• Weekly Treats
  • This week’s sweet treats: 22/08/2014

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    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. Clockwise from top left: 1. Ok, I’m taking a guess here. I think this is Helen’s breakfast bowl of yoghurt and fresh mango and pineapple and possibly muesli. Again, I think this […]

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  • This week’s sweet treats: 15/08/2014

    Look Mum No Hands, pop-up bar, southbank, Galeta, Pastéis de Nata, Portugese tart, London, Carlo's Kitchen, Southwark, Carlos Kitchen Southwark, Ride London, Prudential Ride London, pancakes, The tenth Hole, Southsea, Eastney, The Laughing Gravy, Union Street, cinnamon buns, Gili Islands, buns, Gili Air, Gili Meno

    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. Clockwise from top left: 1. Breakfast pastries from Mowie’s on the Beach which Helen enjoys (on the beach too of course) in Gili Air, Indonesia. 2. Dessert at The Laughing Gravy, Southwark, London. Not great […]

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  • Finally time to start my backpacking detox; Gili Air, Indonesia

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    Relax, we’re on island time  After eight days partying on Gili Trawangan and eating nothing but pizza and burgers, it was time to get away. I had planned to visit Gili Meno, the smallest of the three Gili Islands as this would give me the perfect opportunity to hide myself away for a few days, […]

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

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    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 […]