5 things I’m loving in September
September has been bittersweet. It should have been 3 weeks in sunny Provence / Catalonia. The weather has helped though right? And a few days away in the Yorkshire Dales was lovely too. Here’s 5 things I’m loving in September.…
Can we talk about teabags?
There’s been a lot of talk about teabags recently, hasn’t there? The good, the bad and the ugly. We drink 100 million cups of tea a day in the UK. That’s 60.2 billion cups of tea a year with 96%…
5 things I’m loving in August
It’s not been the summer any of us planned, but definitely the summer all of us will remember. So here we are knocking on the door of autumn. Mr Bond keeps reminding me the nights are drawing in and I…
How to make the perfect summer cocktail
In times of heatwave, we Brits need 2 things. A good fan to keep us cool on the outside, and a refreshing cocktail to chill us down on the inside. How about an Elderflower Gin Fizz? So as it’s National…
My favourite lavender things
Last summer I was wandering the purple lavender fields of Vaucluse in a dream. Buying all the soap in Provencal markets, and drinking in all the beautiful French sunsets. This year. Not so much. So I’m surrounding myself with all…
5 things I’m loving in July
It’s July and I have so many lovely things to tell you about that I thought I’d start a monthly “5 things” blog. To be honest it could have been 10 things, but let’s start with a wonderful 5. Apart…
