After two recent and huge life changes for my family – which have involved the big upheaval of a move back to the UK from Australia,  followed by a year of dealing with serious health issues for Dr Rambles, we are all beginning to settle into and adjust to our new lives in Cornwall. I now feel ready to start rambling again.

Our home is now a small terraced house in a village near the south Cornish coast and we have realised that the garden is, sadly, too small for chickens. We miss our ‘girls’ who gave us so much pleasure (and eggs) in our garden in Sydney. When we moved in, the garden was rather uninspiring, mostly a small lawn and fence with a few oversized shrubs; but, Dr Rambles and I are currently in the process of transforming it into a backyard of raised beds for growing food and flowers – ramblings on that to follow soon.

Cornwall is a beautiful county to live in  with stunning beaches and landscapes to explore as well as many historic houses and gardens to visit. I am looking forward to sharing some of my ‘out and about’ adventures.

I am still loving cooking and baking and have recently been enjoying experimenting and learning how to make different types of pastry. I am also ‘back’ on Twitter and often ‘tweet’ as I bake. More recipes to follow soon.