Good things are on their way...even if we don’t quite yet know when exactly that will be. One of my favourite things to say to Kieran or the girls in normal times is ‘have you seen that new bar in town?’ - a phrase that is usually immediately followed u[...]
It might just be because I’m doing the 5.2 diet through January so can’t have any, but everywhere I look on Instagram there are North East cafes and bakeries offering what look like the most unbelievable treats during this lockdown. I might just be more s[...]
As it’s tradition to go for a brisk, cold walk on Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, to blow the cobwebs away and walk off all the festive food, I thought I’d share some options for across the North East. We are advised to stay local, so all of these are lo[...]
I first wrote this post at the start of this year in January when I was desperate for something to look forward to at the end of dry Jan, and the boring month after Christmas. Little did we know then how much of the year we would spend needing something to lo[...]
An evening spent in a 5 star spa, with an infinity pool to myself, and a delicious dinner in my robe and slippers seemed a far fetched distant dream not too long ago, but now that they can safely reopen again that’s exactly what I enjoyed last week. An even[...]
Whitley Bay to me is home. I grew up there my entire childhood, and aside from three years at uni, and a few years living up in Gosforth with friends it’s always been my home. It’s changed a lot from the days of buying pic n mix from Woolworths, the rolle[...]