A British Bake-a-Thon

Another lazy morning and the sun is shining so I take advantage of the situation and go out for a run. I don't know what we do this morning but the time flies by and before we know it it's lunchtime! [Read More]

Sub Zero to Sun

Hooray! The sun has got his hat on and he's out to play. It feels  freezing but it looks sunny, so I'll settle for that. I take advantage of the dry weather and head out for a trot round the block. It [Read More]

Pyjama Princess

The weather is wild! It's blowing a gale, raining cats and dogs and it's freezing! I'm counting us lucky, there's blizzards in some parts! In England, they call this season Spring. Go figure! Poor [Read More]

Fun in Robin Hood Country

After a busy morning at mother's we head off on a little adventure across the county to Nottingham, home of Robin Hood and also home to Linda and Geoff, our surrogate parents. Linda was the teacher [Read More]

Robin Hood Revisited

We have a lovely long lie in and a bacon butty breakfast at Linda and Geoff's. After a belly full of  bread and bacon and a serious caffeine fix, Linda takes us on a scenic tour of [Read More]

A Busy Weekend

It's my first weekend back in Britain. It's been action packed - running, dog walking and even a bit of gardening! I worked out that I've run a half marathon this week and have clocked up over 30 [Read More]

Hail, King David

My mum is a big advocate of batch baking; eat one, freeze one and save on the energy bills too! So today, I try out the best of British bakes; a Madeira Cake and a Cherry Cake from the cookbook that [Read More]

Shop til you Drop

 I am getting used to this lie in lark. But I can't slouch around for too long...today we're heading out for some retail therapy. It takes us about 10 minutes to drive to the city and about 40 minutes [Read More]

Lost in Lincoln!

  While mother takes the dog for a walk, I prepare tonight's dinner which comes courtesy of the slow cooker. I'm recycling lots of recipes from the blog chez maman - I just pop the computer on [Read More]

Two of my Favourite Things

I sleep like a log and wake up feeling really refreshed. Now it's time to get back to business! I spend the morning doing two of my favourite things; running and baking. Sydney is an ace place to [Read More]