I drafted this post yesterday, before the sad events that took place last night in Manchester. My initial thought was to delay or cancel this cheery post but I cannot do that; I cannot condone any change in behaviour, attitude, or routine in the face of acts of terrorism. My thoughts are with all affected – the bereaved, the injured, the scared – to whom I send all of my love. Those of us who are watching events from afar, let’s not react with fear.
I’ll confess, I am skiving off today. With a summer jam-packed full of weekend festivals, I am doing my best to maintain a little balance by switching on the out-of-office every once in a while. Today, I will be mostly playing tourist around Kensington Palace and its current exhibition, Diana: Her Fashion Story with my lovely Mum!

My lovely little pirate Mum with Nelson at The Trafalgar
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The rest of my week will be spent in preparation for Foodies Festival Syon Park (London) which runs from Saturday 27th – Monday 29th May. You can pick up tickets via the link on my events page and I highly recommend that you do because… the sun is going to be there! Seriously, look at the weather forecast and it’s looking good.
If you do come along, bring a cake to the Cake & Desserts Theatre and enter the Foodies Cake Off. Cakes will be judged at 3pm each day with the daily champion announced at 4:30pm. An overall show winner will be announced in the end of the show show at 4:30pm on the last day of the show (Monday 29th May) and that person will be sent a lovely new KitchenAid Mini. It’s really easy; bring a cake, win a KitchenAid Mini.
Here’s to a Bank Holiday weekend of sunshine, great food, and lots of fun.
Stay gorgeous!
Cxx