Friends of mine would rather leave the country than spend time in Wellington in October and November. Â It’s this time of year that Wellington most earns it’s weather reputation as being wild and windy. Â It’s a worrying time of year if you’re... 
It seems an age ago that I was crated up for hours on end in an airplane winging my way back to the southern hemisphere. Â As I crossed the globe I made plans for the garden. Â As always my parents garden provides plenty of inspiration. Â There is always so much... 
For all the years of friendship there is one food secret my friend Joanne and her husband refuse to share.  They are the custodians of the Sarah Nelson Grasmere Gingerbread Recipe which they produce fresh from the original Sarah Nelson shop in Grasmere in the Lake... For all the modern convenience of long haul travel it’s hard to avoid the sleep deprivation and body clock somersaults.  Even harder to avoid the compression on your immune system and likely exposure to every germ carrying human being you are sandwiched into... Like seasons in nature friendships have a life cycle.  Some friendships are enduring despite the passage of time and distance. I’m lucky enough to have been able to spend time with people whose friendships seem to deepen and become more enduring. No doubt I... 
