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Havering

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Top Places you can Visit on a Cruise *

Recently Mike and I were discussing some of our favourite holidays and I mentioned a couple of cruises we had been on when I was younger. During my early teens it gave me a great amount of freedom of an evening, after having dinner, I would meet my friends and we would go off to a disco or the cinema on board and I felt…

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The King William IV, Essex *

The King William IV has been around for quite some time, and some fo you may recognise it from the likes of The Only Way Is Essex, but it’s had a lovely refurbishment complete with roaring log fires, a unique dining room and comfy armchairs to give it that country pub feel. We dined in the bar area which was a little noisy as the…

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#JohnLewisChristmas Jumper Making *

When it comes to craft, I am the first to admit that I am blood terrible at it, but that doesn’t mean I won’t give it a go. This is often much to the delight of those around me as they get a good laugh at whatever I’m trying to create. So, I naturally said yes to the lovely John Lewis team when they asked me…

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WIN with Jaguar! *

Are you looking for a gift for the car loving man in your life? Then I have just the giveaway for you! I’m giving away, not one, but two 100ml bottles of the Jaguar Pace aftershave over on my Twitter for the next week to two lucky followers. Meaning it will be with you in time for Christmas. All you have to do is make…

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Do you know About Mesothelioma? *

I’m gonna be honest, I had no idea what Mesothelioma was until I was asked to talk about it on my blog to bring awareness to my readers. I thought, if I’m going to sit and talk to you guys about it then I had best do some research and share some facts with you! Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops from the thin…

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Making Eggnog with 31Dover *

Over the next few weeks I will be sharing a few cocktail recipes to get us in the Christmas spirit…literally! The first one up is Eggnog, a new one, that I had never tried before and was a lot  more work than I thought it would be. It was so worth it though as the drink was great! I think it’s a proper after dinner…

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Chocolate Macaroons with Lékué *

 The team from Lékué asked me to work with them on a fun baking post using some of their products so I thought I’d set myself a challenge and make macaroon. I’m not very good at making sweet things but I love giving new recipes and equipment a go. So I chose to use this simple recipe… Ingredients 125g icing sugar 1 tbsp cocoa 100g ground…

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Sports Injury Provention *

When it comes to sports, there is such a high risk of injury. When you’re pushing your body to the maximum sometimes you can’t help getting hurt, but other times accidents happen too. I’ve been reading up on sports injury facts and thought I’d share some with you a few tips on how to prevent them as they are so popular… Stretching and jogging to…

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I'm Squibb Vicious, better known as Haydy!
Happiest with a craft beer in hand, eating til my heart is content or exploring somewhere new.
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