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Rosey Lea started out as a simple, yet beautiful tearoom within the market square in Bishops Stortford and I was lucky enough to visit this with Jen from Great Cake Places towards the start of 2013 as part of a cakey tour of my region. We had a fantastic day, eating more than our fair share of afternoon teas and cake-based treats, the sugar crash was immense to say the very least! There is some outside seating on the terrace o

It’s certainly no secret by now that I am getting into shape and working hard with a personal trainer (I was lucky enough to bag myself some sessions as part of a portfolio agreement where I literally have to bare all every 6 weeks in exchange for being shouted at in the gym!) as well as eating a much healthier diet and I’m well on my way to losing my third stone. I’ve been getting so much encouragement as well as some lovely

I’m going to be ever so slightly open with you about some of the little pleasures in my life, none of them make me feel TOO guilty for admitting and I thought a little more sharing on my part would help you to get to know me… Perhaps it’ll even help you to share your own “guilty” or simple pleasures in life, as life is simply too short to not enjoy what we want in our lives. I’ve never quite

In complete honesty? I think anyone that is half human is going to get nervous when they have to stand up in front of others to deliver a talk or presentation, I haven’t met many people that can turn on the robotics when it comes to talking in front of a room of strangers – If you can do this, get in touch and let me know how to be like you!  The last few times I have been asked to speak at events, I have said yes

I was recently invited to visit a new area of the UK (Manchester) as part of a tour of the North that I was to enjoy throughout my 30th birthday celebrations. I was lucky enough to stay in some magnificent venues throughout my tour, all helping to ease the stress of this big celebration and I most certainly enjoyed my time in this new City, I really must say. This hotel is by far one of my most favourite stays since starting t

As part of a tour of the north, I decided to visit some new cities within the UK on recommendation from other food lovers and Leeds was first on the list to hop on the train to. I haven’t been to Leeds previously, but had heard a lot of great things about this exciting city, with it’s independent shopping and varied food experiences and the friendliest people I’ve ever encountered, it truly didn’t disap

It’s no secret that for the past few months I have been working very hard on my body to lose some cakey weight and I’m not doing too badly at all, having lost over 2 stone since November 2013 – I’m pretty chuffed to say the very least. I recently shared a new motivation of mine, my “before and after” photos of which have been spurring me on when I hit days where I don’t see the good wo

Vax Hard Floor Master Steam Cleaner: As a Private Household Manager (yes, I have various “hats” that I wear..) I was recently enjoying the simpler parts of my working life, such as polishing the bathroom taps until they were sparkling and hoovering the doormat until not a speck of dust could be found… yes, I do get rather geeky when it comes to these things, it really helps me to relax on a busy day. One of t

As you may know by now, I’m on a personal fat fighting mission, I’m pumping weights (up to 45kg now wahoo), I’m running (well, ambling), I’m kicking my body into touch and even more bizarrely, I’m not entirely hating it. For the first time in a very long while, I feel inspired to get fit, get healthy and not go through the same old motions (of which usually included an expensive waste of time) of heading to my local Weightwatc