by jenna | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Local History: The Cambridgeshire Sand Pits in Family Matters on Blackberry Farm Along the Mepal to Chatteris Road in Cambridgeshire there have been sand and gravel pits, which at certain times, when building is at full capacity and in great demand, means the contents...
by jenna | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Tuscany and Wine The latest in the Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series is called Murder in the Tuscan Hills. No prizes for guessing where it’s set, the clue’s in the name. Anybody who has visited or seen photos of Tuscany will be familiar with the wonderful...
by Nia Beynon | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Thames barge being flat bottomed could sail in rivers and shallow waters that bigger crafts couldn’t. They had no keel but lee boards which could be raised and lowered to give stability when out to sea. They had a vast quantity of rust red sails which when raised...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley is out now 💚 Get your copy! In my mid-twenties I lived opposite a small community theatre and art centre. One day I noticed a sign up outside with the tantalising words Learn Stained Glass in a Day. I thought to myself,...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley is out now 💚 Get your copy! When I decided to set The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape in the south of France I spent quite a bit of time researching Aix-en-Provence and the subtle light there that inspired many French...
by Nia Beynon | Jan 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
I often find that it’s when I take a break from writing that the ideas start to flow, and that’s definitely what happened with The Many Futures of Maddy Hart. A few years ago, I’d taken a couple of days off and gone to Nottingham alone to relax and read and do some...
