Cocktail Journal July 2017
Summer where are you? Is it really August already? Nowhere near enough sunny weather for me. It hasn’t felt like a glorious summer at all. August we are counting on you to deliver before the C word starts being mentioned! July’s cocktail is another of my own creations. I present the Apple Delight. Apple Delight […]
Bodiam Castle
Moated Castle anyone? Moated Castles just look beautiful, don’t they? I am a lover of all types of castles, but a castle surrounded by water looks so romantic. When I first saw Bodiam Castle my heart melted. Okay, not really but it was a pretty damn good sight. The week I visited with my best […]
Herstmonceux Castle
Back to exploring castles I’m back on the castle trail, this time in the south of England. As I alluded to in my Hastings post visiting Herstmonceux Castle was an intended destination during our stay in the seaside town. In a giant Castles in Britain book I have, I remember highlighting this castle as one […]
Hastings
Why Hastings When I told people that I was visiting Hastings for a few nights, almost everyone had displayed an expression of “oh really, why go there?” I can understand why because it’s not really a tourist place where people flock to (no offence to anyone from Hastings). So why was I choosing to go […]
London Duck Tours
First sightseeing What I love about being a Londoner is that there is so much to explore. Fun and culture are in plentiful supply if you look hard enough. But no matter where you are in London a place of unique history is always close by. Despite doing many touristy things in London, I have […]
Cocktail Journal June 2017
June Welcome to June’s Cocktail Journal. It has been a bit of an indifferent month for various reasons. I have done some lovely things but what I have not done well at is keeping to my blogging schedule. Two posts a week hasn’t been much of a stretch over the past few months but in […]
