Hello there stranger!  It’s certainly been a long time between drinks.  Almost ten months.  I’ve clearly been so very slack, so sorry!  It started to get quite intense with travel planning, then the travel, then post travel, then well…life happens! I thought the start of 2020 was high time to get on track and start…

Whilst I love celebrating New Years Eve and the fresh start to the year etc, I am not a lover of crowds and the thought of going into the city is a complete turn off.  So now, and for quite a few years past, my NYE celebrations traditionally involve a three course meal cooked at…

It was time, time to make the tart from the beautiful plums I picked from Pinecrest Orchard.  They’d ripened (some too much sadly), but I had enough to make the recipe I’d found. Whilst I’m not scared of making pastry, I wanted to keep the tart simple and when I found this particular recipe, I…

Ok, I admit I’ve been to The Rook before. But I’ve not eaten there, so I figure it counts. Now this isn’t just a 40before40 post. Oh no. This is a very special Happy Last Day in Your 30s to a very special person post…yep, you guessed it, to Karinda! We were supposed to go…