Where It All Began; My Parents’ Travel Story
Why do you love to travel? This is probably one of the most commonly asked questions I get, and also one of the hardest to answer without sounding like I definitely shouldn’t be a writer. ‘Because I just… love to!”, doesn’t really get the response that’s anticipated. So when I was asked this month to […]
A Sunny Sunday Brunch at Dalloway Terrace
There are 3 things you need to have experienced before you can call yourself a fully fledged London blogger… 1 | Having your photo taken on a quaint wisteria covered street 2 | Boomerang’ing a Prosecco toast with fellow bloggers 3 | Dining at Dalloway Terrace. It seems the Bloomsbury Hotel’s alfresco secret garden isn’t quite so secret, […]
High Chai Tea at Cinnamon Bazaar; A Review
Last year I took my Dad to the Cinnamon Club for a Father’s Day feast, so when I read about Vivek Singh’s latest opening, I was keen to give Papa Shep another guaranteed tasty round of one of his favourite cuisines. Found in Covent Garden, the youngest Cinnamon sister is the most vibrant yet, inspired […]
Beauty & The Beast Afternoon Tea at the Town House, Kensington Hotel
I feel a bit mean writing this post. Because at the end of it (or quite frankly from the first picture), you’re going to want to book this experience immediately. I’m so sorry my lovely readers. For its not just sold out, it’s got a waiting list as long as the film credits. But please […]
Curious Cocktails at The Last Tuesday Society; London’s Quirkiest Bar
Gone are the days where a classic cosmopolitan are enough to satisfy my cocktail desires. No no I want theatrics. I want entertainment. I want wow. Drinks with disappearing candyfloss, staff that burst into song, bars that are built in last century’s toilets… I’m seeking the strange, bizarre and unexperienced. I still thoroughly enjoy an […]
Where to stop off along the Exmoor heritage coast
To the north of Exmoor National Park’s rich green moorlands is a sharply torn rip through the cliffs, a steep drop to the Atlantic Ocean below. Here is the Exmoor heritage coast. Thin winding roads line the ragged hilltops, with little more than steep layers of shrubbery between you and the sea. As dramatic and […]
Exploring Exmoor National Park; Bossington, Selworthy & Dunster
Exmoor is entirely enchanting. From the moment the motorway led us into the moorlands, I became wholeheartedly captivated by its expansive beauty. Straddling between Somerset and North Devon, the National Park is rightfully one of the UK’s Areas of Outstanding Beauty. Miniature towns – each with family-run teahouses – are dotted between great, sweeping hills. […]
10 Things I Hate About London
Don’t get me wrong… to quote Twilight I am unconditionally and irrevocably in love with London. But not many of us want to read gushing posts of adoration whether it’s for a puppy, baby or your home town. In fact most of us secretly relish at cynicism and mundane moans, lapping up a bit of […]
Why It’s OK to be a Travel Cliché
I’m not really sure what the point of this post is yet. It’s more of a rambling trail of thought that occurred to me on one of those cold walks to work, enough to make me write it down in my notes. Anyway here we go… Everywhere I look on social media at the moment, […]
13 Things I Learnt on my First Trip to Paris
I knowwww, I call myself a travel blogger. But what you have to understand is that until last year, I put all my time and money into experiencing far and wide destinations that took at least 12 hours of plane, bus and boat to reach. “Europe can wait!” I told myself. So you see that’s […]