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....

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...

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...

Where the Rainbow Hit Earth - A most beautiful, colourful Norwegian garden, on an island with a white sandy beach and my ultimate garden...

Midsommar 2020

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...

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...

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...

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...

December 13th is Santa Lucia, one of the most cherished celebrations in Scandinavia. Sweden was the first country in the Nordic region to...

Whitby is a place for all seasons complete with dramatic, changing landscapes. It nestles in the iconic Yorkshire heritage coastline...

June is a wonderful time to visit the Cumbrian Lake District, Kendal was my perfect place for a week long birthday celebration. About 10...

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....

Today its Midsummer, the longest day of the year, and an especially magical time in the Nordic countries and cause for celebration. The...

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...

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...

Walmgate, one of the oldest streets in York is an interesting jumble of buildings from different periods and now home to innovative and...

I must admit, before I revisited Scandinavia last year I had never heard of the Åland Islands. That is the wonderful thing about travel,...

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...

Here is yet another highlight of my cruise to the islands and cities of Scandinavia – Bornholm. The picturesque island of Bornholm is a...

Europe has endless possibilities of places to explore, sights to see and delicious foods to taste and my favourite way to get a true...

Going on a voyage always takes me on a journey of self-discovery and transformation. Those first few hours after boarding, settling down...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tadcaster What’s going for it?  Yorkshire has for so long appealed to me, Leeds urban and sprawling, and York touristy and twee, then...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Oh but it's been a lovely week. Writing jobs have been ticked off. Plans are under way for some cracking Yorkshire collaborations. And,...

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...