Pirate Mick and I were lucky enough to be given an afternoon tea voucher for ‘Uncle Henry’s’ farm shop and cafe, in Gainsborough, for Christmas. Due to the year we have had with the lock down August was the first chance we have had to use it. I have visited many times before and have …
Sunday Lunch at ‘The Curious Cat’ ~ Food ~ Cocktails ~EatingOut ~Lincolnshire
How are we all doing? Hope everything is going well for you at the moment. Everything just seems a little strange and it is difficult trying to get into ‘The New Normal’ that the government is trying to sell us. I so do not want to get used to the new normal I want my …
The Counting House ~ Cleethorpes ~ Eating After Lock Down
Hello lovelies, For regular readers of my blog you may have seen some blog posts of mine about the venue‘The Counting House’ in Sea View Street, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, before. Here are a quick couple of links to them to remind you : Pirate Afternoon Tea and Tipsy Tapas As it so happens the …
Behind The Candelabra~ Liberace Film Review ~Entertainment
Now and again you see a film that you love and this film was on the television the other day and is also available on Netflix and it is the story of Liberace and his lover Scott Thorson in ‘Behind The Candlelabra’ Liberace has always been a fascination of mine. I loved the glamour and …
Eating Out At Millfield’s Hotel ~Lincolnshire ~Covid19 ~Food ~Review
After missing our 21st anniversary drink in April due to lock down one of the first places I wished to visit once lock down was lifted was a local hotel in Lincolnshire where Pirate Mick and I had our wedding reception 21 years ago! Yes it is still standing, as are we!! https://www.millfieldshotel.co.uk/ Millfields is …
I Would Like To Keep It On Please! ~Covid19 ~Masks ~Reviews
How are we all doing? It is confusing at the moment isn’t it! What are we allowed to do. What are we not allowed to do! Are we breaking any rules? What even are the rules to break? I am trying very hard to keep everybody safe. I am currently on my summer holidays but …
Where Have All The Flower’s Gone? ~Beauty ~Bath
I love baths. I am definitely more of a bath girl than a shower girl. A lot of my thinking goes on in the bath and I love listening to music and relaxing whilst I am laying in the bubbles! I have a box in which I keep lots of lovely bath products I collect throughout …
I Wish We Were All Going On A Summer Holiday… ~Travel ~Turkey
Kalkan, Turkey is my happy place. Kalkan is a beautiful harbour resort at the foot of the Taurus mountains along the beautiful Lycian coast. Sadly, due to Covid, this year Pirate Mick and I will not be going, which is a shame as the last couple of years for other circumstances we have also been …
Global Pride 2020 ~Views ~Event
The COVID19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on Pride organisations worldwide with hundreds of marches and events cancelled or postponed. Global Pride provides an opportunity for the LGBTI+ community around the world to come together on June 27 and celebrate diversity and equality during these challenging times. ~globalpride2020 Pride events traditionally happen, in the …
We’re Having A Heatwave, A Tropic Heatwave ~Beauty ~SkinCare
Hello! Anybody else singing the Marilyn Monroe song ‘Heatwave’ from the movie ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’ from 1954 from the title on this post? You may remember I was crying out for help in a recent post about make up and skin care! https://overtherhinestonerainbow.blog/make-up-not-break-up-help-needed/ Well after reading my plea Donna J got in …