This Thursday I took a half day and met up with Fi to head to London for the knit and stitch show. The night before I had tried to make a list of the things I needed, wool to finally knit my owl jumper and to keep an eye out for the beautiful Natural History Read more about Knit and stitch[…]
On Sat we set our alarms for early o’clock (that was very very early o’clock for those of us who had moth traps to empty first…), packed our bags and headed for the city of London. We had been given tickets to the aquarium, London eye, London Dungeon & Madame Tussauds & a night in Read more about Our trip to London town[…]
My birthday fell on a Thursday this year and as it is no good to work on your birthday days were booked off and plans hatched. We headed to London to meet with the tropical butterflies currently housed at the Natural History Museum. And what butterflies they were! Some stunning colours (this one was one Read more about Birthday butterflies[…]
On Sunday Zoe and I headed off on adventures for my Birthday. Instead of buying me a present to unwrap Zoe had given me the gift of visiting a historic house Strawberry Hill (with bonus sculptures – more of them later) and lunch. The house was built back in the 18th Century by Horace Walpole as a home Read more about Stroll to Strawberry Hill[…]
This weekend we headed to London to catch up with Alex and Victoria. First up we toured the many wonders of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The above (and pic at the top of this post) were two beautiful but very unusual chandeliers positioned in the entryway to the museum itself. We had some fun in Read more about Journey to the V&A[…]
So this Friday instead of going into the office I got up a little later & headed into central London with Fi to attend the knit & stitch show. IT WAS FANTASTIC! There were loads of different stalls there, we started with the colleges, who had a really unusual selection of gowns/materials on show. We then Read more about Knit & stitch[…]
The weekend before Christmas Mum & Dad came to stay for a long weekend. The main reason (apart from to see us) was that for Mum’s Christmas present I had bought her a ticket to watch the Showjumping at Olympia. When I was little (and horse mad) we went & every year since I’ve watched the Read more about Showjumping at Olympia with mum[…]
So this weekend the chicks (is that the correct terminology?) and our Hen headed to the big city for a weekend of pampering before the big day for her in August. As good Bridesmaids should we had lined up a couple of non embarrassing surprises along the way. Each bridesmaid brought a bottle of fizz Read more about A weekend in the smoke[…]
Us at the Ralph band gig (most recent us looking happy somewhere other than home pic). So its official, today (31st January) is our two year anniversary! When I turned up on a freezing night two years ago today little did I realise what I was letting myself in for! (kidding). Last year we braved Read more about Two years, is that all?[…]
I have wanted to visit the Harry Potter studios since they opened, so what better excuse than my birthday (which handily was also on a Friday meaning day off work and Potter. What follows is a very picture heavy post, I’m aiming to do sets & props today and characters, costumes and everything/anything else tomorrow. The Read more about Harry potter/Leavsden studios part one[…]