Unrequited Sewing: The Pattern Stash gets busted

All of my sewing sisters will be guilty of stashing far more fabric than we know what to do with but since I’ve joined in with the wonderful world of the sewcialists I have had to concede that it’s not just fabrics that I have a huge unused pile of but there is also a […]

7 reasons to try Apartment life on your next holiday.

Whether it be Birmingham or Bari, city breaks are still really popular, and there is a slew of hotels on all the various websites offering city centre rooms. However, increasingly, we’ve been finding great deals staying in self-catering apartments, in less urban locations for very reasonable prices.   Plenty of comforts Why go self-catering? There […]

Albania: first bite… Kings of the Kala

Although we had flown into the capital Tirana, we weren’t planning to stay there straight away. Our flight arrived in the evening and we had decided to drive straight to the town of Kruja, a little north of the capital. We had arranged a hire car that we picked up from the airport and drove […]

Therapy for Itchy Feet … a trip to less known Europe

The count down is over, the tickets are bought the 24 hour starters orders when we can do our on line check in is ticking closer and the initial packing stage has commenced. We are about to embark on our (becoming) annual early summer expedition and this is a big one. This year’s adventure is […]