Christmas cranberry bundt cake
With Christmas approaching it’s nice to bake something really Christmas-y. This year I chose to bake something I’ve never baked…
A guide to visiting North Wales
The rugged mountains and coastline of North Wales attract many tourists and hikers, but this region has so much more…
Bodnant Garden – a magical garden in North Wales
Bodnant Garden is an amazing garden and arboretum in North Wales that spans 80 acres of hillside and has many…
Portmeirion, an Italian-style village in Wales
Portmeirion is a small village in North Wales on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. The village is one of…
Photographing Twr Mawr, Wales
Twur Mawr lighthouse (meaning Great Tower in Welsh) is an iconic landmark on the West coast of Anglesey in Wales…
Visiting Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage
Most museums, heritage centres and exhibitions in England are brilliantly done and are interactive. I’ve been to many of them…
How to make a dried flower wreath
Summer spoils us with great choices of fresh flowers - whether in wildflower meadows, in our gardens or in our…
Summer Berry Cake
The blog is 6 years old this July so I though to bake a cake to celebrate this milestone and…
How to spend a long weekend in the Lake District
I've been wanting to visit the Lake District for years, but it just never happened. So finally, I just decided…
Burford Circular Walk
Although for me nothing beats visiting country houses, gardens and heritage museums, I do enjoy going on country walks. The…