• Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 01/08/2014

    Banana & carrot cake, Gili Islands, Indonesia, Stansted Tearooms, Stansted Park, Stansted House, The Pavilion, rhubarb & elderflower sponge cake, rhubarb & elderflower, Belvoir raspberry lemonade, chocolate & pecan brownie, Restaurant 69, FB Pocket Orchestra, Palmerston Road, Southsea, Portsmouth, Horndean, Blendworth Fabrics, bakwell tart, Jumbo Stroopwafel, Stroopwafel, Daelmans caramel stroopwafel, Compton Tearooms, West Sussex,

    What better way to start your Friday than with our weekly round-up of some of the many sweet treats we’ve eaten this week. 1. Banana & carrot cake from Kayu Cafe on Gili Trawangan, Indonesia.  Helen saved it from a watery grave as she ran for her boat and slipped, dropping everything into the water. 2. […]

  • Travel
  • What a find; Gili Meno Eco Hostel, Indonesia

    snorkelling, Giant sea turtles, Nemos, Warung, Sunrise, Sunset, Volcano, Mount Rinjani, Lombok, travellers, Volunteers, Paradise Island, Gili Meno, Gili Islands, Gili, Indonesia, backpaking, travel, hostel, eco hostel,

    Afternoon walks lead to the most unexpected  I had heard nothing but praise about Gili Meno, the smallest of the three Gili Islands, which thankfully remains very much off the mass tourist path making it the perfect place to relax. I was a little hesitant about visiting alone unless in a group, as accommodation was […]

  • Travel
  • Reunited with friends on Gili par-T-y: Gili Trawangan, Indonesia

    Pandana Guesthouse, Gili hostel, Villa Ombok, Vodka joss, Silent disco, Ramadam, Surf Bar, Magic mushrooms, Sama Sama, Tir na nóg, Paradise Sunset Bar, Casa Vintage, Turtle sanctuary, blogging, snorkelling, travel blog, Travelling, backpackers, hostel, Funny Homestay, Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia, Gili Trawangan, Gili Islands, Gili T, Gili Meno, Gili Air, Bintang, Asia,

    The best week yet but seven days of partying is quite enough!  The boat journey from Nusa Lembongan to the Gili Islands was far nicer than the last. Not only did the tiny speed boat we were on have wifi, but we were all given cake and water too! A film was also being shown which, like […]

  • Chichester
  • Artisan Café, Chichester

    Artie's Kitchen. tapas, chorizo ragout, lemon meringue pie, coffee, Tartine with pea hummus and serano, Artisan Cafe, Chichester, Southgate, 33 Southgate, West Sussex, Dr Fitzpatrick, Dr Fitzpatrick cordials, sour cherry, sour cherry red grape and hibiscus, hibiscus, red grape, peas, minted peas, serano ham, serano, pea hummus,

    *************************** UPDATE Artisan Café has changed ownership and is now called Artie’s Kitchen.  We’ve written a new review which you can read on the link above /\ ************************** A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited by The Artisan Café in Southgate, Chichester (at the very end of South Street) to their ‘opening’ party. The […]