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Fashion, Lifestyle, Photography

Homeware Haul: The new light of my life

Since moving in with James I’ve tried to make some small adjustments around the house, which he’s mostly been open to. We’re currently in discussions about a coffee table and…

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October 18, 2016
Art, Crafts, Lifestyle, Photography, Travel

Unleash the child in you

There’s a magical place, we’re on our way there, with toys in their millions, all under one roof; it’s called… Well sadly Toys’R’Us don’t need that catchy little ditty any…

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June 12, 2018
Food & Drink, Lifestyle

A bottle of something special

Fancy pubs and bars are popping up all over the place these days, so to stand out from the crowd they need to either do things simply and well, or…

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December 2, 2016
  • Cheltenham,  Cotswolds,  Food & Drink,  Lifestyle

    A strong contender for Cheltenham’s best Indian restaurant

    September 28, 2020 /

    So, you’re just about to get a kitten and puppy. Obviously you’re out of your mind, but should you choose that path, you need a good blowout the night before, right?! (before you’re housebound for months on end!). But where to go? Steph’s been on a rather bland diet recently so we were feeling something packed with flavour, and a curry’s a safe bet for that! Cheltenham’s got no shortage of good Indian restaurants; Prithvi still sticks in my mind- years after our first visit as one of the best I’ve been to. But it was time for us to try somewhere new so we made our way to Mahal,…

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    Le Champignon Sauvage

    April 20, 2019

    Through the Looking Glass with Wild Beer, Jessop’s House

    November 16, 2017

    We got married!

    June 19, 2018
  • Uncategorized

    Chapter 3 of our self-build story: Going up

    September 28, 2020 /

    It’s been over a year since I wrote the last feature on our house build; at the time we were just up to the first floor and things had progressed rapidly. So, did something go horribly wrong, as you might have expected if you’ve ever watched Grand Designs, or has it just been a very busy last 12 months and blogging’s taken a back seat…? Well I’m very pleased to report that it’s the latter of those two option: With the house build, moving in, Christmas, a demanding new job, Covid and a couple of new furry additions, writing for fun sadly hasn’t had much of a look in, but…

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    Goodbye Bristol

    August 13, 2019

    We got married!

    June 19, 2018

    Under the Stars

    March 1, 2016
  • Art,  Crafts

    Back to school

    October 8, 2019 /

    If you’ve had much of a look through this blog you might have noticed a few themes, for both Steph and I. A love of food is the most obvious one; when we lived in the center of Bristol that was where most of our expendable income went. Travel is also right up there, although this year has been very travel-light, as we’ve focused on building our new home. If Steph gets her way this will be addressed next year!  The third main theme is a love of making things, whether it be our very hand-made wedding, or trying our hands at a new craft. For me one of the…

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    Getting the most out of your first NYC trip

    March 27, 2019

    A Beginner’s Workshop in Calligraphy

    April 20, 2018

    A new skill with an old craft

    October 28, 2018
  • Food & Drink,  Lifestyle,  Photography,  Portraits of Cheltenham

    A meaty treat

    October 8, 2019 /

    We’ve recently moved from Bristol to the outskirts of Cheltenham and one of the hardest things about moving away from Bristol has been leaving the thriving food scene behind; we were never short of options for somewhere fantastic to go out for dinner.  So after only a couple of weeks in our new home town we were delighted to get an invite to the opening of a new steak restaurant in Cheltenham’s food and entertainment area- The Brewery Quarter. A really good, well cooked steak (well cooked on a good hot charcoal grill, rather than ‘well done’) is a wonderful thing, but all to often restaurants serve up poor quality,…

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    Three Choirs Vineyard

    July 1, 2017

    Ceres Coffee, Stokes Croft

    April 29, 2018

    Book review: Farfetch Curates Food

    May 2, 2015
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    Goodbye Bristol

    August 13, 2019 /

    Our self build project has meant we will be saying goodbye to our life in Bristol and starting a new chapter back in my hometown of Cheltenham. It’s an exciting time as we will be living in a wonderful house that we built for ourselves, enjoying a lot more space and be amongst the tranquility of the countryside. There is an underlying feeling of sadness though as we will miss Bristol a lot. Bristol has been my home for over 5 years now, it’s where I finally got my big break into the world of web development and where I met James. I will still be working there so I…

