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  • 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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    To self build or not to self build

    July 16, 2019

    They mean business!

    February 21, 2018

    We got married!

    June 19, 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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    Takeaway you don’t need to feel guilty about!

    March 9, 2018

    PiShop, Bristol

    August 29, 2016

    Koj Cheltenham

    March 4, 2017
  • 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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    Bhoomi, Cheltenham

    January 6, 2015

    First ever Cotswold Bucket List celebrates the quirkier side of the Cotswolds

    October 19, 2016

    Valentine’s inspiration from HomeSense

    February 10, 2016
  • 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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    The Fire Station, Cheltenham

    November 21, 2016

    Salt and Malt, plus a pub with kittens!

    August 31, 2015

    Koj Cheltenham

    March 4, 2017
  • 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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    We got married!

    June 19, 2018

    To self build or not to self build

    July 16, 2019

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

    November 16, 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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    These boots were made for walking

    February 27, 2018

    Le Champignon Sauvage

    April 20, 2019

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    August 6, 2018
  • Lifestyle

    A moment in time

    July 24, 2019 /

    It can’t have escaped your attention that climate change is a pretty hot topic at the moment. Recently Bristol (and other cities around the UK) were significantly inconvenienced by protesters ‘spreading the message’ that we need to act now. Whilst I saw a few diehards actually on the picket line, the vast majority seemed to just be enjoying a festival in Castle Park. I was away when it started raining but I would’ve been interested to see how many stuck around when the going got tough! If not from someone handing out a flier in the park, where do you go for information about the real big picture, rather than…

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    Thali Cafe: Curry with a twist

    October 20, 2015

    Exploring Devon on the way to Dartmouth

    August 8, 2019

    Afternoon Tea at Malmaison Cheltenham

    August 14, 2016
  • Bristol,  Cheltenham,  Cotswolds,  Crafts,  Lifestyle,  Photography

    To self build or not to self build

    July 16, 2019 /

    Bristol’s been a wonderful home for the last 6 years, especially the central spot we have with its easy access to all Bristol has to offer. Living in the middle of one of the most popular cities in the country comes with its compromises though, and the main one is space- both inside and out. So for a while now (nearly 4 years) we’ve been looking for a new home in a slightly more rural setting.  We’ve viewed dozens of houses and with each viewing we honed our view of what’s important to us, seeing features we loved as well as those we’d rather not have. If you had a…

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    What a waste

    February 23, 2018

    New Moon, Clifton

    July 19, 2019

    Our top Bristol Burgers

    December 12, 2017
  • Lifestyle

    So you’ve turned 30

    April 20, 2019 /

    When you tell people you’re turning 30 you almost feel the need to grit your teeth and act as though it’s a big deal, or that life is being unkind making you say goodbye to your 20s, but in all honesty I wasn’t that bothered and it turns out I feel exactly the same as I did at 29. Perhaps when you have far more important things going on in your life, starting a new decade becomes quite insignificant. I have listened to podcasts by women talking about turning 30 and how it really got them down, a lot of it was due to losing the innocence of their 20s…

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    HomeSense Father's Day Gift Guide

    June 16, 2015

    The Rummer's Roast, Bristol

    May 29, 2015

    'My house in Budapest'…

    February 23, 2015
  • Bristol,  Cotswolds,  Food & Drink,  Lifestyle,  Photography,  Travel,  Uncategorized

    A long overdue bike ride

    November 17, 2018 /

    Living in the center of Bristol I get around on foot, by bike and by car. Doing a bit of everything I see hostility from each group towards the others; in such a busy environment there’ll always be conflict (especially when the roads in the center of town are constantly being dug up, diverting at least one group into the regular territory of the other). I feel like cyclists get the worst deal: They’re not welcomed onto pavements by pedestrians, and they’re not welcomed onto roads by drivers, so on the many roads and routes where there isn’t a cycle path then it’s not much fun being on a bike.…

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    What a waste

    February 23, 2018

    The Mint Room, Bristol

    September 4, 2018

    Our Wedding Suppliers

    August 6, 2018
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