We regularly go to Yorkshire to visit family and we like to break our journey and visit National Trust houses on the way. Hardwick Hall is a particular favourite, so we visited it twice  last week – once on the way up again on the way down. And my goodness how the property has changed […]

My best laid plans rarely work out as intended and there’s always something last minute about most things I try to do. This was true of the photo session I’d planned in Cornwall – the only time me, a few embroidered bits of clothing and daughter No 2 were going to be together before Christmas. […]