If you have family coming to visit over the festive period and your house is just too small to host everyone or your shabby chic looks more shabby than chic, then why not remove the stress and take the whole thing outdoors with a woodland winter picnic a bracing walk? (more…)
Last weekend we headed inland and went luxury camping with some friends. We went to Wattle Hill Oast in Staplecross, East Sussex which provides bell tents, fire pits and the best bit .... a swimming pool, sauna and gym! It was great to spend some time relaxing, eating and talking with friends and as our kids are all now teenagers, it was good to see them all enjoying one another's…
When we had a new woodburner fitted in our house, we decided to keep the old one and put it outside. I had visions of family and friends sitting at big table outside with it burning away happily in the corner of the patio while we giggled and laughed out loud. In fact as you will see, we ate off our laps huddled around the burner hypnotised into silence. I found the…