Last week I found myself in Pembrokeshire, Wales, taking part in a 14 mile walk across the Preseli Hills in aid of the Busoga Trust. It all started with a round robin email sent by Lucy Bakr of Saint Remy, Provence, to raise money for the charity that builds wells and water Walking the Golden Road on the Preseli Hills[Read More]
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Spicy chickpeas
Its summer here in Provence and with all the lovely tomatoes, lettuces and vegetables in the market, all I want to eat is salad for lunch. But to save it getting monotonous, I like to add different things to the basic lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish combination; so Spicy chickpeas[Read More]
French Regional Food
I remember my mother telling me with some incredulity that she had a friend who read cookbooks in bed, as someone might read a novel. With four children to feed at the end of a hard day’s work, cooking was a necessity for her rather than a pleasure and she cooked French Regional Food[Read More]
Lower Buckton Country House, a very foodie, horsey, place to stay
Staying at Lower Buckton Country House is an opportunity to experience a slice of English country life at its eccentric best. Situated on the Herefordshire, Shropshire and Welsh borders it is a short distance from Ludlow which is renowned for its many restaurants and annual Lower Buckton Country House, a very foodie, horsey, place to stay[Read More]
Mackerel and lobster fishing, Dublin Part two
After the TBEX conference in Dublin, (see previous post) I decided I'd spent enough time indoors and headed off to Malahide to spend my last day outside on a boat in the Dublin Bay with Eamon of Fish and Trips. And as luck would have it, it was a beautiful sunny day with clear Mackerel and lobster fishing, Dublin Part two[Read More]
