The Last Four Weeks!
It has been a busy Summer, hence the lack of a blog! But I managed to snatch a few hours today to jot down what I have been up to. To start the month, Zuzanna was away for two weeks.…
Springtime for Parklands & Tooting
You wouldn’t have recognised London a few days ago, for more than a week we were bathed in glorious sunshine all day long. The whole city takes on such a different feel, the most notable of which are people/commuters/Londoners actually…
Newark, fans and jugs
Last weekend I went to see my friend Lisa and stayed at her B&B in Newark, Compton House – it was just so nice to get out of London, albeit for 24 hours. Lisa’s B&B is a red bricked four-storey…
Heating, Builders and a visit from AO.com
Well, the weather this week has been warm by day and cold by night, so the heating was put back on at Parklands B&B during the night, allowing everyone to keep snug in bed. I hope this is the last…
Summers Town
I almost feel that we have skipped Spring and gone straight into Summer. The weather has been so hot for this time of year, considering about 10 days ago we had hailstorms and sleet and it was freezing cold at…
We Love Local: Hive & Keeper
I chanced upon Emily’s pop up stall in Wandsworth and tasted a few of Hive & Keeper’s honeys. I was struck by the fact that although some were from hives less than a mile away from each other, they were…
Saturday 7th November
I am still getting used to the time change especially for dog walking and invariably this week I have been walking the dogs in the dark instead of daylight! It has been really damp all week and the leaves have…
Tuesday 1st September
Well the weather was a real dampener for all our guests, it was dark and overcast most mornings at breakfast and everyone was asking was it going to rain all day! Plans for visiting parks changed to museums and believe…
Sunday 9th August
We had an international table at the weekend, Spain, Germany and Italy. It took a few minutes at breakfast for everyone to warm up and start chatting around the table. Thing that gets discussed after everyone has found out where…