It’s finally over. We made it through January. The New Year may be brought in by 12 am bells and fireworks, but really, for us villagers, it begins with the New Years day tug-of-war across our river. So doming our warmest attire and wellies, we joined our fellow villagers on the banks of the river. I won’t go into detail, as our side lost again, but after a trip to the pub for a first drink of the New…
- Eat & Drink
- Explore Scarborough
Eating Out To Help Out At The Hideout, Scarborough.
Current pandemic aside, Scarborough is fast becoming somewhere that I really am enjoying eating out in, with a range of new independent cafes and restaurants popping up, all with their own personality. The Hideout, Scarborough is one of those. A…
- lifestyle
5 Easy World Chocolate Day Bakes.
World Chocolate Day. I love chocolate. I think that pretty much sums up this post. But honestly, I have some yummy chat and pictures coming up, so please stick around. I’ve always had a sweet tooth. Both my parents did.…
- Health & Fitness
- lifestyle
Staying Active In Lockdown.
Staying active in lockdown. Maybe not the case for everyone, but it seems like, as a nation, through our imposed lockdown, we’ve fallen a little bit in love with, dare I say it - exercise and staying active in lockdown.…
- food
- lifestyle
3 Easy Lockdown Bakes.
Easy bakes. This may be off the collar and an unpopular/debatable viewpoint to some, but in some ways, I think lockdown has been, as well as an eye-opening experience, but that it’s also brought our existence as humans into check.…
- fashion
- lifestyle
Finding My Style, Curating My Me Wardrobe.
My Inner Self Is A Bitch. Finding my style. It's so easy to get complacent in how you dress. Don't you agree? There's the factor of dressing for your surroundings. I live quite rural and as well as having…
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5 Scarborough Cafe Dates For 2020.
Read MoreScarborough has a good number of cafes and coffee shops. It also has (if not more) charity shops and pound shops, but let us not go there as I’d quite like you to visit and stay in my little seaside town. It feels like a new cafe/coffee shop pops up every month. I’m not really complaining, as I love tea – I love cake. Any place that sells such wonders can take my pennies. However, it’s those that bring something…
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5 Things That Happened Last Month.
Read MoreI’ll admit, I was unsure whether to carry these monthly round up’s on into the new year, but I do actually like writing them. They become quite reflective. Sometimes when I feel I’ve had a quiet month and haven’t achieved anything, writing these makes me realise otherwise, as regardless or how little I’ve done, I still have my friends and family and they are, what matters most to me. Now December was always going to be a crazy month, it’ll…
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5 Awesome Blog Reads From November.
Read MoreI love reading blogs. There really are some awesome blogs out there. It was stumbling across a blog post, resulting in a mass binge of the said blog that lead me to start my own online space many moons ago. Reading blogs can not only offer information, be thought-provoking and relatable, but as a writer myself, they help me creatively. My mum always used to say to read more. She was quite the wordsmith, as a journalist you’d expect so……