OK – so I know Beamish Living Museum technically falls under County Durham, and I’m taking liberties to include it as part of a Yorkshire road trip post. However, in my defence, it formed part of our road trip to…
In mid-June, we ventured north for a much-needed break and to spend a week in Yorkshire. As well as catching up with family, top on our itinerary was paying a visit to the beautiful city of York. Over a thousand…
As someone who has lived in London for most of her life, I’m guilty of staying within my own little pocket of the city. While I’m busy pinning new destinations to Pinterest boards and dreaming of places farther afield, it’s…
We ended 2025 and started 2026 as we had dreamed: properly celebrating Hogmanay in Scotland. Following a brief pause in Scotland’s capital, Mum and I arrived in Stirling in the evening, after the sun had set and night had fully…
From the moment my feet had touched Edinburgh’s soil all those years ago, I’d felt a soul-deep connection with that small plot of earth. It had been many years since I had found myself wandering over the seemingly permanently damp…
One of the first things that comes to mind whenever I think of France are all the patisseries to be found in boulangeries throughout the country. But it’s one of these patisseries that stands out most of all – macarons.…