The Pig on the Beach; A seaside culinary delight

The view at The Pig on the Beach in Dorset

The Pig on the beach in Studland Dorset, is just one of a group of outstanding culinary hotels here in the South of England. They generally refer to themselves as a “restaurant with rooms” as the culinary experience comes before everything else. That being said the accommodation is more then outstanding. From cosy shepherds huts to […]

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London; A Day in The Big Smoke

walking through Mayfair London with shopping bags

A pair of country mice recently packed up their Vuitton’s and headed to the big smoke for a day’s shopping. London was officially calling and we fancied ourselves as Town mice for a day.Why ever not. We arrived at the train station, with what seemed like the entire population of the town, but despite the […]

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Balearic Adventure: The Free Upgrade

smiling in my suite with the bathtub behind me

Everyone everywhere, no matter how old or young, rich or poor, whatever their walk of life, everyone wants to hear those magical words… Free Upgrade! So, several days into our Mallorca adventure we heard these magic words and were told that we were the chosen ones! We were being upgraded. To a rather tasty suite […]

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The Beach Club Revolution

Nikki Beach swimming pool Malloca

There’s only one thing nicer then the beach and that’s a beach club at the beach. The Beach club seems to be having a bit of a renaissance. It’s no longer reserved for private members, available only to the who’s who of the jet-set and providing you have 2 recommendations from existing members blah blah […]

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Palma De Mallorca

looking back through the archway to the swan pond

After a day of sun, sand and swimming we decided a little dose of culture was in order. A trip to the beautiful capital of Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca was the order of the day. We had a breakfast in the hotel restaurant, which was a much larger affair compared with The Level restaurant the previous […]

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Balearic Adventure; Mallorca day 2

Watching the sunset from the balcony

Day two of our Balearic island adventure arrived with a candy-floss pink sunrise over Calvia bay. I got up and made the coffee’s. All rooms rooms have tea and coffee making facilities and The Level rooms have an Nespresso Coffee machine. Mr Amellia Mae loves his morning coffee and we have a coffee machine at […]

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Bank Holiday Bandits

There’s only one thing better then payday and that’s payday and a 3 day weekend!! Mr Amellia Mae and I decided to gather a few waifs and strays together and head to the seaside. The sun was yolky in the late spring sky so we jumped into the car and headed south. Just 45 minutes […]

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Liebster Award 11 Questions…

liebster award

So this is fun! Thank you so much toGemma-Ann for nominating me for this. I have loved reading her blog Lovely Little Life and  other bloggers responses to the 11 questions and have found it a great way to find new bloggers out there. As always here are the rules… The Rules Thank the blogger who nominated you, […]

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My first time…

Amellia Mae

The screen in from of me reads…”Write your first blog post” exciting and daunting in equal measure. I literally don’t know where to start. I am itching to get this blogging gig off the ground, but it turns out that it’s difficult to get all the ideas in your head down onto a keyboard when […]

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