• Lifestyle,  walled garden

    I’m on YouTube

    I did hint in the last post that I was considering tinkering around on YouTube. Well my first two videos are live, and I’m in the midst of editing video no. three (currently taking a welcome break by blogging on here instead). The first video is an introduction to the channel, and mainly what made us make the move from…

  • Lifestyle

    A Brighter Day

    Hello friends, it’s been a hot minute hasn’t it? A notable amount of ‘life’ has happened since I last signed into my blog. Three seasons in fact; a hopeful spring, a nervewracking summer and the saddest autumn I’ve ever known. Sadly, not simply a season of the Gilmore Girls. Once again we are in winter, and, measured by how many…

  • Lifestyle

    Spring Forward

    Are we nearly there yet? After a pretty peculiar couple of years, spring 2022 feels somewhat familiar. I’m not sure where ‘there’ is anymore, but I’m enjoying seeing life happening. Friends are planning summer get-togethers, weddings are being RSVP’d to, and holidays are being booked (albeit to a humble campsite or two), without too much worry of covid-fallout. Personally, like…

  • Lifestyle

    A Yorkshire Winter

    Hello friends, I hope the mornings and nights of winter are treating you well. Plus every hour in-between. I hope there’s a teaspoon of sugar in your morning brew, a stack of wood by your fire and fragments of sparkly December memories seeing you through this new month. This post is essentially a highlight reel of 14 days spent offline.…

  • Allotment

    5 Things to Reuse in the Garden this Winter

    My allotment is owned by the Council so it makes sense to be spend as little money as possible, or nothing at all on it, in case we move in the future. I spent a few too many pennies on peat free compost when starting my no-dig plot so I need to ensure the next growing season is a bit…

  • Lifestyle

    Christmas Gift Guide for Gardeners

    Fragrance Society Hand Cream from M&S £4 | Growing Diary from John Lewis £8 | Beanie from & Other Stories £29 | Outdoor Pocket Stove from Wildbounds £27.95 | Cashmere Socks from Anthropologie £20 | Radio from Studio £39.99 | Watering Can from Habitat £10 | Seeds from Brown Paper Packages £2.49 | Mug from Sainsbury’s £4.25 | Gardening Gloves…

  • Lifestyle,  Outdoors,  Van Life

    5 Reasons to Stay at: Waterside House Campsite

    This was a spontaneous ‘I need to leave the house and any reminders of my work life’ trip and boy, did it deliver! Someone was watching over us as we rolled into the site on a windy Friday evening. I was smiling from ear to ear as Ste removed the keys from the ignition to a brilliant lakeside pitch at…

  • Lifestyle

    This life: Remembering August

    Disclosure: Ad | Gifted items marked c/o in the post. Hello readers, how is September treating you? I will always hold a special place in my 41 year old heart for this month. It marks change and a shift in focus, and this year is no different. We are contemplating a different life. One with home grown food, animals, and…

  • Outdoors,  Van Life

    5 Reasons to Stay at: Meadow Falls Campsite, Ingleton

    Our first campervan trip in Bailey, our Mazda Bongo, didn’t disappoint. However, three days prior to the trip, the van overheated, had a hissy fit and refused to crawl 500 yards back to the house (we were so close to home!). We cancelled the trip, after we waved Bailey off with the AA recovery man, and found solace in that…

  • Lifestyle

    Thrills and Spills

    How are you doing? I hope this blog post finds you well, and I wish you a happy and healthy 2021. Sending virtual hugs from my screen to yours. I’m sat writing this post in our king size bed in our chilly attic bedroom. I can hear cats fighting for territory outside our window and my brain, like the rest…