I’m probably a bit bias but I love Yorkshire and everything about it, so I was mighty excited when I learnt that, following the success of Yorkshire in providing a scenic backdrop to the Grand Départ in the 2014 Tour de France, it would be holding its very own race, the appropriately titled Tour de Yorkshire, in 2015.
The Making of Harry Potter
By this point I imagine pretty much everyone and their grandparents has been to The Making of Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studios Tour in Leavesden, but I went a couple of years ago and thought I’d share my pictures in case anyone is still contemplating a trip.
The Whitby Deli
After visiting the abbey or maybe taking a boat trip, if you ask someone who is familiar with it what you should do if you’re visiting Whitby they’ll likely reel off a lengthy list of places you absolutely must eat!
Whitby is a town of fine eateries. From fish and chip shops and Italian restaurants to quaint tea rooms and traditional pubs there’s a bit of everything, but on a recent visit I was rather taken by the pretty cool Whitby Deli, which offers something a bit different.
Little Things: Walk Alone
I like being alone. I like being with people too, but being alone is very liberating – not having to worry about other people, pretending the music on your iPod is the soundtrack to your life, organising your thoughts…
I recently found myself with a few hours to spare and spent them wandering aimlessly. I didn’t exactly know where I was, but I wasn’t lost either. I struggle with living in the moment but when, for once, there’s nowhere to be and nothing to do, a walk alone is the perfect way to sort your head, get everything in perspective, and take note of the little things.
Coffee Table Collections: Wild Swimming
I am a lover of coffee table books without a coffee table! When you’re still living with your parents and the extent of your interior design duties is limited to your bedroom there isn’t much cause for a coffee table. One day, however, I will have a coffee table, and when I do, it will be adorned with many an easy-read, picture-heavy tome, for I have already set about collecting them! I thought it might make for a vaguely interesting series on this blog, much like Little Things and Secret Beaches, if I shared some of my favourites with you, starting with Wild Swimming by Daniel Start.
Scratch Map
I’m the kind of person who enjoys a significant amount of satisfaction when they complete a to-do list and my ultimate to-do list being all the places I want to travel to, I personally think these Scratch Maps that are everywhere at the moment are great!
Reverie Candles
Two o
f my favourite things are the 1990s (my second favourite decade after the 1920s) and that fuzzy feeling of nostalgia you get when you’re reminded of something happy in your childhood.
Indeed, I suppose in this sense, I am lucky in that the 1990s were my childhood, and even luckier that Reverie Candles’ new line of 100% soy wax candle scents are inspired by the 90s with the sole purpose of evoking fond memories of the good old days!
Scone Connoisseur
When you spend as much time driving through the English countryside as I do it’s inevitable that you’re going to end up living off a diet consisting primarily of scone, jam, and cream.
That’s ‘scone’ as ‘bone’ not ‘scone’ as in… ‘bon’ where I come from, by the way!
It is my firm belief that a scone is best served with raspberry jam and clotted cream, with a hearty pot of tea, though I’m sure everyone has their own preferences.
Land’s End
There’s something oddly stirring about standing on a cliff top at the very edge of the earth, so to speak. Land’s End is the most south-westerly point of England, and if you visit at sunset, when the throngs of tourists have trickled away for the evening, it is quite magical.
On the drive down everything is the last of it’s kind: ‘the last pub in England’, ‘the last post box in England’ etc. etc., which is quite charming really.
Glamping
I think AirBnB might be my new favourite thing! For anyone who doesn’t know it’s a collection of really unique places to stay all around the world, whatever your budget, and you can book them all through the site easy as pie! I thought I’d give it a try to book a last minute weekend away over Easter and wasn’t really expecting there to be many options as it’s such a busy time so was amazed to find this shepherd’s hut in Bungay, Suffolk.
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