“So, what’s your favourite country?” It’s a common question to anyone who travels or has travelled a lot. My usual reply is some mumble about how much I like Malaysia, how Western Australia blew my mind. And then there’s Mongolia: “You have to go there,...
Gingerbread Reindeer Cookies Would you believe it if I said that the only reason I made reindeer gingerbread cookies was that I wanted to make an animation of them leaping? Um, well that is precisely why I popped into town the other day and...
Mürren, Switzerland My boots crunched through the compacted snow, I breathed in the crisp alpine air and took in the spectacular vista surrounding me. A footpath had been cut into the deep snow, a white corridor high up above the Lauterbrunnen valley. The majestic peaks...
Sunday Musings: Vegan Spiked Mince Pies I bloody love mince pies. I can hoover up a few in one sitting, they are so Christmassy and delicious. Every year December rolls round and I’ve forgotten just how tasty and moreish they really are! I have...
Sunday Musings: Shetland, by Ann Cleeves One of the fun things about blogging is the surprises it can bring your way. When I was happily snapping my way around Shetland in the summer I had absolutely no idea that come Autumn I would be seeing...
Autumn Apple Cake This lovely lightly spiced cake was made with abundant windfall apples in my good friends garden, from a tree that I’ve baked many a yummy apple cake and dessert over the years. It’s based on a Scandinavian recipe, heady with cardamom and...
Snowlife Vanlife It snowed last night. This overwhelmed me with childish glee, those first flakes of winter are so magical aren’t they? The snow falls and you remember the fun, the beauty, the romance of a white winter. But the grown-up you crushes the glee...
The last leg! In this last stretch of our adventure around half of Australia we loose our tent in a storm (while we’re still in it), head inland to the incredible Flinders Ranges, a snake launches itself at me (!) and we drive the Great...
Sunday Musings: Birthdays Away. Do you like to get away for your birthday or would you rather spend it at home with all your friends and family around? This might sound completely antisocial but I love to escape, I want my birthday to be an...
Omnia Oven Victoria Sponge I thought I’d test my new Omnia Stove Top Oven with my favourite cake: the traditional Victoria Sponge. Now, before I carry on I will confess that this cake isn’t anywhere near as pretty as I hoped it would be. In...
Sunday Musings: Speaking French It’s funny how the mind wanders! I was trawling through an old Facebook album – of my time in Grenoble, France – looking for a particular photo when I came across a few images that reminded me of the time I...
Have you ever cheered for a fish? Every autumn Atlantic Salmon make the epic journey up river to spawn, returning to the place they were born. This would probably go unnoticed by most people if it wasn’t for the waterfalls and weirs that stand...
In the nine months of living in our Demountable Truck Camper I’ve made a few changes to the interior to make it feel more homely, and to give it a much more personal individual look about it. My old Ford Campervan was a homebuilt affair and...
That Time I Saw The Northern Lights in Yorkshire! Whenever I’ve imagined seeing the Northern Lights I can’t honestly say I would see them in Yorkshire! Norway, Iceland, Finland, even Scotland, but never in my dreams Yorkshire! Imagine my surprise then, when having a final...
Remember the photo stories of the 1980’s in magazines and newspapers? How cool were they? I loved reading them as a kid, imagining my life as a photo story, complete with bubble thoughts and boxed narration. This is an homage to that art form: a...
Five Beautiful Places in Dumfries and Galloway Here are five absolutely gorgeous places you can visit in southern Scotland! It’s perfect for a little road trip or a weekend away. 1. Caerlaverock Wetland Centre The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Caerlaverock is a truly spectacular place...
