Whenever someone tells me they want to start a blog, their biggest concern is usually around if they’ve missed the boat. There is an impression that to be successful blogging you needed to be one of the first, that it is over saturated and people no longer want to read long form content. I just ...
Some of the best news I heard recently, (not including the vaccine), was that despite being in tier 3 two of my favourite North East markets have been allowed to reopen again at weekends in the run up to Christmas. The quayside market is back on Saturdays and Sundays, and Tynemouth market is ...
I’m honestly devastated that we aren’t able to travel anywhere this winter. As much as I love spring and summer trips there is a special place in my heart for winter city breaks, and the last few years I’m lucky to have been to quite a few. New York became a bit of a winter tradition, and that ...
Lockdown has ended and we have some level of freedom again, even in tier 3 there’s more we can do than before, but with this post I’m really trying to give suggestions of things to do in December that will make us all forget the tiers, and just throw ourselves into December activities. Some are ...
Christmas Jumper Day for 2020 is fast approaching, this year it is Friday 11th December and like always all money raised goes to Save the Children UK. You can read more about the official event, register for a pack if you’re in a school or office that is taking part, or just learn about the ...
During lockdown in November I spent a lot of time shopping online, and in the first two weeks when it was still a bit too early to put up decorations, I did a lot of research on little extras I could add this year. We have a tree and some decorations from past years, but this year I’ve got into ...