in Seville. Seville is a city with something of a split-personality. It’s...
Ann Feb 26, 20174 minSecrets of CadizRick 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...
Ann Feb 20, 20171 minHello Harlow CarrFebruary 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...
Ann Feb 5, 20172 minTadcaster: Bridge Over the River WharfeTadcaster What’s going for it? Yorkshire has for so long appealed to me, Leeds urban and sprawling, and York touristy and twee, then...
Ann Dec 29, 20162 minThe best things I bought this yearHoping 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...
Ann Nov 27, 20161 minNovember in North YorkshireI’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...
Ann Oct 12, 20161 minBircher MeusliBircher Muesli was a very recent discovery for me. A few weeks ago I was staying at the MGallery Hotel Continental in Zurich. It would...
Ann Sep 28, 20161 minGoing 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,...
Ann Jul 10, 20162 minBarnbow Canaries: West Yorkshire PlayhouseThe 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...
Ann Jun 3, 20163 minCopenhagen in Three DaysA couple of weekends ago a friend and I landed at Copenhagen Airport, with an address for an Airbnb apartment, a 72 hour Copenhagen City...
Ann Apr 25, 20163 minNT 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,...
Ann Mar 16, 20162 minThree Things to Go Do in South LakelandYou 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...