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The Liebster Award, and The Versatile Blogger
I’ve been nominated for two more blogging awards over the last month, so thought it about time I got my act together and responded. The lovely Laurelandlily has nominated me for the Liebster award....
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Ten Interesting Christmas Gifts
Christmas shouldn’t be a time for getting things you need. Where’s the magic in that? (Though, Mum and Dad, if you’re reading this, I really do need that new camera. And… a pony?) Christmas presents...
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Birthday Cocktails at The Gilbert Scott Bar
Most people wind down over Christmas and the New Year, and use it as a chance to take stock of their lives. Unfortunately for Tom and I, however, most of the entrance exams take place over January, so...
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Riding in Rivers and Afternoon Tea With the Brontës
The best riding is to be had in the countryside. Not pootling around Hyde Park with untrained lapdogs snapping at your heels, because they’ve had all intelligence bred out of them and think chasing a...
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Impressed by the Prestonfield
I’ve mentioned The Prestonfield before, so I’m very glad to finally be able to show you around. The main entrance. Someone’s lovely leather luggage awaiting collection. Built in 1687, this gorgeous...
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The Imaginarium
A fairly new shop has opened in York, and I love it. It’s like Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, but for grown-ups. Or at least for those of us children masquerading as grown-ups. Despite already being...
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Gang Warfare: The Sisterhood Versus The Tomboys
I just read Christa D’Souza’s article on ‘The Sisterhood’ in March’s edition of Vogue, and it intrigued me. I know, I know, Vogue doesn’t quite count as a book, but I found the ideas touched upon in...
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A Devon Writing Retreat, and the River Cottage Canteen
Having gadded about the country for a bit, Tom and I booked ourselves into a Landmark Trust property in deepest Devon for the last week of our holiday. We discovered the Trust last year, and delighted...
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Handmade Wedding Invites
We’ve finally had the last of the wedding rsvps back, so I thought I’d do a quick post on the invites I designed. If anyone else out there is a fan of stationery, read on! This was the first thing I...
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Spring Outfit: Vintage Roses and Bronze Antlers
Spring is definitely in the air in London. As good an excuse as any to go shopping I thought! I do love floral patterns against a black background, and floaty tea dresses are perfect when the weather...
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My Stag Weekend: Fancy Dress, Cocktails, and a Private Scottish Castle
I’ve referred to my ‘hen do’ on occasion for clarity’s sake, but really it was always going to be a stag do. Plump, feathery, pecking, egging hens are not something I feel any affinity with, I’m...
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Riding in Scotland and a Dinner Party at Rosslyn Castle
The second day of my stag weekend was a relaxed affair. Sort of. I had tasked Hannah with finding us a trekking centre, so we could go for a hack through the Scottish landscape. There’s something...
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Shotguns and Scottish Mist
The final day of my stag weekend. After the cocktails, fancy dress and formal dinner party, I thought we should take it easy on the last day. (Well, actually, I had wanted to go potholing, but even my...
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Rhubarb and Strawberry Margaritas
My rosehip-syrup experiment last autumn went down pretty well, so I thought I’d try a spring version. And this time, I decided to add tequila. Ingredients – serves 4 Margaritas:Rhubarb Syrup (recipe...
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WordPress Wedding Website, or a Guide to Cornwall
I’ve been away for over a month, sorry, but I do have a very good I-got-married-excuse and I’m back now! The wedding was lovely, no disasters, and we’re getting the photos back early next week which I...
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My Cornwall Wedding: The Church Ceremony, and Champagne & Oysters amongst...
I’ve been away from this blog far too long, and I’ve missed it. I’ve missed chatting to all the wonderful bloggers that I follow and who are sweet enough to follow me as well, and I’ve missed sharing...
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My Cornwall Wedding: The Wedding Breakfast, Cocktail Hour and Swing Dancing
Heading inside Scorrier after the formal photos felt like the second phase of the day was beginning, so it seemed right to tell you about it in a second blog post. I couldn’t have been more pleased...
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Honeymoon Week in Cornwall
It’s so rare to get all of our closest friends together, and we love them all so much, that we took them on honeymoon with us. I know that isn’t quite traditional, but we’re sort of used to doing...
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Honeymoon Week in Florence
After a week in Cornwall with our friends, we popped back to London, then flew straight on to Florence! I visited Florence once before, with my drama group when I was sixteen. I loved it then, and...
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Honeymoon Week in Venice
Venice is a little bit like Rye in East Sussex, in that it’s very beautiful and feels very old, but a Rye surrounded by a lagoon and packed full of Americans. Technically Venice consists of a group of...
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