Cheese & Marmite Scones!

Happy New Year you lovely people!!

The Collective Dairy :: #tub4grub

You know when you hear about something special and it gives you a warm, fuzzy glow inside and makes you want to open your front door and shout, 'YES! THERE ARE RUDDY WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD'...

*NUT FREE* Christmas Pudding Energy Balls!

With all these scrumptious healthy desserts flying around the place containing all sorts of weird and wonderful super-ingredients, I often find myself being unable to eat most of them because the key ingredient tends to be nuts, of which I am allergic *cue pantomime 'aahh'.

Herby Parma Ham Cheesey Twists!

Well these lasted all of about 10 minutes.

Sticky Marmalade Loaf :: Granny Cool

Granny Granny Cooooool, Granny Granny Coooool, I've now had this song stuck in my head all day long. And now so will you *monkey hand over mouth laughing emoji*

Exploring Stratford Upon Avon

I have to say, hand on heart, the medieval market town of Stratford Upon Avon is one of my favourite places in England. (Not to be confused with London's more concrete version on the Central line)! Luckily for me, my Auntie & Uncle live here, so it gives me a great excuse to jump on a train out of London and into the fresh air of Shakespeare's birth place.

3 Year Anniversary and a Victoria Sponge!

I've been treated like an absolute princess!

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies EVER!

Sooo usually of a Sunday I'll write a Sunday Fitness Fix post, but this week I BAKED COOKIES INSTEAD!!

Afternoon Tea at The Black Swan, Helmsley

Oh what a beautiful mooooorning, oh what a beautiful daaaay!

I feel like we picked this day perfectly as the final beams of Summer sun shined their shine on us in Helmsley this weekend. What a cheery little market town! Rivers, pubs, old fashioned sweet shops - that sort of vibe, ie - right up my street :)

William's mum had planned for us all to go for afternoon tea at The Black Swan (or the mucky duck *said in strong Yorkshire accent if you're a local*) and what a delightful tearoom it was! What made it even more special was that the waiter was SO accommodating and lovely. The grub was delicious, I actually ended up having a Pork Pie Ploughman's as for some reason I didn't fancy sweet, (very unlike me), but the afternoon tea looked scrummy and must have tasted it too as many 'mmm' sounds were murmured around the table as the rest tucked into their clotted cream, jammy scones.

Where's Willy?

It was a lovely British afternoon, topped off with a glass of wine at this quaint village pub we found on the drive home. 

Where's your favourite place for afternoon tea?

Betty x

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A Wedding Weekend in Krakow

What a weekend! 

Krakow is hands down one of the most beautiful cities I've ever visited. What a gem of a place. The sun was beaming and the main square was constantly buzzing with locals and visitors sprawled out onto the pavements in cafes and restaurants, supping cocktails and wiping plates clean of Polish stew.

We stayed in the stunning Antique Apartments and I highly recommend if you're ever visiting Krakow to stay there! Massive beams, HUGE cosy bed, a bath tub you could swim in, (which I actually forgot to use, mainly because I was too hot!) and views out onto the square below where you can watch the outdoor cinema from your balcony and be a part of the buzz. 

We were in Krakow because William's brother was getting married in the Goetz Palace(!) and I have to say, I've never ever been to a wedding like it!

The food...where do I even begin. We were fed on the hour, every hour- and I'm talking main courses. We had a 4 course dinner, then an hour later fish, then duck, then beef stew, all the while with a full on buffet and dessert spread to gorge on nibble at....safe to say, I'm the size of a baby elephant now.

The ceremony was in both Polish and English in the most gorgeous chapel, lilac bridesmaids and bows decorated the rooms and we danced until 4am with vodka fuelling us until our feet were nearly falling off. 

It was just the most beautiful day with beautiful people and an absolute FEAST for our tummies. Ps, is that not the biggest sausage you've ever seen!?

We had three days after the wedding to explore Krakow further so we headed down to the salt mines which were incredible. 135 metres underground were gigantic statues and chapels built entirely out of the salt. William did a lot of wall licking...

You can actually get married in that chapel and it only costs 5000 zloty (£1000!)

I also got to do my favourite thing abroad....visit FOREIGN SUPERMARKETS! That's utter happiness right there...

I love that I rarely post photos of myself on here and the one time I do, I post one where I look like a massive creep!

Safe to say I've been drinking smoothies and juices since returning home to detox my insides! 

Krakow treated us SO well and we're planning to return in February when it's all snowy and we can cwtch in one of the hundreds of cosy cafes. 

Has anyone been in the Winter? Any recommendations?

Enjoy your weekends!

Betty x 

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