The average Marathon runner will burn between 2900 and 3500 calories as they negotiate the 26.2 mile Virgin London Marathon course on this weekend. With energy levels low, runners will need to recharge their batteries with a lunch of champions. Or in my case, it’ll be a dinner of champions as I’m so slow! To help replenish their depleted fuel tanks, the Royal China Group…

Towards the end of last month, Mike and I headed down to Venerdi, a newly refurbished Italian restaurant in Homerton. On first impressions, the decor was pretty much how I would decorate a restaurant if I had one so that meant we were off to a good start. It was a Thursday evening and at 18:30 the majority of seats were already taken by families…

When it comes to Easter, we’re not very traditional.  We’re the same with most celebration days, for example, for Mother’s Day, we go out the weekend before as we hate going out on the day as you get rushed, it’s usually a set menu, and the service can be pretty bad too. So we decided to host a little Afternoon Tea Easter celebration this year. We…

Sleeping is not a sign of weakness; it’s the path to success. The stressed-out CEO who drinks coffee by the pint, and has permanent dark circles under their eyes, is a thing of the past. Nowadays, the route to success starts with a proper night’s sleep. Some of the most successful people in the world are now attributing their success to going to bed early.…

To the gentleman that stopped and looked me up and down in total disgust as I walked by in my gym kit last night; I am more than aware that I’ve got thick thighs that have a cheeky jiggle when I’m in motion. I am also, more than aware that my tummy dances to its own rhythm as I walk. You’d be amazed at how…

It was me, as ever! I ate all the pies and if I had space I’d of ordered more! Right, lets put this into context shall we?! I was invited over to The Hope in Farringdon, minutes from Smithfields Meat Market to try their range of pie and mash in true British style. Growing up with a family from the East End, there was a lot…

When it comes to being money savvy, I’m totally all for it, but I was even more savvy when I was a student as I was getting by on a small wage from Supermarket work. I went to Uni in London so, as you all know, London prices can be totally obscene!  Luckily the people at Ticketclever have got your backs. In short, they just swant to…

Shropshire is up next as we bloody love spending a week here every January, and we tend to do a lot of little day trips out from where we stay so we get to try a lot of the local areas food! Our firm favourite in Shropshire is Bishop’s Castle Hotel, where we’ve now had two Sunday lunches and a weekday lunch and never been…