A few weeks ago we decided to give a local restaurant a go. Situated in our Town Centre, Jodi’s JamRock  is a small independently owned Caribbean eaterie. Originally starting up in 2013 as a mobile food wagon on a local industrial estate, Jodi’s became so popular that they took the plunge to open up a…

On a recent post I talked about my four phobias, Sand, Spiders, Heights and Snakes. Whilst I had managed to lessen my fear of the first one, the other three are still very much an issue! Now you may have seen a post I did talking about my “50 things to do before I…

Nearly two years ago I went to my first Twinwood Festival. This was August Bank Holiday 2015 and the Monday absolutely poured it down all day. However the one sunny highlight to my day was meeting Rachel Evans, the Editor in Chief of Vintage Life Magazine. It was a delight to meet her, and…

Anyone who knows me, knows I have four main fears. Three of them are very common and quite logical; Arachnophobia (a fear of spiders) Acrophobia (a fear of heights) and Ophidiophobia ( a fear of snakes) The last one is not logical at all. Eremikophobia. This is the fear of Sand. Yes, that yellow stuff…

Several months ago Baby Bear started going on, asking for a dog. Now, we are a cat family. We have 6 pedigree cats, and have never had a dog in our married life, although I always had dogs when I lived at home. Not only did she want a dog, she specifically wanted a…