One sip at a time
My husband Neil, and I have been married for 25 years which is the silver anniversary – yes I definitely see the silver in our hair. We are not fighting people and the most we have done over the past few years is give the cold shoulder and act very grumpy. He is a quiet
Granny Mouse Country House & Spa is a home away from home, an oasis of relaxation from the stress of everyday life and is well known for its friendly staff, great hospitality, divine accommodation and delicious food. The country house (I don’t think of it as a hotel) has gone through many changes over the
I am still very relaxed from my week spent in the Midlands (long may it last) and I was very blessed to be able to return to Midlands Saddle & Trout again this year. Last year I had a wonderful time with my Mother and Sister exploring new places along the Midlands Meander. You can
On Wednesday the 17th May I attended the first ever Midlands Meander Pop-Up Kitchen – a one night only fine dining experience at Granny Mouse Country House & Spa. All the food was prepared on the grill by the Culinary Artists and we dined outside under the stars. Yes it was rather chilly as this is the Midlands in Winter,
What goes through your mind when you receive an invitation to a 5 course wine pairing dinner? Do you expect to sit round a table and listen to the wine maker drone on and on about how he/she made the wine? Do you expect to sit next to serious wine drinkers who make notes on the taste and
On 13 August Neil and I will celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary. For the first night of our marriage we stayed at Granny Mouse Country House as it was known then. I remember driving at night with a toilet paper and shaving foam covered car – Neil actually had to stop and remove toilet paper from the windscreen so that
I said in my blog post on our trip to Monks Cowl Golf Resort that I would share a few photos of our stop on the way to the Drakensberg and on the return home. It is about a 3 hour trip to Monks Cowl so we only stopped once and that was in Nottingham Road at The CoffeeSmiths
On Saturday 10 May was my 41st birthday! I woke up early as usual and Neil gave me rooibos tea in bed. There was a bucket of school shirts that I had to put into the washing machine, but that was the only housework I was going to do. I climbed back into bed and Neil brought me