If you follow me on Instagram (and if not, why not?) … you’ll have seen exactly why I’ll never be slim, summed up in two photos. One of a Crème Brulee doughnut, the other of the nicest fried chicken I’ve ever eaten and, as you can imagine, I’ve eaten a lot of fried chicken in […]
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5 Slimming World Staple Foods
Now I am four months into my Slimming World journey, I’m getting more and more messages from people who are just starting out, who want to know about sample menus, shopping lists, how many syns is this and that, and so I thought I would start writing about it all to answer some of […]
Food & Flicks at The Royal Garden Hotel
I have always had 5* lifestyle ambitions, just on a 3* budget! So imagine how excited I was when the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London invited Dexter and I to stay with them a couple of weeks ago to try out the new ‘Flicks & Food’ service. More about exactly what this is […]
Foodies Trip to Dorset with holidaycottages.co.uk
Last week, I was lucky enough to be invited to Dorset, along with 13 food bloggers,courtesy of holidaycottages.co.uk. It was a food blogger trip and as I now blog about food, I was invited along. You may remember I’ve been on a blogger trip to Devon with holidaycottages.co.uk before (#BloggerHotTub), so I was already aware […]
My Body Is Fighting To Regain Its Weight … And That’s OK
I received another comment this week on the blog post I wrote last year about why I stopped following Slimming World. And it got me thinking. Thinking whilst also eating a fruit tart in the sunshine I should add. What is my relationship with food like right now? And why is my body fighting to […]
Small Joys
A very old friend of mine had a serious accident a few weeks ago. She was hiking in California, as you do, slipped off a boulder, broke her pelvis and ankle and was alone in the sweltering heat for four days. (And if she doesn’t make this into movie, I will.) Anyway, the reason I […]
3 Great Places To Eat In Bristol
Hands up who spends every Saturday night looking at Rightmove on their phone. *Raises hands sheepishly.* In my defence, I have no social life and on the rare occasion I do go out, I tend to break things, mainly my bones. Anyway, now that my eldest lives in the south-west, one of the places I […]
5 Great Gift Ideas For Father’s Day
It’s Father’s Day this month so I thought I would get in early and do some research for a great present for Dad. My dad is now 77 but is young at heart and has a better social life than I do! (Although that’s not really difficult.) He loves to play golf and darts, and […]
The Ridiculous Story Of How I Broke My Arm
It was 1am on a Saturday morning nearly three weeks ago, and I found myself in a dark alleyway between a furniture shop and a curry house. I was tipsy, not drunk, caught between the lure a handsome young man whilst panicking about the fact I had lost my best friend. Somehow, I lost my […]
How National Citizen Service Can Help Your Teen
The thing about having teenagers is that time speeds up. Before you know it, your baby is balancing GCSE revision, friendships and hobbies – mostly without your involvement. The thing is, though, as big as your teens look, they still need a bit of help moving into the next stage of their lives, whether that’s a […]