Ah London, I forgot what an utter NIGHTMARE you can be to get anywhere

Modern chivalry is when the contractor in front of you in Greggs offers you one of his two bacon rolls so you don’t have to wait for the next batch of bacon. Hurrah for nice guys

Finally got to Early Bird Bakery in Brum today and man was it great 🙌😻

New post on the blog, and well timed given this place was just named in the top 20 gastropubs in the country by Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs. Quite rightly too, I reckon eatwithellen.com/2025/02/review…

Sorry to do this, but we have just lost a large table for Saturday night. Lots of tables of 2 now going spare. Would love your help to fill ‘em up. Let me know if you’re keen and will look after you. Thank you 🙏🏻 A x

[Ad-Invite] Went to my first Cornwall blog event last night and boy was it a banger. The ‘Silent Bistro’ takeover from Sharp's Brewery and Bango Kitchen, at the Buttermarket in Redruth. Silent disco vibes coupled with pairs beer and ace food, music and nice people. Hurrah 🥳

Reminded myself why we did the whole life change thing. Good reason right there

Those weekends when you have to suck it up and hit the adulting 🙃

When the adulting got done and gave way to all the wholesome outside time 🙌

Found ourselves in Rock for a little night away in the van, so had to be dinner at The Mariners, Rock. And pretty lovely it was too

My mate cooked me dinner last night and it was glorious. 40 clove garlic chicken and an epic dauphinoise. Get a mate like mine.

Just signed the contracts to write my first ever books for Pen & Sword Books - eek! 🙌🥰

Went on my first podcast recently with Marley Majcher - with a whole lot of chat about the food from Meghan’s new show. Have a listen if you fancy 🥰

Two days in London has killed me off with its chaos, but it’s bloody beautiful in the sun

On the hunt for some Nottinghamshire influencers who might be up for going to an event in Newark this month. Any recs hugely appreciated

A little afternoon off this week was v much needed 🥰🤗

Spent yesterday volunteering and I’ve realised that I’m very much drawn to people who give up their time to help others, and don’t really get the people who don’t. Surely we’ve all got 5 minutes to do something that’s not just for ourselves?

Hit all the deadlines, went to a dog swimming pool, saw Texas play at the Eden Project, walked on the beach, got stuff published. It was a good week 🙌

And now it’s Falmouth Sea Shanty weekend so off we go for shanties and ships. And if you’re heading down and are looking for food and drink, here’s a handy guide 😇 eatwithellen.com/2025/03/where-…

Me thinking it can’t be real that there may be a heatwave when I’m off for a bit 🙌🙌🙌