So Close and Yet so Different

In a “previous life” I lived in Paris for 14 years and worked in public relations for one of the major cross-Channel ferry operators, among others. My job was bringing French journalists to the UK to show them the sights and to prove to them that 

Bringing the Moveable Feast Home

Dining on board the Venice Simplon Orient-Express and its sister trains, the British Pullman and Northern Belle, is an experience like no other. Gourmet cuisine and elegant surroundings make for an unforgettable experience. Matthew Smith, Executive Chef of the British Pullman and Northern Belle, combines 

Get Lost at Loseley

Called “a stately home for all occasions,” Loseley Park is located less than eight miles from our home in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Built in the 1560s, Loseley House has been the home of the More-Molyneux family for some 500 years, 

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part Three: Steam, Shore, Yorkshire Pudding and More

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part Three: Steam, Shore, Yorkshire Pudding and More

I have had two straight weeks of catering and if I told you everything in my kitchen was dirty, it wouldn’t be an overstatement. Thank goodness for my husband John who has been up since 8.30 this morning clearing up! It’s one of those days 

The North Yorkshire Chronicles, Part Two: My Heart Beats for Harry

The North Yorkshire dawn chorus begins. Birds of all kinds ease me into consciousness as the sun begins to rise above the horizon, bringing light to the valley below. I wake to the sound of … wait a minute. That’s not birds I hear now,