Summer is for visiting new cities, and old ones. It’s for eating fruit at breakfast. Summer is for drinking Pimms in the garden with friends. Summer is for lazy days and perfect blue skies. Summer is for day trips to the countryside. Summer is for beer gardens. It is for weddings in country house hotels. This is my summer, tell me about… Read More
Happy Sunday! You know the drill… Throughout August, I’m planning to take part in this fun Instagram challenge. I’m looking forward to being as creative as possible, so hop on over and check me out @tenpennydreams if you want to follow along. I always love to see a bit of beautiful graffiti. If ever there was a reason to visit… Read More
It might not be the first place that springs to mind when you’re planning a day out, but there are plenty of things to see and do in Middlesbrough, plus the town is home to a growing number of arts and cultural events. There are also plenty of shops and restaurants, from high street stores to independent boutiques and department… Read More
For eighteen years audiences have been entranced by the love affair between Jesse and Celine. We’ve followed them from their first meeting on a train, to an evening spent wandering Vienna in Before Sunrise and watched as they met again in Paris nine years later in Before Sunset. Now they return in Before Midnight and we get a glimpse of… Read More
Tsundoku Japanese (n) – The act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with such other unread books. Source: en.wiktionary.org
It’s been almost two months already since I travelled to Iceland, a country I’ve been eager to visit since I was a teenager. In the weeks since we returned home, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about our trip. I’m still obsessing over blog posts about other people’s Icelandic adventures and hunting out new Icelanders to follow on Twitter…. Read More
It’s that time of the week where I share some of my recently read articles with you. Hope you enjoy this week’s collection! The weirdest typewriters you have ever seen. Another great post on the Etsy blog on how to quit your job and start up your own business. One more from the Etsy blog. Five ways to define… Read More
This week I drove up to Northumberland in the pouring rain to visit Howick Hall, which is located just outside Alnwick. The lovely ladies at Northumberland Tourism have been working hard to promote their Historic Spirit campaign, which showcases some of the events happening in the area this year such as the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden and… Read More