Baking with Lucy, Norway, Oxfordshire

Cinnamon rain

It's been raining all day today and I've spent it listing to the drips and drops, reading my wonderful vampire book and relaxing watching Netflix. It's rained so much the last few days that we've had flooding and hardly any sunshine, but I think rain is a great opportunity to relax and enjoy the comforts… Continue reading Cinnamon rain

family, friends, hygge, life

Desire or Aspire?

Nowadays most of us choose to have our lives strewn across the internet. We have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, all forms of social media. In many ways the openness of internet world is a positive thing, we have banks of knowledge available to us at the click of button, we can check up on old friends,… Continue reading Desire or Aspire?

friends

Wicked weekends

I am so thrilled the U.K. has bank holidays, it's an opportunity for those of us who work full time to take a few days holiday without having to dip into our precious holiday funds from work. Here are my tips on making the most of these times and what you can get up to… Continue reading Wicked weekends

books

Book shops

I recently got back from a weekend trip to Hay-On-Wye, the country's capital for bookshops. Our journey down to Hay was wet windy and took about three hours. However, it was most certainly worth it! For this blog I have picked my top bookshops (or places to get books). There are so many more to see… Continue reading Book shops

Countryside, friends, hygge, Oxfordshire

My hygge home

It's official! I now live in an adorable, old house surrounded by beams in a quite little town just outside of Oxford overlooking spires, pretty old houses and at night the cutest of sunsets. Moving from a London Kensington flat was not an easy decision for us, moving from a city that had everything. Parks,… Continue reading My hygge home

Health, winter

Toasty warm drinks!

I don't know about you all, but I've been so put off any type of dairy (even lactose free, as I am lactose intolerant)! I read an article a few weeks ago about dairy and someone wrote that pus is in dairy and quite honestly, true or not it just makes me feel sick every… Continue reading Toasty warm drinks!