Spending nearly a decade with a man from Southern Italy kinda rubs off on a girl. Namely a true and unwavering love for refined carbs, good coffee and gelato (spaghetti alle vongole! Pizza marinara! gjanduja!) – unfortunately he won’t let me share with you his family’s recipes (something about swimming…
CF Travels
Wanderlust with smalls – not quite the cocktail in hand, sunlounger travels of my youth – but so much more…
CF Review: Christchurch Harbour Hotel and Spa, Christchurch, Dorset UK
So, we did it. A full 24-hours away from Country Bebe, holed up like a pair of giddy newlyweds in the Christchurch Harbour Hotel and Spa on the water’s edge in Dorset. CB was dispatched to his grandparents in Somerset and, after a minor wobble from us (CB had the…
CF Travels – A weekend at the Christchurch Harbour Hotel & Spa
This weekend we’re off again. This time we’re going right to Somerset and Dorset, instead of left to Cornwall. First stop is the parents-in-laws’ beautiful village near Yeovil in Somerset. It’s like the set of a Richard Curtis film it’s so British: We are spending a couple of days lolling…
The post of two beaches… Roseland Peninsula, Porthcurnick and St Mawes, Cornwall
After Monday’s review post about The Rosevine (verdict: love), I thought I’d do a picture heavy post on the various beaches we frequented during our 48-hour trip to Cornwall. The Rosevine itself is on the Roseland Peninsula, above the National Trust-owned Porthcurnick beach (of which more later), and 5 miles…
CF Review: The Rosevine, near St Mawes, Cornwall
So we’re back. Three days at The Rosevine near St. Mawes in Cornwall and I feel like a new woman. One with sand between her toes, freckles on her nose and significantly lower stress levels. From the moment we crunched onto the gravel drive (down a wild flower lined lane)…
A sunny weekend in Cornwall?
Woooo hoooo hoooo! I’ve just seen the weather forecast for our weekend in Cornwall this Friday – and it is SUNNY. Like hot, sunny. THIRTY DEGREES sunny. I’ve probably gone and jinxed it now but I don’t care. I cannot wait. We are staying at the brilliantly conceived Rosevine, near…
Tenby – a wet and wild weekend
Well… we went to Tenby last weekend and, as is our luck with UK staycations – it rained. And I mean RAINED. Windswept, torrential downpours, grey skies… the works. The exact same weekend last year we were at Bedruthan Steps in Cornwall and were trapped inside by severe weather warnings……
CF Travels: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
This is officially my out of office! The Countryfille brood are off for a long weekend overlooking the sandy beaches of Tenby, Pembrokeshire (the apartment is actually visible in the illustration above!). WOO HOO! We are off on our travels with two friends and their son, who handily enough, happens…
Spring break… but not as we know it.
I had to get this shot of tulips and daffs in as it is currently the only vestige of spring that seems apparent in the run up to Easter (bitter aside: I was on the beach here in 20 degree sunshine last Easter). To this end, we have decided to…
The perfect holiday souvenir: Furore, the Amalfi Coast
Whilst delving to the back of the shed last weekend (it’s all glamour here at Countryfille..), I came across two bulging carrier bags that I had completely forgotten were lurking there. Inside were these tiny tile fragments, worn into organic shapes by the sea at Furore on the Amalfi Coast.…
A perfect autumnal Sunday in Lyme Regis
One of the things I love about living in the country now, compared to the 20 years I spent here as a child, is how much more I appreciate the little things. It’s like looking at the place through an Instagram filter. As a teen I’d think nothing of a…
London, The Olympics, Wedding season and love
Phew. Sorry about the radio silence. What a week it’s been. We zipped up to London on a/ hottest day of the year b/ the first day of the Olympics. Cue a 4 hour journey of blood, sweat and a lot of tears from Country Bebe. But boy was it…