Met up with Hazel Hodgkinson who runs the outstanding Fig Tree at Barkestone le Vale. Hazel and I have met once before and my view is unshaken - this woman is amazing and unstoppable. She has it all; creativity and intelligence AND she is also very pers
The other day I met medical herbalist Katie Dobiesz who having moved up from London is now the medical herbalist at Living Health in Grantham. Her therapy room is like an Aladdins cave with a whole wall of edifying herbal bottles which can treat conditi
EMSL (East Midlands Sound & Lighting) is an independent family run business and thebestofgrantham has been getting to know mum Debbie. The business has been extremely busy over the summer which fortunately wasn't affected by the (now finished) roadworks
Margaret, owner of Alternative Wardrobe, Grantham has been established for 27 years and is our latest thebestofgrantham member. Most probably know that she has moved from Westgate to just off the London Road behind B&Q. If you didn't, you do now. She no
If you are looking for any aspect of plumbing service and are looking for someone you can trust then look no further than I.M.P Services in Grantham. I met Ivan and his wife Beverley on Thursday and they offer a top-class plumbing operation. For starter
This sounds brilliant. I don't know anything about EET - Lisa if you are out there you could probably explain it to us all. I just love the idea though of tapping away my small problems.
EFT Practitioner Sarah White will be leading the afternoon at T
One of my favourite clients was an extra in New Tricks shown on Monday night 9.00. I was very sorry to miss it but apparently he appeared in the last 15 minutes. You might catch a glimpse of him down at ShakenTake on Welby Street, Grantham - the new Milksh
This is great fun. Your kids (9-16years) can make a Wallace and Gromit style animation by designing everything from storyboard to clay characters and dialogue. The price, £45 for 2 days, includes their finished film on DVD to take home and they can uplo
This week I met up with Caroline Dul at the EM Centre for Learning.
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They are running some fantastic workshops for children in the summer holidays. My daughter has been studying Ancient Eyg
Typical! A week of sunshine and a weekend of rain. Really affects the workers! Been a mixed seven days; from partying in the paddock to breaking down on the way to an appointment and being unable to claim on warranty. I have to however say a big thank y
Tonight the Wississippi Jazz Band are performing at Barrowby and on Saturday night a local band, Borderline Originals are playing a mixture of Indie/Rock from 6.00 until 7.00 followed by Simon Shaw who has many fans in Great Ponton, otherwise known as t
For the first time I was offered chocolate cake and cappucino on an appointment. I felt refreshed and re-energised meeting Lisa and Becky at Lincolnshire Star Aacademy this week and although partly due to the food goodies it was in the main due to the f
Congratulations to Sue and Jim at Design Works who are launching into Newark, (Cartergate Street) on the 21st June. They have an Open Day on the 28th of June and believe me this shop will be so worth a visit. Sue told me this week that the new shop will
Been racing in and around Grantham and I have to say for the first time the traffic systems worked for me rather than against me. I managed to get to Alma Park from Barrowby in record time! A big thank you to the lovely Sallyann at The Springfield Fish Bar
Aloha! A sunshine greeting on a very wet Sunday morning.Bit nervous about kicking off but here goes:Originally a City girl (London) and having had a relatively exciting career on two national newspapers, I found settling in Grantham difficult. That is, unt