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This is the second Seaside book I have read recently and it was good to catch up with the characters I had met in Secrets at Seaside. In this book Sky meets the contradictory Sawyer. He writes and sings beautiful songs but he is also a boxer. A boxer with a secret: he has been […]

Chris and my dad share a birthday. In December. Cue panic double present buying… Christmas in our house doesn’t really get started until after their birthdays. As a child, we used to decorate the house with my grandparents the weekend closest to Dad’s birthday. Chris remembers something similar in his home when he was growing […]

Yesterday I reviewed 3 supermarket brands of mince pie. But over on my YouTube channel I have been baking my own! Here is the recipe: Ingredients: 8oz flour 4oz hard margarine or butter 1 tsp caster sugar 2 eggs water mincemeat optional: granulated, caster or icing sugar to sprinkle   Method: Rub the margarine into […]