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  • Cheltenham,  Cotswolds,  Lifestyle

    Chapter 4 of our self-build story: Turning a house into a home

    September 29, 2020 /

    I can’t believe we’ve only been in our new house 3 months, it feels so much like home now I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. We moved in around Christmas and had agreed to host, before having used any of the new kitchen or found places for saucepans – somewhat optimistic, but we made it and have since hosted lots of friends and family and have found it the perfect space for entertaining. We pretty much had all our weekends booked up for the first two months, having friends stay over and cooking for family. It has only been the last few weeks where we’ve been able to properly settle…

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    Takeaway you don’t need to feel guilty about!

    March 9, 2018

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

    July 24, 2019

    These boots were made for walking

    February 27, 2018
  • 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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    These boots were made for walking

    February 27, 2018

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

    July 24, 2019

    The Coconut Tree, Gloucester Road

    May 23, 2019
  • Cheltenham,  Cotswolds,  Lifestyle

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

    December 8, 2017

    A strong contender for Cheltenham’s best Indian restaurant

    September 28, 2020

    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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    The Mint Room, Bristol

    September 4, 2018

    Jamie’s Italian new super lunch menu

    March 31, 2016

    Thaikhun Cookery Courses

    April 17, 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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    Pizza.Pie.Cider: The Stable has opened in Cheltenham

    December 23, 2015

    An Honest review

    September 1, 2018

    The Ox, Bristol

    June 12, 2015
  • 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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    Curry Corner, Cheltenham

    January 18, 2015

    The Bath Pig

    February 8, 2018

    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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    Chapter 4 of our self-build story: Turning a house into a home

    September 29, 2020

    Testing out the Olympus Pen E-PL8

    November 21, 2017

    To self build or not to self build

    July 16, 2019
  • 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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    Through the Looking Glass with Wild Beer, Jessop’s House

    November 16, 2017

    Chapter 4 of our self-build story: Turning a house into a home

    September 29, 2020

    The Coconut Tree, Gloucester Road

    May 23, 2019
  • 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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    The Potting Shed, Dormy House

    July 14, 2015

    Thali Cafe: Curry with a twist

    October 20, 2015

    Watergate Bay Hotel

    February 29, 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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    Our top Bristol Burgers

    December 12, 2017

    New Moon, Clifton

    July 19, 2019

    Pinkmans, Bristol

    March 28, 2019
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