A note from a British Summer : No need to carry any cases. 

Sunshine, countryside and the garden… If you’d have asked me a month ago what I would like to do on a three day break from work, staying at home would not have been the answer….But alas home is where I am and happy to be.  Since our trip to the aptly named Blue Door Barns […]

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Blue Door Barns, East Sussex. 

The Three B’s, Beautiful ‘Barns’, Beautiful ‘Brighton’ and Hoorah for ‘British’ Summers. Living in the UK always pulls me towards warmer climates, when searching for a holiday or a short break,  there is no need to question why when the summers never seem to fully show themselves. Anything planned for outdoors seems to be rushed […]

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Lake Como: La vita è bella

Swimming in pools, swimming in lakes, taking boat trips and of course lots and lots of gelato. My favourite thing about a European holiday is the slow morning, leisurely breakfasts and gentle walks, exploring new places without using too much energy.  We could have just stared and looked at the lake all day.  The tranquil […]

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Lake Como:  Decadence and Elegance at the Grand Hotel Tremezzo

The Italian Lakes have been on our bucket list for sometime now, so when our friends invited us to join them for a part of their adventure around the north of Italy we jumped at the chance for a midweek get away to sunnier climates.  After a very short flight we landed in Milan and […]

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Take Me Back To Tulum: Peace at Papaya Playa

After reading a few bad reviews on Papaya Playa I was a little worried about staying here, however this was all quickly forgotten as we were shown around the idyllic setting of Papaya Playa.  Papaya has a very chilled out, hippy carefree vibe, staff are warm and friendly but there are no airs and graces, […]

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Take me back to Tulum: Coqui Coqui, Tulum

The great thing about Tulum is you can have very different experiences in one trip and all is achieved by a short walk up the beach.  After leaving the beautiful Casa Violeta we moved on to Coqui Coqui Tulum, a traditional Mexican stone structure with a feel of the ‘Ruins’ just up the road; coconut […]

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Take Me Back To Tulum-Part one.

Take me back to Tulum… We don’t tend to ever go back to the same place, even at the end of the most amazing of holidays,  when those words, ‘I would so come back here’ are fired out of our mouths simultaneously,   we  somehow never seem to do so.  I suppose at that point when […]

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El Fenn, The Mini Marrakech Adventure

Hammams, spices, oboes, mint tea, more mint tea, heat, sunsets, drumming, souks, colour, equals 4 days in Marrakech!  Over the years we have been lucky enough to travel to the likes of Bali, Thailand and Malaysia but Marrakech was like nowhere we had been.  I was ready for hustle and bustle, dusty streets and hoards […]

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