Happy Hallowe’en!
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‘Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite, All are on their rounds tonight; In the wan moon’s silver ray, Thrives their helter-skelter play.’ ~Joel Benton
Fruit and Veg
Glorious Goodnestone, Part III: The Walled Garden
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The British love a walled garden: solid, enclosed and often romantic, they are private spaces where a lucky few get to garden and where […]
Trading Apple for Apples
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I never think of myself as especially tech savvy. However, as I embark on my 40’s I find myself more anxious than ever to […]
RHS London Harvest Festival Show 2014
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A beautiful autumn afternoon, perhaps the last for a while, so time to escape the office for delights of the RHS London Harvest Festival Show. […]
Sleepless in Saigon
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One week in and I’m at the stage when I can count the number of hours sleep I get each night on one hand. […]
A Sweet, Secluded Spot – RHS Harlow Carr
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Somehow the delights of Harrogate, an elegant spa town in the north of England, have consistently eluded me. So on my first visit in […]
Summer Serendipity
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The English language is full of wonderful words, if only one can find the opportunity to use them. Thought to be one of the […]
Bumthang in Bloom
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You’d be forgiven for thinking we’d transported ourselves to Switzerland but, no, this is Bhutan’s cultural heartland, Bumthang. Four bucolic pine-clad valleys make up […]
Fried Fiddleheads and Asparagus
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Yes, you’ve got it, these are young fern fronds, otherwise known as fiddleheads or, here in Bhutan, as ‘Nakey‘. They are either fried as […]
A Trip to Tiptree
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Where better to hold a team day than in a patisserie? Not just any patisserie, but one that’s attached to a jam factory carrying […]
Vietnamese Yellow Apricot Blossom
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Dien Hoa village, in a central province of Vietnam, has become famous for growing bonsai apricot trees. Before the Lunar New Year many people […]
On The Road to Ha Long, Vietnam
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I couldn’t resist stopping the car to admire these luscious lettuce on the journey between Hanoi and Ha Long Bay. So green, they still […]