For mum’s birthday this year she decided to invite us all to join her in some self catering apartments in Dorset. At the start of the year when it was horrid and rainy outside May seemed ages away but at the end of last week we packed our bags (much to the disgust of the Read more about Holiday times in Dorset[…]
So this is a bit of a round up post of what has been sort of a fragmented week and a half. Last Wednesday myself and a few of my fellow Booklings (lovely group of friends who all write) headed off to Blackwell’s for an evening of conversation between author Lucy Atkins (author of The Missing One) and literary agent Judith Read more about Writing, travelling and Lewis[…]
With the wrapping paper well and truly off (and residing in the recycling, as it should be) I thought a quick recap of the amazing presents I received this year was in order. First up this amazing 1901 copy of Hans Christian Andersons Fairy tales, which it would seem has arrived just in time (more Read more about What I got for Christmas[…]
On the way from the house to our next stop (a hotel) mum & dad decided to show us Dinan where they had visited before. We parked the other side of the river & then crossed under the beautiful viaduct before walking up the hill (to where most of the town is at the top) Read more about France – part 2[…]
We were really lucky to have a week off work to go and visit Jam’s dad in his house in France (well that was the plan, pa O.B has decided not to retire till after Christmas so wasn’t in the house, however my own mum & dad did come with us). Above is the house Read more about France – part 1[…]
So this weekend the chicks (is that the correct terminology?) and our Hen headed to the big city for a weekend of pampering before the big day for her in August. As good Bridesmaids should we had lined up a couple of non embarrassing surprises along the way. Each bridesmaid brought a bottle of fizz Read more about A weekend in the smoke[…]
This weekend Jam and I packed our bags and headed off for a weekend in Shropshire with my mum and dad. They had rented a very nice 2 bedroom self catering apartment in ‘the wilds’ (a nice bit of countryside just outside Ludlow). They were able to pick up the keys from half past three Read more about A weekend in Shropshire[…]
Top photo is Ben and Jiwon on our last nigt with them. We went out for a traditional Korea meal where you sat on the floor with a little table. The lady serving us went crackers with the side/dishes nibbles, so much so that there nearly wasn’t enough room for the food! Jiwon translated the Read more about Korean food[…]
So being the main reason we went to Korea a couple of days after we flew out was the wedding of Ben and Jiwon. The bride looked spectacular in an English style traditional gown: (it fitted her perfectly and the back was gorgeous) the groom looked equally dashing Both set of parents looked lovely and Read more about The wedding of Ben and Jiwon[…]
So the day after we flew into Korea Ben hired a car and we headed off to look at the north side (not the real north but a bit closer than Seoul). The car journey out there took about 2 hours but the scenery was really interesting all the way. When we got there we Read more about The temple (but not of doom)[…]