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Churches in Sussex (5th day trip)
Exactly a week after the previous day trip to visit three Kent churches and Great Dixter, I was back out again with a very ambitious list of churches in Sussex to visit. This was by far the longest...
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Churches in Sussex (6th day trip)
After five of these day trips in search of historic little parish churches in Sussex, I couldn’t wait to research and plan the next one. I was still fixated on Sussex so this time I selected the...
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Churches in Sussex (7th day)
I’ve called Day 7 ‘Churches in Sussex’ for consistency but in fact it involved churches in Surrey and Hampshire! I had planned to visit Sussex churches but I decided to combine a visit to a friend in...
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Churches in Sussex (8th day trip)
Apologies for taking so long to post the 8th day trip visiting churches in Sussex. The delay is due to my moving to Sydney to live in late October. As you can imagine it was a bit stressful in the...
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Churches in Sussex (9th & final day trip)
We’ve come to the 9th and final day of my day trips to Sussex to find tiny ancient churches. I certainly saved the best until last as these little churches blew me away with their beauty - in the...
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I'm now a published photographer!
I am delighted to announce that in September 2019 I became a published photographer, that is, I had my first ever photographs published. The book, The Gardener’s Travel Companion to England, by...
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Healthy Green Soup (suitable for vegans)
This is my favourite soup and it’s suitable for vegans. The recipe was given to me by my artist friend, Roz Berkeley-Hill. She is one half of talented artist duo, Tipperley Hill. It has an Indian...
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Gobi Dal (cauliflower dal) - suitable for vegans
I cut out this recipe from Olive magazine quite a few years ago. It only served 2 so I have always doubled the recipe. It is one of the tastiest cauliflower recipes.Cook 45 minServes 4Ingredients 1...
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Tomato & Red Lentil Soup (suitable for vegans)
This sensational tomato soup never ceases to impress when I serve it to guests; they think that you have spent ages preparing it ! Without the topping it’s a vegan soup but you may be able to source a...
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Thai vegetable curry (suitable for vegans)
This is a staple of mine as it’s a healthy vegan dish. I serve it on its own with a cabbage salad (see recipe below) or with brown Basmati rice. It can be made in large quantities and kept in the...
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The best chocolate cake recipe!
This is Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Olive Oil cake from her book Nigellissima. It is the best chocolate cake recipe I’ve ever tasted and one that I make frequently as it’s always a huge hit with friends...
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Chickpea, leek and fennel soup
I love making soups and this is one of my favourites. It’s from the book Polpo which as many of you will know is a chain of five Venetian small-plate restaurants in London including one in Brighton....
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How to introduce colour in your home
As an interior designer, my USP is colour; my clients often call me the queen of colour! Colour is powerful, it’s about emotion – it can stimulate, heal, soothe, agitate or even make you angry....
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Octopus Salad
Octopus SaladThis is one of my favourite salads and it was my Sicilian mother-in-law who taught me how to make it. I buy pre-cooked vacuum-packed octopus legs from Woolworths supermarket here in Sydney...
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Upcycling furniture with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan
As many of you are aware, I moved to Sydney in October 2019 from where I am now based. I continue to work with London clients and also have established my business here in Sydney. I have rented my...
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Dutch Apple Cake
This recipe is a tried and tested favourite of mine. It originally came from the UK Times Cookbook which I bought years ago. It’s so quick and easy and absolutely delicious. You can eat it any time of...
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Fennel-spiced Semolina Cake with Yoghurt
I found this fantastic recipe in a recent Gourmet Traveller Bread & Baking magazine. It is a real triumph so I’ve added it to my blog which has all my favourite tried & tested recipes. You can...
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Flourless Orange & Almond Cake
I found this fantastic recipe on bakeplaysmile.com. It is a superb recipe and so simple to make. You can prepare the oranges the day before as that is the time consuming part.Ingredients• 2...
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Sri Lankan Pork Belly Curry
Sri Lankan Pork Belly Curry (O Tama Carey) This is the most divine curry recipe by Sydney based O Tama Carey who has a fantastic Sri Lankan restaurant in Darlinghurst called Lankan Filling Station....
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Give your stairs the wow factor
Those of you who follow my blog have heard me banging on about the tah-dah effect when walking into a home and how important it is to create an instant impact because people form an opinion of a home...
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