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After a week celebrating my husbands 60th birthday, culminating in a huge party last night and a day recovering, we are off in the Bongo tomorrow for a couple of days break. We don’t do luxury, but love roughing it...

My elderflower champagne has already blown a top! On Wednesday morning there was a loud bang and I couldn’t think where it came from, so dismissed it. It wasn’t until I went to the cupboard later that afternoon that I...

Last June I made elderflower champagne for the first time and with everything blooming a few weeks early this year, my friend Shirley and I went out to collect our elderflower heads. Preferably they should be picked when the first...

A break from painting on canvas, today was the day to rally the troops – ie, my husband and son and paint the roadside of our garden wall. I have been waiting for this to be done for five years....

I am painting my largest canvas to date 100cm square. It requires a large brush and lot of bravery to get the first paint down. I had an idea in mind and like to paint my underpainting loosely. This gives...

The bongo ( our campervan) is due a spring spruce-up. Through the winter we always consider getting rid of it. Its a bit heavy on fuel! ….. But come this time of the year we are making plans for forays...