Today went a bit like this. I arrived at the train station 45 minutes early. My anxiety around travel is real again . Dam you lockdown you've set me back ! My reasoning for setting off early - What if there was a big car crash, or a bomb, or the car conked out again. … Continue reading 3 Yorkshire Puddings & 2 Newcastle Brown Ales • day tripping to York
If I asked you the question ... “ What do you want for Christmas... really , really want ? ” Let's assume that nothing was out of bounds and money was no object , you can have whatever your heart desires. What would you choose ? And I want honesty here. You can have 3 … Continue reading M U S I N G S | what do you really want for Christmas?
'Malaga, the Martini of the Sea ' - Raphael Perez Estrada I've just returned from another fabulous weekend away with my friends in Malaga . I'm currently wet through after returning from a drizzly dog walk in the woods with Mollie , my only clean jeans are splattered in mud and I'm cold because basically … Continue reading LIFE | Malaga Revisited 2019
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Losing mum to cancer has had a strange effect on us all. While in the most part it's been bloody shit it has also brought out a positive, determined side in us. A can we do more?... Can we help? ...Can we raise awareness? Having experienced first hand the scale of this awful disease, the … Continue reading Charity begins at home … Would you shop at a Charity Shop?
"We live in Sheffield, we write about things we see here. What else is there to write about" - Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys It may seem strange to anybody looking in that I got invited to spend the night at St Paul's, Mecure Hotel and Spa in Sheffield. Why you may ask ?... Well basically … Continue reading Discover Sheffield … #StayDifferent
Its around this time of year that people start to ask me to compile my Christmas list. I'm by no means a saint (far from it) but I always tell them that I'm not bothered; to buy me whatever and to not spend a fortune? When I was a kid I would spend hours upon hours dribbling over toys from Kays … Continue reading The Alternative Christmas List…(I’m really not after the Miss World title)
When the lovely guys at Tili Gifts (Thanks I Love it) offered the NFD a chance to give some chocolate bars away , how could we refuse? You all know ( and if you don't where have you been?) that amongst other things I am a chocolate monster. I love those beautiful brown chunks of deliciousness. If it … Continue reading TILI x Doisy & Dam Competition #chocolate-tastic
the naughty forty diaries 