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Something for the weekend? French Blondes and Rhubarb; the Lexi and Jones...
by Lexi Welch The Pink in a Poke Cocktail A bit like this year’s hit and miss weather, Jones and I haven’t really managed to get into proper summer cocktail drinking yet. However, we have still managed...
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Nice Rice Baby
by Lexi Welch Last night I jumped on one of the healthy carb alternative bandwagons – cauliflower rice. Having struggled to love courgette spaghetti (I mean, I would if I were desperate but, lets face...
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Pushing My Comfort Zones (And It Doesn’t Involve Me Running!)
Tail running By Hilary Jones I’m a regular volunteer at Gravesend junior parkrun and lately my responsibilities have been expanding. Read about my experiences here.
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King’s Cross Pond Club
Lexi cooling off! By Hilary Jones Last Wednesday, Lexi and I found a new way to cool off on the hottest day of the year. Yes swimming, but not open water lake swimming! We went to try out one of...
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Re-Junevenation! Make-up MakeOver
By Lexi Welch When I realised that my half empty tube of Yves St Laurent foundation is older than my son (who is starting senior school in September) it became clear that my make-up bag needed a bit of...
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Back in the Swim of It!
Holborough Lake By Hilary Jones After a faulty start, we’ve finally done it. Last week we got back in the water! If you exclude my infrequent indoor swimming laps at the gym and our day out to...
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The Harvel 5
Crossing the finish line! By Hilary Jones After my day rolling around in the seaweed and the North Sea pretending to be Madonna in one of her earlier videos while Lexi tried her very best to make me...
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Fantasy Friday – The Siren
Originally posted on Beasts of Fashion: Yesterday, on what was the hottest day of the year so far, my friend Jones and I took a road trip to Kingsgate beach on the Kent coast in a car packed with...
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We have the Moon ….
by Lexi Welch Tonight I will be traipsing the streets of London – not in my usual Saturday night journey from Brasserie Zedel to some speakeasy in a dark corner of Shoreditch but with thousands of...
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Catching Up!
By Hilary Jones I appear to have been a bit lax in my personal blog re-posting activities recently so if you’ve been missing out on my Ramblings, then the latest edition regarding my May Day Bank...
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junior parkrun
By Hilary Jones You can’t help but notice the amount of press coverage regarding the subject of children’s activity, or rather lack of activity, whether it be down to selling off school playing fields...
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Juicy!
by Lexi Welch After owning, and loving, my Nutri Ninja for two whole weeks, I have truly become obsessed with my daily ‘SuperGreen Juice’. I think this is a delicious and nutritious way to boost my...
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Winner takes all – is competitive sport at school a good thing?
By Lexi Welch Sometimes I wonder, where are all the girls who were chosen first for the hockey team? I still have miserable, visceral memories of standing in the drizzle on a blustery hockey pitch...
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April 2015
Even my computer loving son enjoys running around in the sun! Welcome to April’s Lexi and Jones. With the chocolate temptations of Easter weekend behind us (yes, we did indulge a bit…) we’re now ready...
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Marathon Training – Is It Fair to Your Family?
By Hilary Jones Spring has sprung, the evenings are getting lighter, the daffodils are blooming and marathon season is upon us. And although there are marathons other than London, it is probably this...
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Pain Soon Forgotten!?
By Hilary Jones Yesterday I took part in the 26th Brooks Paddock Wood Marathon. This is the third time I’ve run this particular course and regrettably, it wasn’t third time lucky. In fact it was...
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Flowers by the Bed – a last vigil
By Lexi Welch This pretty rose is one of the flowers I’m looking at whilst I sit next to my grandmother’s bed and write this post. She is 95 and very close to death. Her tiny, emaciated body is nestled...
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Walk the Walk
By Lexi Welch Always the first option suggested for people trying to get fit, walking doesn’t seem all that hard-core. However, anyone who has seen the film Wild will know that walking can test you to...
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Spring – The Time for a Good Declutter?
By Hilary Jones Spring has sprung, there are definite signs that winter is over. Thank goodness! Daffodils are starting to emerge from the cold ground, its light at 6.30am and almost still light at...
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The Demise of the Traditional Cook Book?
By Hilary Jones My original intention when writing this article was to review two of the food blogging sites which I’ve started to follow. But in doing so, it raised a question in my mind. With the...
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