2025 marked Shan's and my 40th birthdays, and neither of us was keen on a big birthday bash. Instead, we both had the urge to celebrate our milestone by packing up the family and taking an RV across America! Our first stop was Texas. They say...
Read MoreI have been Mosaicing for 25 years now. It all started in high school art class, where we were learning about the Renaissance period. We were given an assignment and a few media to select to tell a biblical story. Most of my classmates went...
Read MoreConfession…This is my first blog in 9 years! From establishing the B&B and having two kids to follow, it has been a whirlwind few years! I feel like I am almost out of the trenches… but with small business and kids do you ever really get...
Read MoreOur first winter in Rutherglen was a wet one. The wettest on record. Paddocks turned into pools and roads into rivers! Our friends the butchers could even go fishing on their road! One thing’s for sure - we no longer have the worry of killing...
Read MoreWe are now 3 months into B&B hosting and many of my friends and followers in the social media realm view glimpses of my perfectly poached eggs and batches of tasty cookies...
Read MoreWelcome to the very first Amberesque B&B blog!! We have almost completed the first month since kick-starting Amberesque B&B and coming on to 3 months as residents of Rutherglen! So, what's the first few months been like? The day that I arrived in Rutherglen to exchange keys...
Read MoreIt’s the last day of our UK adventure. After leaving Scotland we made a mad dash through England and made a couple of stops along the way. We checked out the big smokes of Newcastle and Liverpool – strolled the docklands of Newcastle and explored the...
Read MoreOur 2nd week travelling in our camper van was our last week touring around Scotland. You’d think after 6 weeks we would have had our Whiskey fix by now, well not yet… we were just getting warmed up! We made a impromptu diversion to Speyside –...
Read MoreAfter a great few days in Glasgow we finally collected our camper-van – our home for 3 weeks! We are both new to camper-vaning and have both been really excited for this part of our journey. We have also been keen to prove many people...
Read MoreAfter careful consideration, we decided that we would still go to Paris. We have both already been there in our early 20’s – last time I went with my dear Hayman friends Casey, Lani and Stephen, where we spent most of our time eating our...
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