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Tag: Nature

London in Bloom

London in Bloom

Despite the cooler temperatures, London has been glorious these past few weeks, with magnolia, cherry blossom, ceanothus and…

Roses Velour

Roses Velour

I'm a self-confessed, obsessed anthophile , and one of my very favourite flowers is the rose.  It's a classic for a …

Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show

There's no better way to celebrate the start of the British summer than visiting the Chelsea Flower Show .  I spent a l…

Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica Lodge, Peru

Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica Lodge, Peru

I'm outdoors-y, but also a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to insects and spiders (in fact, my friends would laugh a…

Valentine's

Valentine's

Happy Valentine's Day ! May your day be filled with love, hugs, kisses... and thousands of flowers (#lowmaintenance).…

Kew Gardens in Spring

Kew Gardens in Spring

Cast your mind back to when spring had sprung, England was in full bloom, your Instagram feed was filled with cherry blosso…

Amantica Lodge, Lake Titicaca

Amantica Lodge, Lake Titicaca

After two short days in the Peruvian capital , we took a flight to Juliaca airport near Puno, drove for an hour along dusty…

The Luna Cinema

The Luna Cinema

Last week my boyfriend and I spent a dreamy evening in the grounds of Westminster Abbey at an open air screening of the rom…

Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave

Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave

Last weekend I went to the  British Museum 's  special exhibition  Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave , to see a large sele…

Berlin Botanical Garden

Berlin Botanical Garden

In March I spent 36 hours in Berlin on a blogger trip with a jam-packed first day and time to do my own thing on the secon…

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: PERU

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: PERU

Signing off for sixteen days as I'm flying out to Peru today and visiting South America for the first time - hast…

SAPA, VIETNAM

SAPA, VIETNAM

After  five days in Hanoi , we hopped on a rather bleak overnight train to Sapa in northwestern Vietnam for a day of hikin…

PHNOM KULEN

PHNOM KULEN

Discovering the ancient Angkor temple ruins at Siem Reap is undeniably magnificent, but the crowds are not.  On our last d…

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: PALM

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: PALM

dreaming of warmer climes...

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: BLOSSOM

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: BLOSSOM

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: BLOOM

FRIDAY'S FFFFOUND: BLOOM

MEKONG DELTA

MEKONG DELTA

On our first day in Vietnam we didn't really make any plans (other than a massage at our hotel - definitely doing tha…

BIG SUR

BIG SUR

Driving up the California coast was one of my favourite experiences last year.  We set off from Santa Monica at 6am and d…

 PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN: MONET TO MATISSE

PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN: MONET TO MATISSE

The  Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse exhibition at the Royal Academy is beautiful, uplifting and perfect for …

THAILAND BOAT TRIP

THAILAND BOAT TRIP

A holiday isn't a holiday without a boat trip.  Lots of my favourite holiday memories have been at sea: sailing on a ca…