Autumn is a time of harvest. If you’re based in Loughborough, celebrate nature’s abundance at the Glorious Gluts Autumn Fair on Saturday 14th October. Taking place from 10am – 2pm at Fearon Hall, Glorious Gluts is a celebration of all things autumn. Find out more about cooking, storing and swapping your garden gluts, with food demonstrations … Continue reading
I’ve long loved cocktails. There’s something about mixing the flavours until you have something new and tasty that appeals to me: cooking in liquid form. However, drinking cocktails in bars is expensive. Making your own is much cheaper – and more fun. I’ve been to a few cocktail making classes and the basic gist is … Continue reading
As the new influx of students arrives at university, there are offers galore in all the shop windows and pubs, making it all too easy to spend a student loan at speed. However, if you want to make sure you have enough money in the last weeks of term, you need to avoid overspending at … Continue reading
The colder it gets, the more drawn I am to comfort food and nature crafting. Using finds from nature walks is a great way to bring the outdoors indoors, keeping you connected to nature even when you’re stuck inside. And eating seasonally is a good way to get vitamins to help you fight off seasonal … Continue reading
It’s easy to get sucked into the idea that you need to spend money to have fun. We’re bombarded with advertising telling us to spend our way to happiness. However, there are plenty of ways to have fun for free. If I look back on my happiest memories, they weren’t the things I spent the … Continue reading
Tomorrow is the first day of autumn, for those who measure it astronomically. Those who prefer a meteorological approach took 1st September as the first day of autumn. And many people who read nature to track the seasons have been muttering about autumn coming early. (If you like the idea of tracking the seasons using … Continue reading
Self care is a topic that has been in the media for a while. Some see it as indulgent, but it can be an essential for many – particularly those with health conditions to manage. While the phrase may bring to mind expensive candles and wafty white rooms, in reality, it just means looking after yourself … Continue reading
