A Welsh winter
Some people would have you believe that the Welsh weather is never very good. Ha! How could they say such a thing? How could anyone imply that this land is […]
Author Archives: MrsB_inthehills
Lady Sybil’s hand
I was walking through Crickhowell recently and paused to look at a tourist information board, not expecting to see anything I didn’t already know. Then I read the following: ‘Lady […]
Cymru-noir? Scandi-du?
Over the last few weeks Mr B and I have been watching the BBC Wales series ‘Hinterland‘. For any of you who haven’t seen it, this is a police drama […]
A time to plant and a time to…wassail!
I’ve been living in ignorance. No great surprise there, maybe. Specifically though, I’ve been living in ignorance about Wassail. I always thought it was something to do with Christmas and […]
The nest is full!
December is a pretty miserable month so clearly it’s a good time for a party. You could argue that January is worse – or even February, my particular pet-hate – […]
Burning the Sugar Loaf
The last time Lizzie and her friends stayed for a weekend they spent an hour or so discussing where to go for a walk. After looking through the various books, […]
A diversion…
It’s a sad fact of life but the most awful things happen at this time of year; at every time of year, truth be told, as I know from the […]
Hedgerow harvests
I like to eat. And I like to cook. I haven’t always – when the children were small and I was working full-time I loathed the very sight of a […]
Crickmas is coming
So December is finally here and now we can legitimately get into Christmas mode! On Tuesday, the first day of the month, we officially hung up the Advent tree on a door […]
Black Friday, Cyber Monday
And it is written that in the kingdom of Great Britain, people will shop until they drop. And so, my friends, we come to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s […]
at home in the hills 