Posted in Food, Travel on June 22, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Oooooh, this was a controversial meal. Being one of my all time favourite meat dishes, I was very excited about making it for D for the first time. Just knew he’d adore this Greek dish as much as I do. Except he didn’t. At all. And I went in a total huff about it.
For all the reasons I love this dish, [...]
Posted in Scotland, Travel on June 2, 2008 | 13 Comments »
D is back from his camping trip in Sutherland (northern Highlands of Scotland). He and the kids had such an amazing time I just had to share some of their photos with you.
Posted in Travel on March 28, 2008 | 32 Comments »
Rosie, my sister and I spent the last week in Skye exploring the island and relaxing in a seaside cottage. I’ll save the commentary and just share some pictures. I’m sure you’ll be able to tell how wonderful it all was. :)
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Posted in Food, Recipes, Travel on January 4, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Staying in a British run hotel during my week in Les Menuires, the food was generally less French and less spectacular than I had anticipated. Lunches tended to be a fairly rushed, slope-side beer and croque-monsieur (a combination which is not to be sniffed at, I should add) and dinners were often very English and, frankly, quite bland. But towards [...]
Posted in Christmas, Travel on January 2, 2008 | 27 Comments »
Happy New Year everyone!
I’m back from my first ever ski holiday. Not only do I have a couple of broken ribs, I also spent an inordinate amount of time last week trembling in fear whilst learning to ski, riding on ski-lifts, travelling in gondolas, even sitting on the airport-transfer coach! As someone who is scared of both heights and [...]
Posted in Travel on November 4, 2007 | 18 Comments »
My third and final birthday celebration happened this weekend when myself and some friends headed up to Durness, a tiny village at the top of Scotland.
A wonderful weekend. :)
Posted in Travel, dogs on October 19, 2007 | 23 Comments »
For the last five days my family and I have been staying in Glenbuckie House, a beautiful Victorian manor in Comrie, Perthshire. It was perfect! Frosty mornings, sunny days, starry nights, falling leaves, woodland walks, pancake breakfasts, silver squirrels, a cuddly spaniel, roaring fires, hide and seek… I could go on forever!
Choosing which photos to publish on this [...]
Posted in Travel, dogs on September 30, 2007 | 17 Comments »
This handsome fella is Winston, the shiniest, happiest dog I have ever had the pleasure to meet. He and his owners were staying with me over the weekend and, wow, what a weekend it was! Just wonderful…
Will let the pictures do the talking. :)
Posted in Recipes, Travel on August 12, 2007 | 16 Comments »
D returned home from New Zealand yesterday. He’s horribly jet-lagged and totally exhausted after a cramped, sweaty 32 hour journey and a month of hard snow-boarding. It’d be entirely understandably if he had spent the afternoon languishing on the sofa whining about being tired,achey and stiff and asking for juice to be brought to him in [...]
Posted in Travel on August 9, 2007 | 24 Comments »
I lived in Finland for two years and I loved it. Leaving was difficult. Going back is always wonderful. It feels like going home.
This was a particularly special visit. From the moment I arrived to the moment I left I was spoilt rotten by my friends, especially my wonderful hostess, Marise (a fabulous cook who may [...]
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