I was on a massive health kick this summer. Where I tended to struggle without just eating the same overnight oats again and again was breakfast. I love a shakshuka, so I thought it was time to add in…
It is almost Mabon again already (next week roughly celebrated between the 21st and 25th). Otherwise known as the autumn equinox it makes the end of the harvest season. There is still warmth in the air during the day…
This type of post used to be a Rhyme & Ribbons regular, but I’ve realised that it has been almost a year since I have written a post like this – last October in fact! You can read the…
An ancient woodland that surrounds the River Trevillet and a holy site that has connections to Celtic Christianity, King Arthur, faeries, piskies, nymphs, and the veil into the otherworld. It is named for a holy man, Saint Nectan, who dug…
I had the absolute delight of seeing Soak, Ethel Cain, MUNA and Boygenuis in Gunnersbury Park in London. It was the largest event that I have been to since the pandemic – around 25,000 fans were spread throughout the…
South East Cornwall’s best kept secret, Lantic Bay is a quiet sheltered cove with white sands, feeling more like the Mediterranean, than Cornwall. David and I were not far from Fowey and we were due to get on the…
We have finally come to the last of my posts of Reims. The Basilica of Saint-Remi s a medieval abbey church in Reims (Rue Simon). It was founded in the 11th century over the chapel of St. Christophe where St Remi was buried. It…
The side-quest to Orkney was one of the best decisions I made whilst doing the NC500. It’s about an hour’s ferry ride from Scrabster (not far from Thurso). I stayed an amazing eco-farm on Orkney called Wheems Organic Farms…
Next week is Lughnasadh (known as Lammas in England)- the 1st of August to be precise. It marks the halfway point between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. We still have half of the summer to go, but…
Josh Ritter is one of my all-time favourite musicians. This marks the forth time that I have seen him live (the first being in Birmingham Alabama way back in 2009!) When Ritter announced that he was touring, I immediately…