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    Carluccio's has arrived in Cheltenham

    June 8, 2015

    Hollywood Bowl, Cheltenham

    March 5, 2016

    Vegetarian inspired baking with HomeSense

    October 3, 2015
  • Food & Drink,  Lifestyle,  Photography,  Travel

    Discovering Hampshire

    August 8, 2019 /

    Well, more specifically, Basingstoke. We have a friend from Basingstoke who almost choked on his beer when we told him we were having a romantic weekend away in his home town, followed by the question, ‘why?’. Well first off Mum and Dad bought James and I a voucher for money off a brand of hotels and the cheapest one happened to be in Basingstoke. Plus the hotel looked really nice, was set amongst it’s own grounds and not too far away from Bristol. We took the Monday off work and headed up on the Friday so we could make the most of the trip. We were staying at Audleys Wood…

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    Wild beer Co, Cheltenham

    December 6, 2015

    A mini-break in Edinburgh

    November 21, 2015

    Root, Cargo 1 – Bristol

    November 11, 2017
  • Food & Drink,  Lifestyle,  Photography,  Travel

    Exploring Devon on the way to Dartmouth

    August 8, 2019 /

    James and I haven’t really taken any holidays this year, with Mum going through Chemotherapy and our self build project, we’ve not really wanted to be anywhere else but home or plan too far in advance incase we needed to be elsewhere. We’ve taken to booking more spontaneous trips over long weekends instead with one of our most recent being a lovely few days down in Devon. I had booked us into a spa hotel for one night in Dartmouth but James decided we should extend our trip so booked up a Bed and Breakfast in Torquay for the night before. We headed off on the Saturday morning from Bristol,…

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    Come rain or shine in Marrakech, Morocco

    May 11, 2016

    Salt and Malt, plus a pub with kittens!

    August 31, 2015

    Deliveroo celebrates it’s first birthday in Cheltenham

    July 2, 2016
  • Cotswolds,  Lifestyle,  Photography,  Travel

    Exploring the Kennet & Avon canal in the laziest way

    July 29, 2019 /

    Six friends, looking for a short break together; what do you do?! Find a cottage or a lodge, go camping? Last year we stayed on a permanently moored boat which was really nice, so we thought we’d up the ante this time and go with a narrow boat, conveniently less than an hour from our home. Apart from messing about on dinghies and jet-skis, none of us have done any sort of proper boating, but that didn’t seem to phase the boat hire company, so we weren’t overly worried. Before we went we watched a safety video with basic boating guide and details about how to operate a lock, and…

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    Takeaway you don’t need to feel guilty about!

    March 9, 2018

    These boots were made for walking

    February 27, 2018

    Give your hair the 5-star treatment at Stuart Holmes, Cheltenham.

    December 8, 2017
  • Cheltenham,  Food & Drink

    Bar Padron, Cheltenham

    July 25, 2019 /

    I’m talking tapas again but this time in Cheltenham. One of the main things I’ll miss about Bristol when we make the move to our new home on the outskirts of Cheltenham will most definitely be the food scene. We eat out at least once a week at the moment and rarely have a bad meal – the quality and variety on offer in Bristol is probably the best in the country! Cheltenham as a town, isn’t too far behind though and has a growing food scene with more independent restaurants opening all the time. One of the most recent being a tapas bar called Bar Padron, located in the…

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    We got married!

    June 19, 2018

    These boots were made for walking

    February 27, 2018

    New Autumn Menu at Prithvi, Cheltenham.

    November 22, 2017
  • Cheltenham,  Cotswolds,  Lifestyle

    Chapter 2 of our self-build story: Out of the ground

    July 24, 2019 /

    Once we finally got past the planning permission hurdle and out of the ground, things started moving very quickly! Following the end of May bank holiday the team got started on the block work on Tuesday 28th May. Our front entrance! By 30th May we had window surrounds on the ground floor. On Saturday 1st June Steph visited site and had a stretch: Study: Kitchen: The week commencing 3rd June the team finished off the ground floor block work and started on the brick: Up to Thursday 6th June progress was really good, but Friday was a complete washout, and Saturday and most of the next week wasn’t much better;…

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