Path furniture
Recently we met with a very knowledgeable lady who introduced us to the term ‘path furniture’. We had never heard it before and weren’t sure if it was a real term or a type of Blondeism. Either way, we...
View ArticleDartmoor Finalists – Simply Hike Blogger Awards
We Blondes have been sitting on some exciting news since last week. Thanks to all of your voting efforts, we are finalists in the 2015 Simply Hike Blogger Awards...
View ArticleThey Call Me Mr Bowerman
Bowerman’s Nose is one of those iconic Dartmoor landmarks that everybody knows about and loves; and indeed, he is rather lovable. Standing atop Hayne Down at 6.6 metres high, he is even taller than...
View ArticleA Dartmoor Photo Shoot
You know how we Blondes joke about one day being film stars in Two Blondes the Movie? Well, last weekend we got one step closer to that moment. We had decided that we needed some proper Blonde...
View ArticleA Cairngorm-less Blonde
I must be the only outdoor lover in the UK (possibly the world) who can book a holiday in the Cairngorms by accident! You don’t believe me do you; well here is the story: I was after somewhere...
View ArticleWireless Cairngorms
Right then my wee Blondees and Blondettes. Here I am up in the Cairngorms, having negotiated a lane, a track and a ford to find Cottage-in-the-Middle-of-Nowhere. At least I hope I have negotiated them;...
View ArticleTiny Dartmoor Cave
Dartmoor has a few caves including one for piskies and one for potatoes. I am not really much of a troglodyte (unlike the wren – you will have to know your bird names to understand that one!) I would...
View ArticleLook at my New Cairngorms Book
Last week, just before Mr Blonde Two and I departed Dartmoor (the UK’s most southerly National Park for the Cairngorms (the UK’s most northerly National Park), I had a very exciting parcel drop onto my...
View ArticleWhat’s That Dartmoor Noise?
There are plenty of evocative noises on Dartmoor, especially in the summer (the winter ones tend to involve dripping). Skylarks are probably my favourite, but I love cuckoos and stonechats too. I like...
View ArticleBadly Behaved Dartmoor Hair
Last week we Blondes had some problems with badly behaved hair during our photo shoot. This is a common girl-problem on Dartmoor; but as ever, we Blondes have developed a few systems to help deal with...
View ArticleClem and Meg, Thomas and Athena
I came across this hidden stone a couple of months ago. It is not in a particular beauty spot and it is well hidden. I have no idea who these four people are. Their names are certainly crying out for...
View ArticleA Blonde Office
I have never had an office before; I have shared many offices, along with their over-stuffed cardboard boxes, piles of mouldy cups and suspiciously smelling fridges. Now that I am working from home,...
View ArticleTrain the trainer
I have worked with a very inspirational lady over the last few years who manages to run the DofE Award for hundreds of children, takes trips to Peru every now and then with students, is a mum of 2 and...
View ArticleThe Cairngorms – A First Impression
Well hello Blondees and Blondettes. As you know (because I already told you) this Blonde has landed herself (by accident) in an internet free cottage on the northern edge of the Cairngorms.I am well...
View ArticleSoup (A Short Blonde Tale)
As she picked at the chicken carcass, Jean considered the possibility that nobody else she knew would choose to make soup on a summer holiday. She blamed the Rayburn; it stood firmly at the centre of...
View ArticleBen Rinnes (A Short Blonde Tale)
The gate onto the track swung shut behind her, Jean turned to check that it had latched properly and glanced at the truck. Paul was getting his bike out; the plan was that she would walk up the long...
View ArticleYou know me so well
I have recently had a birthday (the least said about that the better; too many for my liking!), and received some very lovely gifts from some very lovely people. I always think I am very easy to buy...
View ArticleFine dining
Mr Blonde One is away at the moment and left Little Miss Blonde and I on our own! He is having a fantastic time in Malta at a fencing competition. We are enjoying being in charge at home but mostly it...
View ArticleGirls only
In a few weeks’ time I am off to Morocco again with a group of 13 teenagers. There are many, many things to do before we depart but a ‘girls only’ meeting is taking priority at the moment. Out of the...
View ArticleCorryhabbie Hill (A Misty Blonde Tale)
Jean looked up towards Corryhabbie Hill, even when the cloud wasn’t down, she couldn’t see the summit from the cottage; today she couldn’t even see the ridge in front of it. She had already been half...
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