Food 2018/2019 – Boisdale at Weston Hall Supper Club, Weston

Friday, 23rd November 2018/Friday, 25th January 2019 – Weston Hall Supper Club, Weston Weston Hall is a somewhat crumbling small stately “pile” in the wilds of Northamptonshire (it’s a bugger to find, let me tell you, as it doesn’t seem to show up on any SatNav in any meaningful way – putting the postcode in…

Events 2018/2019 – New Year

Monday, 31st December 2018/Tuesday, 1st January 2019 – Events, New Year’s Day A very happy and prosperous new year to you all!    

Events 2018 – Christmas

Tuesday, December 25th 2018 – Christmas If you are reading this, then I would like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with some Christmas lights from London!

Food 2018 – Moro, London

Saturday, 8th December 2018 – Moro, London A trip to Moro in December has become a tradition for ourselves and a number of our friends, and is tacked on to the end of a visit to Sadlers’ Wells Theatre for whatever dance treat Matthew Bourne has laid on in the run up to Christmas. This…

Travel 2018 – Helsinki, Day 5

Monday, 3rd December 2018 – Helsinki On our last day, having been running already on the trip, I woke up early and decided that I was going to try out the new-ish (well, it was still under construction when we first visited) Allas Sea Pool complex down on the harbour side. I didn’t think I’d…

Travel 2018 – Helsinki, Day 4

Sunday, December 2nd 2018 – Helsinki, Day 4 Sunday we were back under cloudy skies, with the threat of snow, so we decided we’d do the Panorama Bus Tour (again included on the Helsinki Card) starting at 11:00, then grab some lunch at the Christmas Market because we’d not managed to have a Finnish sausage…

Travel 2018 – Helsinki, Day 3

Saturday, December 1st 2018 – Helsinki, Day 3 And so on Day 3 we knew we had several Christmas-related things to do, so after running Tokoinranta parkrun, and coffee and cake for breakfast for me, we headed down the Esplanadi again with intent to go over to Suomenlinna, where I’d been told there would be…

Travel 2018 – Helsinki, Day 2

Friday, 30th November 2018 – Helsinki, Day 2 Friday started slowly, and we spent some time enjoying breakfast in the hotel (I’m told it’s been voted Finland’s best breakfast and though I can’t verify that, it is a very good breakfast indeed and is improved further by being included in the room rate, as is…