Let’s go back to 2014 and do a “what I got for Christmas haul”! I’m not sure I’ve ever done this but I wanted to do something festive and I don’t think I have enough material from the Reykjavik Christmas market. So let’s take a look at what sort-of travel- and outdoor-related things popped up … More What I got for Christmas

In the latest round of “what’s the best chocolate in my eclectic collection?”, it’s time for Switzerland vs Norway, Lindt vs Freia, the battle of the two great neutral European powers. Now, this one’s going to be interesting because these are both high scorers – Lindt soundly defeated Greek Lacta back in April and drew … More Chocolate Wars: Swiss chocolate vs Norwegian chocolate

Over the last year or two, I’ve become a bit of a convert to solid haircare bars. Unless I’m taking my tent to Iceland, I usually go hand luggage only, which means I’m limited to 100ml bottles of liquid shampoo and conditioner and frankly, 100ml of conditioner barely touches my hair. On the other hand, … More What is the best solid conditioner bar?

Has anyone ever pitched Greece and Finland against each other? Well, I’m about to! Are there any two countries in the same continent so very opposed? Finland is cold and the people are so very sisukas and reserved and Greece is hot and the people – so I’ve heard because I’ve never been there – are quite … More Chocolate Wars: Greek vs Finnish chocolate

Keeping up the theme of the last few (and next few) weeks, this month’s chocolate contest is between Germany and Poland (yes, I’m renaming it for this month). Actually, I did really badly at buying chocolate while I was away. I mostly lived off Milka. The German Ritter for this post came from Lidl and … More Chocolate Contests: German vs Polish chocolate

Today’s edition of Chocolate Wars should have been a no-brainer. Britain has an international reputation for not being terribly good at food and Switzerland is known for its chocolate. But on the other hand, we’re talking about Dairy Milk here and I think that’s a valiant contender. Next time I’m in Switzerland I’m going to … More Chocolate Wars: British vs Swiss chocolate

We’re back for another chocolate battle and this time it’s between Greek Lacta and Norwegian Freia. Back in April, we had Lacta vs Lindt and – not to be biased before we even start – but Lacta got absolutely annihilated. Meanwhile, Freia hasn’t been seen for more than eight years, when it went up against … More Chocolate Wars: Greek chocolate vs Norwegian chocolate

Apparently I’ve never dragged my native chocolate into this arena but it’s time at last for Cadbury’s to take on its various rivals! And the first one up is Finland. We’ve had Karl Fazer here before, along time ago. It was my very first chocolate war back in late 2014, when I put it up … More Chocolate Wars: British vs Finnish chocolate

A couple of weeks ago, my mum happened to spot a “peg loom weaving workshop” on Facebook, mentioned to me that it sounded like the sort of thing I might be interested in and I booked onto it, with very little idea of what I’d actually booked, only that it would be educational and interesting … More Weaving a fleece mat on a peg loom