• Travel
  • Back on the road with a bang: Manila, Bangkok, Bali

    The joys of backpacking  My time with All Hands Volunteers was up and I had to leave the place that I had come to know as home, but not before one last helping of Monday morning pancakes! I set off a little later than planned, which is no surprise really as this seems to be […]

  • Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 18/07/2014

    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. Here’s five of our favourites! Clockwise from L-R 1. Helen misses the cake stall at the night market on Gili Trawangan, Indonesia. The banana muffins were divine! 2. Smooth and delicious peanut butter fudge […]

  • Travel
  • Days off make way for incredible journeys: Tacloban, Philippines

    giant Clam, Robinson's Mall, XYZ Hotel, Na Ning Mobile Bar, Leyte, Samar, Santa Niño, Filipino, Tacloban, Philippines, All Hand Volunteers, Yolanda, K Patisserie, carrot cupcake,

    Work hard, play hard  I was quite lucky that the week I started volunteering with All Hands was the week they enforced the twice monthly Saturday off, plus my stay coincided with a public holiday which meant that I ended up only working five days a week. I was a little disappointed to learn this […]

  • West Sussex
  • The Richmond Arms, West Ashling

    The Richmond Arms, West Ashling, West Sussex, country pub, home-made ice-cream, earl grey ice-cream, liquorice ice-cream, rose pistachio, pulled lamb shoulder, chorizo scotch egg, wood roast sweet potato,

    The Richmond Arms in West Ashling, West Sussex doesn’t seem to look like much from the outside. Or that’s what I’ve always felt whenever I cycle by it. Needing somewhere new to try with a couple of friends, Catia and Loretta one Friday evening, my husband suggested this country pub. I dismissed it but funnily […]