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After all the Halloween and Bonfire Night who-ha you would think the fireworks would ease, wouldn’t you? Well, they don’t. Last night was the Lord Mayor’s Show in the City of London so MORE fireworks. Plus, kids love the set them off – usually at about two o’clock in the afternoon when they should be […]

Tonight is Bonfire Night!!! I’ve already been to one bonfire this weekend and am keeping my options open for this evening. Except ‘penny for the Guy’ – not doing that. Too old. One thing is for certain, I will be eating jacket potatoes, plenty of toffee (more later) and as many sweets as I can […]

The clocks went back this weekend in the UK so you got an extra hour in bed, eating breakfast, drinking coffee, running or whatever you did to make the most of the ‘extra’ hour.  New and exclusive recipes this Week on FriFran… Gluten-Free | Vegan | Allergy-Friendly | Seasonal This weeks recipes are indulgent delights… […]

It is totally true that we, in the UK, really do love to talk about the weather. I think that is mostly because it is so blooming varied and interesting. Hands up if the skies turned red, the birds started squawking and day turned to night earlier this week!?!? Totally weird – I did just […]

I hope all is well and you are enjoying autumn (or whatever season you have at the moment!). Our autumn weather is interesting, tomorrow we are looking forward to 23 C in London. Very warm for the middle of autumn. Very odd. Not sure what that means for farming and produce, most places would have […]

With all the horrendous weather and natural events around the world in the last few weeks I hope all is good and autumn is treating you well. I’m getting stuck into FriFran planning for all the upcoming Halloween, Bonfire Night and Christmas festivities. Nothing crazy, just simple stuff. Catching up with my family and friends […]