The year trundles on, yet summer still doesn’t seem any closer to arriving. Today I emerged from Notting Hill tube station bare legged and optimistic into driving rain and a rather chilly wind. Can it really be almost June? Luckily my spirits were soon lifted at the thought of what lay ahead – lunch at […]
It’s officially the beginning of The Season in London. And that means it’s Chelsea Flower Show week and more than likely is going to start raining quite a lot. That’s the English Season for you…but a little bit of rain is certainly not going to stop me going out for lunch. So today we headed […]
Today I jumped on the train and the Jubilee Line underground for the first time in ages. Over the years I’ve commuted along a version of this route to several offices yet today it felt strangely weird and unfamiliar. I felt a bit like a tourist in London, no longer striding through corridors knowing exactly […]
I’m back! It’s been a whirlwind of travels over the last month, which has been fabulous. My best birthday ever spent in Greece and cruising the Adriatic and the Med. I was in stunning Kotor in Montenegro on the actual day, and how wonderful that was. Love exploring new countries, and the more I cruise, […]
Today we’re heading down by the riverside to Putney and the newly-opened Coppa Club. This riverside walk became a regular one for me during Lockdowns and I always felt sad walking past the deserted bars and restaurants along the way. One of them, which had clearly been abandoned, was where the Coppa Club Putney is […]
The Avocado Show is the place for me! I’ve been celebrating avocados my whole life as I was lucky enough to have an avo tree in the garden on the farm where I grew up. When they were in season I ate avo on toast for breakfast most mornings. My avo love has grown over […]