When I blithely added the title “what’s going on in the garden this spring?” to my content calendar back along, I was envisioning a nice sunny spring where I spent entire weekends outside, lying on a blanket, with a book next to me and a notebook I hadn’t actually touched. I envisioned coaxing vegetables into … More What’s going on in the garden this spring?
I was excited about this. I checked my emails multiple times a day in the hopes of hearing something about this and here it is! Anna McNuff‘s new book, Bedtime Adventure Stories For Grown Ups is out mid May and I’ve already read it! Full disclosure, I signed up to Anna’s Trail Team mailing list … More Bedtime Adventure Stories For Grown Ups by Anna McNuff
Happy International Women’s Day! I’ve not really acknowledged the day before. I’ve enjoyed Richard Herring’s annual “it’s November 19th” in response to thousands upon thousands of men whining “but when’s International Men’s Day??” (he’s now retired from doing it) and I’ve felt a quiet sort of pleasure in the fact that I’m a Girlguiding volunteer but … More Happy International Women’s Day!
Last lockdown I got quite into gardening, beginner-style, and as I’ve spent the weekend preparing and planning my updated garden, I thought I’d do a blog about how to grow vegetables for beginners. My baby lettuces and peppers brought me such joy last year and yet even this time last year I wouldn’t have cared. … More How to grow vegetables for beginners
I’ve done Sparkle & Ice every year since it began. There was muddy 2017, volunteering 2018, icy 2019 and stormy 2020 and now we’ve got at-home 2021. Just because Sparkle & Ice 2021 isn’t happening doesn’t mean I’m going to miss it. Last year, Girlguiding did an online version of Wellies & Wristbands because that’s … More Sparkle & Ice 2021: the at-home version
I thought I’d do a post about my Norwegian learning resources. I’ve been doing it on and off since about the end of 2016 but it’s only in Lockdown Three that I’ve really started taking it seriously. It’s been what, a month, and I’ve been introduced to three tenses already that I’d never even seen in … More My Norwegian Learning Resources
Yes, it’s the first post of December and it’s a Christmas-themed one from the bear who hates Christmas! I did a fused glass workshop! I booked it right at the end of October. It was supposed to be on Friday November 6th – yes, the second day of the UK lockdown. On the Saturday night … More My day at a fused glass Christmas workshop
Night Trains by Andrew Martin is a book I’ve ploughed through, determined to see it out. It’s about six journeys on the last of Europe’s sleeper trains, a dying breed due to low profits and operational difficulties of international agreements. It’s got a pretty cover. Train journeys are interesting. So why do I use the … More Travel Library: Night Trains by Andrew Martin
Back in 2015, Girlguiding South West entered a team into the Fastnet Face, a yacht race from the Isle of Wight to the lighthouse at Fastnet Rock and then back to Plymouth and to mark the event, they came up with the Fastnet Challenge badge. The Guides my Rangers are kind of twinned with did … More Keeping busy: the Fastnet Challenge badge
Today I’m taking a break from travel and I’m going to show you how to make a mask. I made a few earlier in the year. There were some experiments that fitted nobody and then I got a shape that fitted me with elastic around my head so I made myself a couple which prompted … More How to make a mask
I Am A Polar Bear 