Don’t go travel blogging around the world
Well that’s a controversial post to end 2015 with. Especially as you might currently be planning a ‘Round the World’ adventure or be a keen travel blogger yourself. And before I continue this is not one of those posts that’s the opposite of its title stressing why you “should” actually go off travel blogging! So…
How to make sloe gin? Here’s how it’s done
I’d never heard of sloes until a friend mentioned them while we were out running through the Hertfordshire countryside. Up until that point I’d been more preoccupied with the blackberries you can eat straight from the hedgerows instead. So what are sloes? Well they’re the berries of the hawthorn shrub, traditionally used in Britain to…
Only independent coffee shops for a month?
For the whole of September I only bought coffee from small independent coffee shops. So no Starbucks, no Costa Coffee and no Neros … and so on! The initial idea for this came when my girlfriend Claire and I had a delicious ‘flat white’ from Campervan Coffee Company in the garden of Hitchin’s Vic pub back…