#iloveseaswimming
So, I have taken up (sporadic) sea swimming. Here are my tips for basic survival and how to reap that magic from the experience. 1. Choose a sandy base to enter and exit the sea. If this option is not...
View ArticleThe Writing Room, Lyme Regis
One thing that feeds my soul is writing, and writing away from the screen it must be. It counteracts the never ending demands that glowing machine makes and the slighty ‘hazy’ and to be honest a...
View ArticleThe Old Dairy Kitchen
The thing that prompts me to get motivated to write my blog is often great food, but my kind of great food these days comes with an added level of magic to allow it to register in my catalogue of...
View ArticleThe Literary Salon
According to the modern oracle Wiki ‘A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of...
View ArticleFrank & Beans Please!
The start of the weekend and our Friday release took us on a post school trip to the most delicious gelateria, Frank & Beans in Lyme Regis. Excitement all round at the impending glacial hit and we...
View ArticleMagical Cogden
Even though I live in one of the most beautiful places in the country, at times it can feel a little claustraphobic and the desire to ‘escape’ within my immediate periphery seeps in. Sometimes a jaunt...
View ArticleNiall Jacobson
Sometimes in life, something touches you unexpectedly. You take a moment out of the whirlwind of life and stop to notice something beautiful that resonates with you deeply. Niall Jacobson’s work does...
View ArticleHix Sculpture Trail Auction Dinner
Langmoor Gardens in Lyme Regis not only stands in the most desirable location in town with a panoramic view of Lyme Bay, but also has some award winning Californian style naturalistic planting and a...
View ArticleWalking and Talking Lyme Time
Some of my (and a West Country Julie Andrews) favourite things: Lunch Walking Talking People The Sea Lyme Regis Laughing Hugs Curiosity Dogs If these are some of your favourite things then you can...
View ArticleWhitebait
So we caught a fish. A mackerel. With my sons toy fishing rod. It was a big mackerel and quite the most extraordinary moment. Unexpected. So J felt quite proud I think. As novices with such practical...
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