I love Ledbury Repair Cafe!

I love Ledbury Repair Cafe!

Ledbury Repair Cafe was the first in Herefordshire, and has been going for more than 5 years now, with dozens of skilled volunteers and many hundreds of happy ‘customers’! Volunteers are full of enthusiasm about the sense of achievement they get from keeping stuff out...
Cart Shed Plant Fair was bloomin great!

Cart Shed Plant Fair was bloomin great!

The sun shone and the crowds thronged for the recent Cart Shed Plant Fair! A wonderful fundraising event for this fantastic local charity providing such valuable mental health support in our community.
Hergest Croft Gardens plant fair

Hergest Croft Gardens plant fair

There was beautiful weather and beautiful gardens on Bank Holiday Monday at the Hergest Croft Gardens plant fair! Wonderful to see it so busy. I had a lovely chat with head gardener Steve Lloyd who started off as an apprentice here more than 40 years ago – what...
Marches Makers in Kington – simply amazing!

Marches Makers in Kington – simply amazing!

Amazing creativity was on show at the Marches Makers festival in Kington at the weekend! Dozens of local artists and craftspeople came together to showcase their work through exhibitions, open studios, demonstrations and more. Wonderful to see the town buzzing with so...

On BBC Politics Midlands today

I was delighted to join BBC Midlands today to recap the local election results. We got amazing results around the country and here in the West Midlands we received the third most votes of any party, including taking a seat from the Conservative Mayor of...
Enjoying the ‘pay what you can’ community lunch

Enjoying the ‘pay what you can’ community lunch

Ledbury Community Hub is running a ‘pay what you can’ community lunch every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday to bring people together. I popped in at the weekend for a delicious lunch, beautifully prepared by Jake the resident chef. It was lovely to chat with other...