Welsh Witterings: life’s a picnic
My week has been dominated by picnics. Sadly, I’ve not got to enjoy a picnic myself, but I have been researching and writing about them. A few years ago...
Welsh Witterings: Farewell to Laura Ashley – a Piece of Welsh History
The home and fashion retailer Laura Ashley collapsed into administration a few months ago after its attempts to raise capital to fund a restructure of the business failed,...
Welsh Witterings: The Pleasure of Preserving – making the most of seasonal fruits and vegetables
Culinary history has plenty to teach us especially when it comes to preserving food. Circumstances may differ, times undoubtedly change, but even in the age where most people own...
Welsh Witterings: Never Work with Children
I love my children dearly, but the rule never work with children or animals has held true this weekend. I have written a mindfulness course and I decided that...
Welsh Witterings: Simply Good Food
In these strange times I must confess I have lamented the inability to get out for a coffee or a spot of lunch. I love cooking for my family,...
Welsh Witterings: The Question of Dog Poop
I love dogs and over the years I’ve owned a few. Indeed I miss owning a dog and hope that one day I’ll have the time and space to...
Welsh Witterings: Staying Motivated
I’ve seen dozens of articles lately on staying positive and motivated. There is certainly some great content being shared lately and it does seem that people are embracing creativity...
Welsh Witterings: Home Cooking is here to stay
Whilst in covid19 confinement many Brits have turned to home baking and have got themselves out of the evening meal rut. Our home baking endeavors have been so great...
Welsh Witterings: Getting Creative in Covid
It’s been interesting to observe a wave of creativity wash over people during the Covid19 lockdown. I’ve seen the internet and especially social media awash with images of people...
Welsh Witterings: Deadly Delights- lurking in your pantry
At the moment store cupboard cooking is in the limelight and it seems everyone and their Gran is talking about how we should be delving into the back of...
Welsh Witterings: Pondering over the Pandemic
Well I’m going slowly stir crazy as the reality of Covid19 lockdown kicks in and the chaos of five children and two adults in a small cottage becomes a...
Welsh Witterings: Keeping Inner Peace During the Pandemic
We’re living through very strange and challenging times. In the span of just a few weeks, the world as we knew it has changed. Without much warning the whole...
Welsh Witterings: The Pleasure of Preserving
This week the term lock-in has come to mean something very different to me. No longer does the term lock-in conjure up images of local boozer allowing patrons to...
Welsh Witterings: for the love of toilet roll
How, exactly, did toilet paper come to capture our headlines and attention? In the earliest days of the coronavirus health emergency, long before any thoughts of self isolation or...
Welsh Witterings: is it time for rationing?
Now that I am finally out of the hospital with my baby boy, I have been able to see first hand the chaos that is referred to as panic...
Welsh Witterings: counting my blessings
It is easy to take things and loved ones for granted. We all do it to some extent, but lately I have been reflecting on this and also on...
Welsh Witterings: Pondering over the High Street
This week I have been researching and writing about changes in the bakery industry over the past 100 years. In between getting engrossed in accounts of 1920’s bakeries and...
Welsh Witterings: Veganuary
Traditionally January was known as the month of the sales, but now it seems the sales are all on before all the presents are placed under the Christmas tree....
Seren’s Favourite Article of the Year. Welsh Witterings: It Takes the Biscuit!
There is nothing better than a hot drink and a lovely biscuit. A good cuppa deserves a good biscuit, but therein lies a problem, finding a good biscuit is...
Welsh Witterings: Christmas Eve Traditions
It’s finally Christmas Eve, and hopefully you can now breathe a sigh of relief as you’ve made it through all the hustle and bustle of the build up to...
Welsh Witterings: 2019 a difficult economic year for retailers
As the year is preparing to draw to a close and Christmas shopping is in full swing I have been reflecting on how 2019 has been another tough year...
Welsh Witterings: Advent Calendars
There was a time when one of the first signs of Christmas in a British home was the unveiling of the children’s Advent calendar. The calendars were simple, but...
Welsh Witterings: Dining Out Drama
Lately I have done my fair share of complaining about my recent dining out experiences being disappointing rather than delightful. Sadly last weekend was no different and yet again...
Welsh Witterings: getting in a pickle
It’s that time of year again when I begin pickling onions. I like my pickled onions with a bit of bite and a good crunch and quite frankly most...
Welsh Witterings: Making the Christmas Cake
My Christmas preparations always start with making the cake and this is something that I get the whole family involved in. Some people like to make their Christmas cake...
Welsh Witterings: Christmas is Coming but its Spirit is Lost
It’s that time of year where my inbox seems to fill up with Christmas offers and gift ideas. Suddenly it seems that a type of mild hysteria about last...
Welsh Witterings: Grab your Tin Hat
This week I went off to Hawthorne Trenches, in Elham near Canterbury. The trenches have been recreated at a working farm, by the farm owners nineteen year old...
Welsh Witterings: Glorious Glastonbury
This week’s Welsh Wittering come from glorious Glastonbury, where I have spent the weekend at Karen Kay’s rather wonderful fairy market. I have met some wonderful characters and have...
Welsh Witterings: A Visit to Montgomery
Last weekend I decided to tear myself away from both research books and child centered activities and venture out to the pretty town of Montogomery in Mid Wales Marches. ...
Welsh Witterings: Ssshh the Secret of Anti-Ageing
Well anti ageing is one of those industries that has thrived on women’s insecurities for years. The allure of pots of cream and lotions and potions promising youthful skin...
Welsh Witterings: Good Honest Pub Grub
I’ve often lamented about the state of modern pub food and how I would love to go for a pub lunch and be offered a menu full of straight...
Welsh Witterings: Birthday Girl
Another year has passed and I am officially another year older, though I don’t think I’m any wiser. I’m now at that stage where I no longer get...
Welsh Witterings: Summer, Puddings and Filming
Lately I keep receiving e-mails telling me that now the Summer has drawn to a close I need to be doing everything from buying woolly boots, to shopping for...
Welsh Witterings: Busy Times
The chaotic rhythm of my life continues this week as I try to complete deadlines, raise four girls, deal with the washing mountain and prepare for my television appearances...
Welsh Witterings: Great Taste Awards and Puddings
This weeks Witterings are written from the comfort of my sitting room and quite frankly I wish I could sit here all day, but alas I must tackle some...
Welsh Witerings: A Small Bump Announcement
Well, in case anyone isn’t up to speed with my news I am expectng a new baby and so in March 2020 our family unit will become seven strong....
No Welsh witterings : it’s a wash out
I’d love to say that I have written this week’s witterings from a hectic festival field where the sun is beating down, but alas I cannot as it...
Welsh Witterings: from a field
This week’s Welsh Witterings are written after a very long and busy weekend serving vegan and vegetarian cuisine at the World Yoga Festival. I am actually sat in...
Welsh Witterings: It’s Festival Season
It’s festival season and my feet know all about it. Far from relaxing on a festival site I am serving up speciality teas, home baked cakes and now the...
Welsh Witterings: finally a good meal
For two days I had been serving up culinary delights for a private party but not a morsel of the fine food I cooked had passed my lips, so...