Picture this… it was back in August on my 22nd birthday. I was stuck in Manchester airport with a 4-hour delay on my flight to Jerez and had plenty of time to kill. So of course my solution to the delay was trying out a new spritz in the airport bar. The drink was...
To finish off my trio of posts from my holiday to Cádiz, I’m going out with a bang. A new “A Foodie’s Guide To…” post! If you follow me over on Twitter then you might remember me sharing my excitement about writing this post a few weeks or so ago. I’ve recently returned from...
It’s officially time for my third 7 Hours in… post! For any newbies to my blog, 7 Hours in… is an ongoing blog series focused on day-trips that I’ve taken. So far we’ve had Birmingham and Manchester. (make sure to give them a lil read after this one!). This time, however, we’re taking it...
My first understanding of upcycling came about 8 years ago, back when I was in school and we had to work on a whole project about upcycling. The craze back then was making bracelets out of old upcycled Starburst wrappers. Did anyone else do this? I never really thought a lot about upcyling my...
Despite living in Liverpool up until I went to university, I haven’t done much exploring of the SECOND best city in the North West. I’ve travelled to Manchester a few times but I definitely haven’t seen even a fraction of what the city has to offer. In a previous blog post I wrote about...
Admittedly, Birmingham is a city that I really haven’t explored anywhere near as much as I’d like. In fact, until I decided to take a day trip to the city, I’d only ever found myself there when I was changing trains at New Street Station. As the second biggest city in the UK, I...
Up until my trip to Lisbon, I was set on the Aperol Spritz as being the drink of the summer but this all changed after my first sip of Port and Tonic. Consisting of white port and tonic, served with ice and lemon (or lime…whatever floats your boat) this simple yet sophisticated drink is...
