Oh I do like to be beside the seaside… after a lifetime by the sea, one quick peek never fails to salve the soul. Especially on days like this: After a few fraught weeks I decided a self-imposed day by the sea was in order, so frog-marched the OH off…
New trinkets: the Toronto flea market haul
My parents have just hopped off the plane from their hols in Toronto with the following gifts they picked up at a local flea market, and I’m as pleased as punch First up is beautiful, jade green, soft as butter, leather vanity case. My mother knows I never travel light…
The ultimate Sunday roast: Lord Poulett Arms, Somerset
I was almost bored of the Lord Poulett Arms in Hinton St. George before I’d even stepped over the 17th century threshold. My parents-in-law discovered this Somerset pub a few years ago and since then have resolutely eaten their Sunday lunch there whenever they’re in the shire. After each visit…
Laying out my stall…
New to this blog game, what I have come to understand from the good, bad and the ugly of the World Wide Web is simple. You need to get to know me, right? What is this Country Fille chick all about? What can she bring to the blog party (other…