I know the year isn’t over yet but I am starting to take stock. Don’t we all start to do that? I hope it isn’t just me.
By taking stock I mean thinking on the year that has gone by, what I have achieved, what I haven’t ..trying not to put too much emphasis on the what I haven’t part. I can’t pretend to be happy with every single aspect of my life within the past 12 months and I would be surprised if any of us could genuinely say that but one thing I am really proud of is the growth of this blog. From a place to leave my rambling thoughts and hastily thrown recipes with dark, blurry images it has now become a job as well as a hobby. Brands value my work enough to commission me to create recipes and take photographs for them and rather spectacular hotels invite me to come and stay – sometimes when a particularly interesting work opportunity comes in I have to stop and think.. did they really mean to email me?? Surely not.
I am well aware that I would not have these opportunities or this blog at this point in time if it were not for you, my very lovely readers. Some days I am genuinely astonished by the warmth and support which you all surround me with. I don’t say thank you enough but really THANK YOU.
And so onto the reason for this post. One of my favourite reviews of this year was a really fun stay at The Hilton London Metropole in September with my sisters. You can read my review here. It is an absolute gorgeous hotel and it was such a luxurious, enjoyable break. So when I decided to run a competition as a thank you to my readers, it was an easy decision to ask the Hilton to be involved.
Now tell me.. how many of you would like to stay at one of the nicest hotels in London and enjoy a luxurious break with breakfast for up to 2 adults and 2 children?
I am quite sure this will appeal to a few of you.
Here are a few photos from my recent stay:
Just to whet your appetite.
To enter, please use the easy rafflecopter form below. Winner will be chosen on Boxing Day 2016. Good luck to all of you, I cannot wait to see who wins!
I’d love to take the children to London whilst I’m off over Christmas. They’re so used to me being there with work, and always ask if they can sneak into my suitcase so it would be so lovely to take them and stay in this hotel… although they may get the wrong idea of what I do when I’m away 😉
because it would be lovely to have a bit of luxury
What a fabulous prize. I love reading your blog and it would be amazing to experience somewhere that you highly recommend. I’d take the kids and combine it with a trip to the science and natural history museums.
I Adore London, our beautiful City,The hustle and bustle of the streets, loads of famous shops and Carnaby street is a must with its quaint boutiques , the night life, Live Music of all genres, I just Love all the different sounds, Theatre land with its Happy and colourful costumes. Song and dance, I adore the West end, the bright and neon lights. The old buildings, all the historic landmarks, the glorious glistening river Thames, posh restaurants , London is buzzing and is alive, I Love to take pictures and capture memory of everywhere I go, my favourite place to sit is on Primrose Hill, with its stunning views across London watch the world go pass, and the glow from the Sun settle on a warm summers evening with the one person I love, sharing a picnic and glass of wine see day turn into night the London skyline light up as dusk then turns into the Night and to finish of a stay in your magnificent hotel would finish of the whole package
We haven’t been to London since we had kids! My eldest would live visiting the museums so a nice stay over would be a lovely treat!
Love to have a wonderful family time and stay in London and also sightseeing.
My 8 year old daughter had never been and wants to do all the tourist attractions
never been to London would love to go and visit Buckingham Palace
I’d love to visit because there is so much to see in London, plus my boss has stayed at this hotel many times, so it feels like it is my turn for some luxury!
i just love visiting london, i havent stayed in this hotel before but the one in brighton the service was amazing i loved it !
To visit the Tate Modern
I would love to take my children to the museums and the Tate Modern!
What a fantastic giveaway! I would love to take my toddler round London to visit the sights.
To go to Southbank!
I’d want to show my nephew big ben!
it looks amazing xxx
Because I’ve lived in London all my life but never actually really got to stay in luxury and enjoy our city properly, would be nice to enjoy a night with the family in our beautiful city
Love to get away with my Husband.
I would love to win as I could really do with some alone time with my husband! He started a new job earlier this year and this will be the first time in over 20 years that we have not had the time between Christmas and New Year together without work
It would make the most perfect base for staying in London and visiting all the sites, museums and attractions with the kids…trouble is I doubt they or me would want to go home again? Merry Xmas. x
we ahve wanted to go to London for a while, my older children would love to see the sights
Would love to go to London to take my kids to Chessington World of adventures to have some fun family time
We haven’t been to London since 2015 so this would be a lovely treat!
We would love to take our girls to London for a very first time 🙂
To see the sights such as Big Ben
Would love to visit and see the lights
To take my kids to London and go to the Shard and shopping 🙂
To make lovely family memories 🙂
I would love to be able to take my children to stay in London 🙂
I am visiting London in April and have not booked a hotel yet.
I am taking my daughter to visit the tourist hot spot as she is very interested in the Nations Capital.
My husband is 40 in February and it would be lovely to visit London as a family. We’d love to go to the Churchill war rooms and The Shard. What a celebration it would be – and me and my daughter have our birthday a week before my husband (me and her are on the same day) so it could be a triple celebration!
Because when you live in London you rarely do all the touristy stuff and this would be a great excuse to indulge
We’d love a family weekend in London to explore some of the many fabulous attractions that the capital offers – although I’d probably be wanting to go to the National History Museum while the kids will be trying to visit places like Ripley’s and Shrek’s Adventures 🙂
would be great to show my boys the delights of london they haven’t been before
I’d like to visit to see some tourist attractions and see a show with family.
I took my niece to london last year for her birthday and ive promised i will take my nephew next – we have a fab time but , However we stayed in the hilton canary wharf at my niece now thinks its our hotel!
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