Despite having attended Leeds University, and called Yorkshire home for three years, I never did manage to make it up to the Yorkshire Dales to see what all the fuss is about. Fast forward a few years and, with a…
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We are almost two-thirds of the way through January and it has been a seemingly endless sea of grey that has occupied the first few weeks of the new year in London. Even Blue Monday failed to live up to…
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As the proud owner of a five-month old puppy (Instagram here just in case you haven’t met Pepi yet), I am deliberately neglecting the air miles and focusing more on staycations over the next few months. Deep within the rolling…
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I have a strong affinity to Cliveden House in Taplow, Berkshire. Growing up just down the road, I’ve been lucky enough to visit a few times now, with the highlight most definitely being a trip with Aston Martin and driving…
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Even though the Isle of Wight is a land mass very much part of the UK, I actually knew fairly little about the London-sized island before I visited it a couple of weeks ago. Word of mouth told me to…
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We are now deep into April, which means two things; longer, sunnier and warmer days and the beginning of the Bank Holiday season! With Easter now behind us, we have May Bank Holiday weekend to look forward to; a three-day…
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Having grown up in the Home Counties, I was lucky enough to have a wealth of greenbelt land on my doorstep as a child. However, as with almost every small pleasure of life, you only fully begin to appreciate these…
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After spending the best part of September down in South Africa, it is safe to say that my love for wines, vineyards and generally anything involving fermented grapes was at an all-time high. Being fairly new to the nuances of…
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