The archive

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A sunny day at Thorp Perrow Arboretum

An obsession with pinetums, arboretums and botanical gardens begins. We wandered around Thorp Perrow Arboretum in Bedale, fed some wallabies and watched a live hawk show.
How ice-cream taught me to love life

Yes, really! I reminisce about joyful childhood summers spent in the North East with family and how they fostered a desire for a slower life, full of memory making and small joys that feel oh so huge.
Deep in the Hundred Acre Wood

The enchanted neighbourhood of Christopher’s childhood days… For as long as I can remember, Winnie the Pooh was a constant in my childhood. I had the cuddly toys, the books, the animated stories on VHS. I loved Piglet. Shy, small, introverted, anxious, needy Piglet. Perhaps before I really understood myself, I felt an affinity for…
7 anti-resolutions for 2024

Because really, we’re all doing just fine. Every year I tell myself I won’t bother with resolutions. Just aim to be a bit healthier, eat more vegetables, maybe go for walk and then I won’t feel the heavy pressure of failing to achieve goals. Then I saw a social media post where someone decided to…
Dublin: Everything we ate

We got so many restaurant and café recommendations when we mentioned to friends that we were visiting Dublin for a few days, so I was really excited to let my stomach make a few decisions while we were over there. Sadly we didn’t eat an Irish breakfast, colcannon or stew, but there’s always a next…
The one where I’m green

Yellow, red, green and blue. These are the colours which identify you. “I haven’t been spying on you. It’s just that clever.” We’d been told to underline which statements were very accurate, and put question marks next to the sentences that we thought didn’t describe us. So far, I’d underlined practically every paragraph. Me and…