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Prime Rib Slider

Prime Rib Slider

Haley.Henry’s prime rib slider is my first (successful) inspired recreation. With a lack of eating out prospects at the moment due to our national lockdown, I am reminiscing and re-viewing the restaurants we visited in Boston and as I mentioned… Continue Reading…


The end of a year off work

A year off work - relaxing

The year-off work is almost over and I’m finding it hard to believe that it’s only been one year since we packed up and left Boston.  It feels like five years.  It would be easy to say that this year… Continue Reading…


Living off-grid

living off-grid

Where are we? We have managed to get to Italy and are living off-grid in our little ‘rustico’.  Our house is 1100m up a mountain in the pre-alps and our nearest neighbour a good ten-minute walk away; this is what… Continue Reading…


A year off work – Another 6 weeks on

 This is going to be the final post in the trilogy of starting a year off, as I want to focus on what we are experiencing by having this extra time. I have been asked, and to be fair we… Continue Reading…


A year off work – One month in…

View of Windermere from Latterbarrow

The first month of our year off work has been completed and Jackie asked me to reflect, so where to start.  Post the Christmas and New Year catch up with friends and family, we relocated from Devon, moving North to… Continue Reading…


A Yearlong Sabbatical

Having finished my Boston assignment on 31st December, Jackie and I have just started a yearlong sabbatical.  I have been working for 25 years straight and have come to the decision that now is a good time to think about… Continue Reading…


Kingswear – The sunny side

A lot of people have heard of or been to Dartmouth, along the beautiful Devonshire coast.  But across the water from Dartmouth is the lesser known, Kingswear.  As the locals who live there like to point out, Dartmouth is “the… Continue Reading…