Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
fuelling that adventure
Our weekend adventure in Yell, Britain’s second most northerly island. We’ve recently had a spell of unseasonable glorious, sunny weather. Nearly two weeks of sun and very little wind (for our standards), and so come the start of the October school holidays I made an executive decision to take my younger two children on a …
Part one of two of my long bank holiday weekend bike ride to the most northerly tip of Britain. Regular readers will, by now, be well aware that I am planning an epic 250 mile mountain bike cycle from my home on Shetland to Fort William, where I’ll be climbing Ben Nevis – all part …
Yell’s most northerly beach. Nothing beats a beach day, really. Especially when you’re seven and you’ve just spent the last hour sitting on a couch playing on your Mum’s iPad while she tosses battle ropes, swings kettle bells and Spiderman walks up the village hall you’re in. She’s doing some sort of bizarre fitness training …
I had one of those I love my life moments yesterday. That’s me standing on the edge of that cliff you see there. Taking advantage of the predicted fine weather and the long school holiday weekend, DD and I packed a packed lunch, gathered our provisions and met up with a friend for some coastal …
