In brief: This whole burger thing started when Chris had the 'best burger ever' at The Duchy Arms in Kennington and has since failed to beat it. Unfortunately the chef is no longer there so Chris can never have the best burger ever again. So on our Australian tour we were on a mission …
My Real Life ‘Finding Nemo’ Adventure
Our Journey began, Chris was in his sunglasses he was swinging the Jeeps keys about with some weird swagger,he steps into the car thinking the world of himself. "Thanks mum for letting me borrow your jeep" "You're welcome my sweetheart!" and we drove off into the Australian sun We were on our way to the …
NZ & AUS Tour: The Best Of The Bloodys
Mission: to find out if  New Zealand and Australia can do good Bloody Mary's. Mission accepted. I am not going to rate all the Bloodys I drank on my tour as quite frankly nobody has the time to read them all, so I am only going to share my top 3 from my …
The Island Of Broken Promises
In 2015 I made a deal with Chris, I will show him England and one day whenever possible he will show me New Zealand. I took this deal seriously so for his first trip to London I planned the ultimate day (click here for full details) We had gin in front of Buckingham palace, a …
A Guide To The Perfect Wedding (by my Boyfriend’s Brother)Â
"How do I look?" Chris asked putting on his duty free sunglasses. I looked at his unwashed work suit, white shirt which his poor mother had been summoned to iron and those brown pointy shoes that took three hours to buy. "What about your tie?" Reminding him of his Dad's orders. "Nahh don't need one" …
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My Little Holiday Brag
Sadly Summer is leaving us for another year, however this does mean we don't have to put up with our social media feeds being filled up with 'holiday braggers' Define 'Holiday Braggers' - friend on Facebook posting photos in the morning from their balcony overlooking the hotel pool with a comment like 'Not a bad …
Pigging Out At The Pointer
Cursing amatuer tube riders on the Baker Loo line is how my adventure started. It  was a Saturday and thank the lord there was an excuse to get out of the sweaty,  London mug. I was on my way to  The Pointer - a family run  farm, country pub and butcher in Buckinghamshire. We arrived …
Dad Lives In A Church and Other Discoveries In Brighton
Note to self: Never ever drive to Brighton, especially on May bank holiday. It was his idea, I agreed the night before after a couple of gins, some may say I was 'vulnerable' when making decision. So there we were, bank holiday Saturday stuck in traffic, getting barked at by an evil dog.. Three hours …
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St Ives Food Festival 2015 and Mum’s Gin-less, Meat-less Boyfriend.
St Ives Food Festival has become a 'mummy and mary' 'pencil-in-worthy' event. Last year we were hosting a garden party (see here)Â for the whole of St Ives and a loud american man. As you may have guessed we went OTT and decided to order everything from the festival including a kangaroo burger and enough cheese …
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*BLOODY MARY REVIEW* (with some pork crackling and a well behaved egg yolk) Porthminster Kitchen, St Ives
Guess what time of year it is again boys and girls... it's time I get on the train from here and go to here.... Hello St Ives... Mother, her BAE and I needed a drunching session and where else better then the newly opened 'Porthminster Kitchen'. The sister restaurant Porthminster Beach Cafe serves my favourite pudding Pimms Demotion and has …