MIF comes to town

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

  As someone who’s not going to Glastonbury this year, I’m feeling somewhat glum at the moment. Not only is the weather for the three-dayer supposed to be glorious, but three friends are off to frolic though Shangri-La and the Healing Fields, so there’s no escaping the Glasto vibes. *Sob.   I was ...

Festival season is go…

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

I think I have finally got over missing Glastonbury last weekend. However, I did feel slightly perkier to hear that the hot weather made it too hot for some – cue happy cackle. The IOW Festival notwithstanding, Glastonbury is undoubtedly the springboard for a whole summer of festival fun, kicking off ...

Was the promised ‘Barbecue summer’ just PR puffery?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Our two week holiday in Devon is looming, and we’ve been poring over weather forecasts with growing alarm. Listening to Radio 4 this morning, any remaining hope of sunny days making sandcastles well and truly evaporated.  My brain was too fuddled from a night calming a wailing child to make sense ...

Peppermint goes picnicking

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Apparently no-one takes their lunch hour anymore; well, last week Peppermint paid tribute to the ‘lunch hour’ with a good old fashioned picnic. Peppermint ventured out of the office and straight into the great outdoors of Dunham Massey to sample the gorgeous (and most probably short-lived) weather.