Some people call us Nomads. We just call it life...
after cancer. And before COVID. Our backpacks lay empty, as we settle into our ‘new normal’ in the beautiful Lake District National Park. We may be less nomadic now, but these are still our stories of love, laughter, travel, adventure and sometimes unfortunate events.
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Digging for the Black Diamond
It must be a misunderstanding. A classic "Lost in Translation” moment. I thought we had come to hunt for truffles. The Black Diamond. That musty-smelling, expensive fungi, adored by toque-wearing chefs in Michelin restaurants. I thought there would be dogs, expert...
12 Weird and Wonderful New Years Eve Traditions
It is the morning of New Years Day 2018 and I am having a ‘loony dook’. Any idea what is? Let me break it down for you. Dook is a Scottish term meaning to dip or bathe. While loony is what I must be, because here I am, running, willingly I might add, into the...
Why English Sparkling Wine Is So Damn Good
It is the year 1652, and Christopher Merret – an English Scientist, Physician, Naturalist and Mettalurgist - has just documented how to put the fizz into English Sparkling wine. This is over 30 years before the French monk Dom Pierre Perignon was alleged to have...
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