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Growing an Avocado Tree

Last week I finally got to transfer one of my Avocado seeds into a pot.  Like a mother waving a kid off to University it was kind of a bittersweet, nerve-wracking moment removing those cocktail sticks, tossing the cup of water and transferring it into a very grown up pot 🙂 And, I kid you not, […]

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Cardiff

Dyffryn House & Gardens

I’m going to hold my hands up here and come clean; I’d never been to Dyffryn until last weekend.  Yeah, yeah, I know!  I knew it existed, but I had no idea how close to Cardiff it was.  Tucked away just off the edge of Culver House Cross – and yet invisible from all main […]

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Cardiff

Street Food Circus Cardiff

Last weekend our phone line went down (oh the horror!), which would mean no internet for a whole week – not that we knew that at the time.  Yeah, we whinged about it (a lot) and knocked our heads against the wall when not being able to catch up on Netflix or Google a random, burning question […]

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Cardiff

Henrhyd Falls

Henrhyd Falls is the highest waterfall in the south of the UK apparently – who knew – and in English means Waterfall of the Old Ford.  It’s not far from Dan yr Ogof caves, so if you happen to be in that neck of the woods (quite literally in this case!), it’s definitely worth checking out.  Wear some […]

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Cardiff Writing

Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

I’m one of those writers who’s a terrible reader.  Actually, let me rephrase that.  I read a hell of a lot, but it’s just that I tend to gravitate more towards non-fiction (you’ll probably know by now that I’m a massive history nerd/know-it-all – and that’s an understatement), I read reference books that’ll help with whatever […]