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Damian Wawrzyniak brings House of Feasts to Peterborough

Trish Burgess Posted on13/09/201714/09/2017 restaurant, Reviews 16 Comments
House of Feasts Schabowy

Welcome to the House of Feasts – a restaurant in the village of Eye Green on the outskirts of Peterborough. Chef Consultant Damian Wawrzyniak has transformed the village pub into a beautifully stylish establishment with

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Bank holiday fun with Pass The Pigs

Trish Burgess Posted on29/08/201702/07/2018 pass the pigs, Reviews, toys 4 Comments
Inflatable Pass the Pigs

I am officially a bad mother. My son is now 21 and in all those years I forgot to introduce him to the joy of playing Pass The Pigs. This simple and very silly game

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A Bank Holiday weekend with a Trespass jacket

Trish Burgess Posted on20/04/201715/07/2017 Reviews, Travel gear 4 Comments
Bletchley Park

What better way to test a new jacket than to take it away on a typical British Bank Holiday weekend. There’s bound to be a wide variety of weather conditions to put it through its paces.

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Coffee time: Review of Leysieffer Kaffee capsule machine

Trish Burgess Posted on27/03/201701/04/2017 Reviews 2 Comments
coffee and pastries

Just spotting a capsule coffee machine in the Solar do Castelo hotel in Lisbon last month was enough to make me feel at home. The brightly coloured pods were instantly recognisable and I’ve become adept at working

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Why we’re converts to Pro Packing Cubes

Trish Burgess Posted on07/02/201715/07/2017 Reviews, Travel gear 5 Comments
pro packing bues 6 piece set

My husband Dougie is the designated packer in our house. Over the years he has taken it upon himself to turn packing into an art form. Old-style rolling method Dougie’s preferred method is to lie trousers

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Fine dining: Noel Corston at NC@EX34

Trish Burgess Posted on15/05/201617/09/2017 Devon, restaurant, Reviews 3 Comments
Noel Corston scallops

Although we would probably have been quite happy feasting on local fish and chips for a whole week, we made a family decision before we arrived in Woolacombe to try out Noel Corston’s fine dining

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In the Buff

Trish Burgess Posted on24/04/201615/07/2017 Reviews, Travel gear 15 Comments
in the buff

“Can I have a Buff?” “No, what’s wrong with a scarf?” “But look what you can do with them – you can wear them as a neckerchief, a headband, a beanie, a bandana – they

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Backing up your computer files if you aren’t good at that sort of thing…

Trish Burgess Posted on31/03/201615/06/2016 Reviews 3 Comments

                  For someone who spends a lot of time on the computer, I really am quite a technophobe. I’m also not very sensible. Documents and photos have been

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