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Can You Erddig It? A Road Trip to Wales
What an adventure, we left the country today and didn't need a passport, a vaccination certificate or a PLF! We travelled over the border to Wales, a 69-mile drive from Walsall. Our destination? The...
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Sweet Charity - A Week of Secondhand Shopping
My life wouldn't be the same without charity shops. If it's not the buzz I get from the anticipation of unearthing hidden treasure whenever I cross their threshold then it's the joy of finding...
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Evergreen
 I'm not big on tradition but the one I do stick to is one my Mum introduced, letting me, her December-born child, enjoy my birthday before any thought was given to Xmas. Cards were left up and...
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Winter Solstice at Chirk Castle
We celebrated the shortest day by taking a long-ish drive to Chirk Castle in Wales, a 13th Century fortress that is still inhabited today. Chirk is just nine miles away from Erddig, the magnificent...
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Twixtmas
Forgive me friends, for I have sinned, it has been a week since I last blogged. After spending Winter Solstice at Chirk Castle the days have just flown by. Before getting stuck into hosting The Dead...
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Broadway Tower - The Highest Little Castle in The Cotswolds
We've been plagued with damp, grey and dismal weather for over a week but yesterday, keen to escape the confines of home, we threw caution to the wind and drove an hour down the road to the...
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A Walk in the Park
New Year's Day got off to a lazy start. I lay in bed until just gone 9am, finishing Philippa Gregory's The Virgin's Lover, a book I'd started the previous week. After a late breakfast of vegetarian...
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Reading, Watching, Buying, Wearing - A Mid-week Round Up
 With Covid rife amongst our friends, it's been a quiet start to 2022. Four days into the New Year and we still haven't been to the pub. On Sunday I chucked the wilted Solstice greenery on the compost...
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Winter Walks - Captivating Croome
Having recently visited Broadway Tower, the 18th Century folly commissioned by William George, the 6th Earl of Coventry, we decided that this week's outing should be a revisit to the Earl's former...
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Of Clothes and Cats
 Once upon a time, I had two wardrobes, the one for my twice-yearly Indian adventures was packed with vintage block printed silk & cotton dresses and skirts, coloured with natural vegetable dyes in...
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January Blues
The blog title reflects my wardrobe, not my mood. I'm wearing my other new dress, a Dilli Grey maxi I'd admired on their website for several years. Fully lined with pockets and French seams, if it...
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Trust in Me - Revisiting Shugborough
Yesterday, we returned to the Shugborough Estate in the neighbouring county of Staffordshire, a half-hour drive from home for another winter walk.The house is closed until the Spring but the grounds...
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Out of Africa and Off to the Park
I was up at silly O'clock on Thursday morning (just after 5am) but used my extra one and a half hours wisely, sorting out the overflowing laundry basket and mopping the kitchen floor before my Wii Fit...
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Get Lucky
Sunday started in the usual way, with tea in bed and a longish lie-in with my current read. After breakfast, we drove down to the clearance charity shop to drop off a bag of donations which mostly...
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Attingham Park Revisited
As it had been eight months since we last visited Attingham Park (HERE), a return trip was well overdue. A forty-minute drive from home, Attingham Park was built in 1785 for Noel Hill, 1st Baron...
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Veni Vidi Vici - A Day in Corinium
 On Friday we returned to one of our favourite places, beautiful Cirencester, just over an hour's drive from home. Known as the Capital of the Cotswolds, Cirencester is the largest town in the area but...
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Reading, Wearing, Watching, Buying.....
Last Wednesday we watched the wonderful, The Colour Room, a British film about Staffordshire potter Clarice Cliff and the creation of her Art Deco era Bizarre range. I was inspired by Clarice's...
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Take Me Outside, Sit in the Green Garden
On Wednesday I caught the train to Birmingham, to meet up with my friend Nikki. From New Street station, we walked to the leafy suburb of Edgbaston, a leisurely two-mile stroll in the January...
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A Walk In The Woods (and Other Stories)
On Saturday we continued with our weekly walks from home, exploring Walsall on foot and this week we visited Reedswood Park, just under two miles from our front door.Reedswood Park might not have a...
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The Wedding Singer
After breakfast on Tuesday, we walked into town for our eye tests. Jon was delighted that his prescription hadn't changed and that he didn't need to splash out on new glasses but, while my prescription...
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