It has been a scorcher of a weekend in the United Kingdom. Those days do not come often but when they are here, you better make your plans early on to make the most of it. The best part of summer in the United Kingdom is the daylight until 22:00 at night! We took a friend up on an invitation to the beach. It does wonders for the soul to get out of London, to forget about the travel chaos, the commute, work and the general dullness of some buildings in London.

Now the beauty of days out in the United Kingdom is the cheaper travel on trains if you travel in a group of at least four people. This is called GroupSave. We seriously recommend that you Google GroupSave to see what else you can experience. A typical off-peak return ticket costs about £15.00 per person. Now make use of GroupSave which is in simple terms, four people travel for the price of two… a massive saving!

As you can read from the headline, we made our way like so many other people to Brighton. The atmosphere on the beach is amazing and it’s close to the train station. The pier is a massive attraction to those who can not sit still on the beach for long periods of time. The sea is calm and can be a bit cold but that does not stop people from splashing about. It’s a pebble beach….yup, stones! Mind you, it is quite comfortable and you will be thankful that everything is not covered in sand at the end of the day.

Do yourself a favour; take sunscreen as the sun can be quite unforgiving most of the time. A small cooler bag is ideal if you do not fancy paying through your ears for drinks and food on the beachfront.  You can buy a cheap beach umbrella at B&Q for around £8.00, a definite good idea if you are intending on spending the whole day there. Brighton has a great feel to it, the atmosphere is vibrant and exciting, what is not to like?

It has been a few months since I made an appearance on this website and I apologise. A lot has happened since I last updated this website including it being down for more than a month because of domain name issues. We have become addicted to World of Warcraft over the winter months as this winter has been the coldest yet. We did not dare venture outside until we had to.

A lot of soul searching and hard grafting has been done and we are now in the process of buying a house in London. Never thought that would be possible after 5 years and a bit of debt build up but we made it through. We are classed as first time buyers and the whole process can be a bit daunting but it will serve as an excellent guide on this website once we have the keys in our hands.

Buying a house in London may not necessary be your cup of tea but you would still be interested to know what your options are when you live in London. We have done the house-sharing, the renting of the own flat and hopefully soon we would get the keys and complete the next step.

It has been a while since I mentioned my windowsill gardening endeavours and thought that an update was about due. Last weekend I harvested my first batch of red peppers I grew from seeds saved from previously eaten red peppers. It is amazing to know that you grew it yourself. It is even better if you use your own produce in your home cooked meals. This harvest sparked me on to try my hand at something else before it gets too cold.

It has been four days now and I have seen light coming from the carrot seed tub. You are going to laugh at this but I used one of those clear containers you tend to buy a leg of lamb in the supermarket. Obviously it has been cleaned properly before I used it and it is big enough to be a home for my carrots. The carrots will not be big but will do as baby carrots. I will be trying my hand later during the year at garlic, so stay tuned for that.

Ok, I realise that this update is a little sad but it shows you that you can plant food in your windowsills in London, even though there is no space. The summer of 2010 will be a green one as I will plant ten times more than this year!