Taking some of my Welsh customers to a full day of hospitality at Twickenham. Champagne reception , lunch & wines , free bar all day. None of them like each other & Wales will likely lose. What could POSSIBLY go wrong 🙈😆

Back from a meeting in Wales & god , the sunshine is great, but jeez all the windows all need cleaning & the low sun realllllly shows up the dust 😩

It’s not raining , & the Moon is rather beautiful. Happy Wednesday ☺️

Persian Easy seems to be the book I have to hand most at the moment. Lovely Chicken Tagine that’s reduced in lots of freshly squeezed OJ , Turkish pepper , saffron etc. The preserved lemon & fruit stirred through at the end , blanched oven toasted hazelnuts on top. Perfect Monday supper ☺️

Aaaaaand relax ☺️

“YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME ?! “😆 Rhubarb & Almond cake, rhubarb chunks stirred through the batter too. Baked in one of my trusty @nethertonfoundry.bsky.social Prospector pans x

Last shift at Big Breakfast Plus. Incredible people doing incredible things for those in need. It’s been amazing being part of it’s growth since I started 3 years ago x

Love our community. Van loaned from the Parish Council , driven by a Councillor in his own time. Neighbours all out doing a big street clean this morning, collecting fly tipped waste , picking up litter , clearing leaf mulch from drains. That’s me with a humongous hangover , walking very slowly 🤣 🙈

These people are not in the Epstein files…

Absolute joy last night. A private room at the Chinese restaurant, with Karaoke & the other China Trekkers. A friendship & bond that is just beautiful ☺️

Just the best night. 18 of the 22 of us that trekked the Great Wall of China. I’ve never loved so many humans equally x

Taking my Mum & my daughter to Skomer in June & then a few days in Hay-on-Wye (was their birthday/xmas presents) Both places just amazing , a day with Puffins is like no other ☺️ This one popped up in an album that my phone likes to put together every now & then x

Cannot begin to describe how good this marmalade bread & butter pudding is. The Silks is run by Thomas Frake , recent Masterchef Champion of Champions. It’s just a lovely lovely pub , so reasonably priced & bloody DELICIOUS.

Not a bad way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Imagine 94 freshly cooked breakfasts served by the super Sunday sorters led by Team Leader Karma #happydays #amazingvolunteers #communitymatters

Hands down my favourite shop in Oxford. Objects of Use x

I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors

Been in a mind numbing Sales Conference all day , back to my room for a switch off for an hour before more peopling this evening , & switched on the news to see that orange turd & his godawful speech. Not the best day of my life 🙄

Share a bird pic you took (I searched birds in my photo library & I have 1,656 bird photos that I’ve taken 🙈)

These are VERY good hotel room service chips.

Lamb rump steak for us , minted cavolonero & peas, rosemary boulangere , pan juices with redcurrant jelly added. Simple & delicious 🤩

15k to blow the cobwebs away 🥰

Not a bad night at my friends house 🥰xx

Annnnd , it’s tidy* Been endlessly keeping an eye out for a little vintage floral chaise for the cubby hole. And one day we’ll paint & get new carpet , but I bloody love this room 🥰 *hidden 🤣

Avoidance tactic number 1. Having a cuppa in the tidiest room in the house , so that I don’t feel obliged to tidy it 🤣

Lovely charity shop buy. Big Wedgewood salad serving plate … I love it 🤩

Happy Friday kids x

Made double layer herby glass crisps before work this morning , as you do 🤣 From this gorgeous book by Loria Stern. These are going to be so good with hummus etc

First time I’ve ever seen Midnight Cowboy … what a film ! Beautiful cinema , drinks & lovely canapés on arrival & a break in the film for another. Blankets , comfy seats (there were other people there 😆)

Every year I leave a different set of Christmas lights up , forever ☺️

My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left. See? We just need to talk to each other.

All the unloved stuff from the fridge cut or cooked. Kimchi dregs. Load of cornflour dredged fried tofu on top , tossed in Gochujang & hot honey. Tub of brown rice from the freezer reheated underneath.

Watching True Grit (Coen Brothers) tonight. Halfway pause for the partner to make a hot chocolate … superb Sunday night 😁

Google maps need to retake street view images now while all the flags are on lampposts so future home buyers will know where to avoid like the fucking plague.

Watched this last night. A beautiful film x m.imdb.com/title/tt2924...

Beckford Canteen did not disappoint, was wary of Pavé potatoes with my roast but they were incredible.

Off to meet my daughter in Bath tomorrow (a great halfway between Bristol & Swindon for us) … such a pain to drive to to avoid a rail replacement bus this weekend. BUT , Sunday lunch at Beckford Canteen will spur me on. Oh , and seeing my daughter 🙈😆

A glorious morning at Stroud Farmers Market. A beautiful 20 minute train ride through the Slad Valley to get there x

Cheers kids , you’ll mostly find me lying in front of the fire tonight ☺️

I love speaking to my customers on the phone if I’m not visiting in person. 80% of them in Wales & 100% of those say ‘tada’ when we finish the conversation.

The weather is so carby. Gone for air fried jumbo fish fingers in a warm crusty ciabatta for lunch at my laptop (handily I work from the kitchen when at home) Rocket , tartare & pickles on the base. Keswick ketchup on the top. I’m a two sauce girl when it comes to fish finger sarnies 😁

Listening to JD Vance. Fuck me, I’m glad I don’t live in America.

Polenta, venison meatballs with a really lovely porcini,shallot,thyme & red wine sauce. Perfect comfort ☺️

Lovely Waitrose recipe. Red carmargue & wild rice (with maple & balsamic etc stirred through) Roast butternut squash & red onion & roast crispy cavolonero. Was absolutely lovely

Another lovely recipe from @catherinephipps #citruscookbook Saffron & lime marinated chicken , homemade soft flatbreads , yog/mint/grated cucumber, pickled red onions & charred limes.

A big salady pitta today , as I’m trying to rise dough on the coldest day of the year in a 200 year old house with 10ft thick walls 🥶… silly idea when the butter on the side is harder than Geoff Capes, therefore the heater in the kitchen is on full. Tuna ,leaves,tahini ,beetroot,pickled fennel

Just a dusting but it’s pretty 😍

Last nights leftover chickpea curry in a wholemeal pitta for lunch. Smoosh of mango chutney & yoghurt & a few sad salad leaves & all the coriander stalks chopped. Had plum tomatoes on toast for breakfast … I’m eating like I’m just about to hibernate at the moment …wishful thinking I guess 😁

Using half a tin of plum tomatoes when cooking dinner & knowing I’ll have the rest on toast for breakfast makes me stupidly happy.

Sat on the sofa for a good hour this morning just watching birds through the window. Absolute peace & joy x