The WW Foodie

I read a story this morning that Kirsty Allsopp, she of the C4 property series "Location x 3", had provoked ire among her Twitter ...

Meanwood is an area of Leeds that I think is best described as "up and coming". We like it very much and one large draw is the ver...

Holidays well and truly over and it is back to routine which means back to meal planning. The Bottomless Freezer (TM) has finally been (just...

Stews are generally best made at least 24 hours in advance to allow the flavours to acquire enough depth to make them worthwhile. This one, ...

The alarm went off at 5:15 this morning and we left Mull by the 7 o clock ferry which smelled strongly of stewed coffee. I dozed for much of...

Is there anything sadder than the end of a holiday?  The only bright spot on the (currently rain drenched) horizon is the fact that tomorrow...

Buggeration - I got so distracted by "Wolf Hall" that I completely forgot to post yesterday. Which is odd because I know how ...

Hidden away in a forest, about 12 miles from the town of Tobermory, is a gorgeous little walk through a forest called (I think) "A...

Ah, holidays. It is six o clock ON THE DOT and I am sitting outside the local pub with a glass of wine BECAUSE IT IS ALLOWED. Above, a surpr...

After a week of eating out for every meal, being in self catering accommodation is utterly glorious. This morning, I have had an apple and a...

We are settled in to our self catering apartment in Tobermory. The location is perfect: the building was originally a bonded warehouse for t...

Oban rose in my estimation this morning when, while mooching around waiting for our ferry, we spotted not one but two local cats. I always a...

The town of Oban chiefly consists of a road lined with shops and bars that hugs itself around the curl of a bay. Above, a great, round tower...

There are no two ways about it, one comes to Islay for the whisky. There are an incredible eight distilleries on this one tiny island.  ...

Until the chocolate and whisky fondant arrived at the table last night, our dinner at the Jura Hotel, while pleasant enough, was not hitting...

I am sitting outside of the only hotel on the Isle of Jura. To my left, the distillery and a scattering of houses. In front, a swathe of sea...

The forecast is gloomy for the rest of the fortnight but today, at least, we were blessed with clear skies and sunshine which made the walk ...

According to my Fitbit, I have walked nearly 13,000 steps already today. Given that on a normal, deskbound day I might not even break the ba...

Going on holiday is a wonderful thing, but before we can leave we have to drop the cat off and this is a Traumatic Moment. I don't k...

On Saturday we will be heading up the M something or other on our way to the town of Sterling.  Yes, it's that time of year where we up ...

This is my brother's thing. I need to make that very clear. He invented, developed and patented this particular bruschetta topping and I...

Oh, reader, I don't know whether it is the slightly oppressive heat or the fact that I am now on a mere nine day countdown to our holibo...

I have reached the conclusion that our freezer is actually bottomless. How else could we have managed to jam quite so much produce into its ...

It already feels like a lifetime ago (two days back in the office will do that to you) but we headed down to London at the end of last week ...

Happy Yorkshire Day! I should really be sharing some pictures of sheep strewn dales to mark the occasion, but instead, I am going to talk ab...