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Autumn Shopping
It doesn’t really feel like autumn in London yet but that doesn’t stop me pretending, and a change of season is the perfect excuse to go shopping. I thought I’d share my recent purchases with you –...
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Handmade Cards and Gift Boxes
When I was four we moved to Nauru, a small island in the Pacific halfway between Australia and Hawaii. There were a lot of benefits like massive land-crabs and no taxes to pay (that’s right, MASSIVE...
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Anemones in Pewter
I love seeing flowers in vases that are not vases, and this little pewter jug is my latest favourite. It has a heavy, masculine quality that balances out the prettiness of the delicate anemones, and...
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Best Books about the Countryside
This is by no means a definitive guide, rather a varied selection across all genres. Books to dip into when you’re missing the smell of damp loam and the sound of trickling streams. I’ve selected four...
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Skye: The Perfect Spring Holiday
Tom and I visited the Isle of Skye last August, but everyone we met told us we’d visited at the wrong time. A whole week of blazing sunshine seemed to say otherwise to me, but apparently the best time...
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The Chelsea Flower Show
The Chelsea Flower Show is always inspirational, whether you enjoy gardening or not. It is an explosion of colour and texture, and full of exciting shapes, grand designs and exquisite details. I am a...
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Ways With Words at Dartington Hall
I first discovered Ways With Words several years ago. I came across a slightly blurry, monochrome advert for it, in a newspaper that had just been used to soak up an accidental flood of red wine....
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Hiking in the Lake District (With a Broken Foot)
So I broke my ankle, a few weeks ago. Just a little break, an avulsion fracture of the talus, apparently, though the additionally sprained ankle and knee have been causing me a lot more trouble. Never...
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Wild Camping by Loch Coruisk
Camping in the highlands had seemed like a good idea at the time. We upgraded our camping gear (waterproof tent, airbeds, gas stove, decent backpacks), bought some Adventure Food, and flew to Scotland....
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Fight Club
About three months ago, I started doing MMA. Mixed Martial Arts is, according to Wikipedia, “a full-contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing...
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Arriving in Hong Kong
Tom and I rarely take on travelling-placements these days as we’re usually too busy running Winterwood, but there was no way I was turning down an all-expenses-paid trip to Hong Kong! I used to pass...
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Exploring Hong Kong
On our penultimate day in Hong Kong I was lucky enough to have the afternoon off, so I got a taxi back to Kowloon as I had a lot more exploring to do. I started at the Jade Market off Kansu Street,...
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Flaming Tar Barrels on Bonfire Night
A pre-Bonfire Night post today, to get you in the mood for fire and frolicking. I was hunting through my old photos earlier, and came across an album from exactly a year ago that I completely forgot to...
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Decadent Advent Calendars
My mum used to buy me flat advent calendars, even when I was a teenager. You know, where you open a little door and there’s a pretty picture on the other side. And every year I’d think wtf Mum, I want...
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You’re Doing it Wrong
So, how are your New Year’s resolutions going? If they’re making you miserable, you’re doing it wrong. Resolutions usually involve giving things up, but I think that’s just because we’re blaming our...
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The Banff Mountain Film Festival
A film festival all about mountains. What could be better? For anyone who loves the outdoors, and there are a rapidly increasing number of us, this is the festival for you. It is action packed, and...
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