Winter Walks and Drop Scones
It gets dark early here and is properly can’t-see-your-hand-in-front-of-your-face dark by about 5pm. The best part of the day up in Scotland, where we are for 3 or so weeks, is used… Read More
South West Scotland
From one end of the UK (Cornwall) to the other: Scotland. I’m staying in the wilds of Dumfriesshire – where the nearest shop is a 15 minute drive away – visiting my… Read More
The Art of Drinking Vodka
Much of our time here in Krawkow has been spent wandering around the beautiful cobbled streets of the Old Town (dressed like snowmen, with layers upon layers of clothing) wondering if it’s… Read More
Polish Food…All Just Pickled Cucumbers, Dumplings and Goulash?
Polish food – or certainly the food I have been eating here in Krakow – is delicious. Think blinis and salmon roe (accompanied by an obligatory shot of vodka), the thinnest veal schnitzel… Read More
From Cornwall…to Krakow
If you are finding somewhere unbearably cold and have another four weeks of winter weather stretching out in front of you, what’s the best way to get warm? Go somewhere much, much… Read More
Thrifting in Cornwall
Thrifting sounds better than bargain hunting; it sounds more purposeful and hobby-like… but there’s definitely an American ring to it. Being a Brit, I very boringly refer to it as second hand… Read More
The Cornish Countryside
After the longest London-bound fight I think I have ever experienced (14 and a half hours) followed by a five hour car journey, I have woken up to a beautifully crisp, cold… Read More
