Hurrah its nearly my favourite time of the year! Let’s fire up the DVDs and get those Christmas movies on! Die Hard (in at number one – obviously) The Grinch who stole Christmas Harry Potter (any of them..actually all of … Continue reading Christmas films
So, I did one of those lists of things to do before a big birthday. On my list was going to The Ritz for for afternoon tea. My mum took my grandmother to The Ritz for tea in 1998, so … Continue reading OOoo The Ritz
Anne (from our lovely BnB) has told us about a food festival running this morning near by. So we are up and packed up ready to head off on our last Wye Valley adventure. We head into the Forest of Dean … Continue reading Mowgli’s Wye Valley Adventure – Day 3
I wanted to share a little more poetry from one of the poets local to the Wye Valley area, Edward Thomas. Again this is just an excerpt from this poem, please do go and read it all. Haymaking – Edward … Continue reading A little more poetry
It is day two, after an amazing breakfast at our lovely BnB we are ready to head off. We jump in the car and head off to Monmouth to have a little explore of the village, we walk to the … Continue reading Mowgli’s Wye Valley Adventure – Day 2
I have enclosed below a small part of a poem by William Wordsworth which I find very beautiful. Please do read the rest, I think it evokes the beauty of the area and brings the ruins to mind. Lines Composed … Continue reading Tintern Abbey
It’s time for a weekend away, so we’re off to a BnB in the Wye Valley. We decide to stay at a small BnB near the little village of St Briavels. More information on the BnB here it is dog friendly … Continue reading Mowgli’s Wye Valley Adventure – Day 1
A raining Sunday is perfect for experimenting in the kitchen. I love baking, both my grandmothers were great bakers and gifted us with lots of time together in the kitchen making things together. I didn’t have enough coconut for macaroons … Continue reading Coconut biscuits!
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.” – Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns Continue reading ….to see and feel
