• Home
    • Work & Careers
    • Culture & Travel
    • Personal & Opinion
    • Food & Drink
    • Beauty & Fashion
    • About Me
    • F.A.Q.
    • In the Press
    • Contact Me
  • The Brave
  • Work Mith Me
Menu

Bethan Vincent

  • Home
  • Blog Categories
    • Work & Careers
    • Culture & Travel
    • Personal & Opinion
    • Food & Drink
    • Beauty & Fashion
  • Info
    • About Me
    • F.A.Q.
    • In the Press
    • Contact Me
  • The Brave
  • Work Mith Me
Castle Howard

Sunday Summation XVII: Food festivals & moving my (home) office

July 30, 2017

Can you believe it's the end of July already? (The weather seems to think it's October, but that's another story entirely). 

Another week has rushed by in a blink of an eye and I'm struggling to even remember what's happened over the past seven days apart from the major news headlines - Trump, North Korea, Brexit, general misery. 

I think I've mostly spent my time throwing myself into work as per usual and also helping out with The Guild of Entrepreneurs, as we need to plan our 2018 events schedule.

Alongside work/boring adult stuff, here are some of the other things I have been doing/enjoying:

Much gooeyness from Northern Brownies

Much gooeyness from Northern Brownies

Our winning biscuit platter

Our winning biscuit platter

1. Visiting the Great British Food Festival at Castle Howard

There's a full blog post in the works about this, but to surmise: Des and I spent most of our Saturday at the stunning Castle Howard to visit the Great British Food Festival.

We were kindly invited by Tastecard, who are main sponsors of the GB Food Festival events which take across the country. 

Our day was packed full of foodie activities, including a biscuit decorating competition where Des and I teamed up to channel our inner artistic spirits. Our fruit inspired platter ended up nabbing us second prize, which was an unexpected delight! More on this day coming your way soon...

2. Getting really into Body Pump

Despite going to the Gym solidly for almost five years now, I have never really been interested in classes or group activities. 

I recently decided to get out of my comfort zone and try Body Pump, which is an hour long class of weightlifting and dynamic movements. There's a lot of squats, deadlifts and other good-for-you but not-so-fun moves. 

The first few sessions were actually pure fiery hell.

I don't think I've ever sweated so much for a prolonged period of time in my entire life. Slowly though, as every class goes by, I've noticed my strength improve and my legs become less like jelly at the end of the workout.

I am *slightly* worried about the impact of these classes, as I seem to have put on 2kgs despite no other changes to my workouts or eating habits. I'm hoping this is muscle weight rather than fat, as I seem to have dropped 2% body fat in 3 weeks if the machines at the gym are to be believed. 

It's something to keep an eye on though, as every kg I gain slows me down marginally as a runner.

office1.jpg

4. Setting up a new* home office

We live in a three bedroomed house, which up until now has been split functionally into a main bedroom, guest room and shared study.

Des works exclusively from home and I occasionally spend a day or two working here too,. This can mean that alone/quiet time is hard to come by, especially as he makes quite a lot of noise as a musician. Which is totally fair and to be expected!

It actually dawned on me though this week that we have a perfectly good guest room which is now rarely used.

With the addition of a desk and some scented candles, it is now transformed into my perfectly decent solo workspace. Plus I have a great view of our road for dog watching.

I'm hoping this slight change of scenery will result in increased creative mojo. Plus there's now no need to fight about which radio station gets put on (Radio 4 - Woman's hour for the win).

5. Watching this video about the manipulative tricks tech companies use to capture your attention

Another very interesting and extremely thought provoking TedTalk to put on your list. Watch 

Featured
Feb 17, 2019
Sunday Summation 25: A Charity Ball, Climate Breakdown and York Code Dojo
Feb 17, 2019
Feb 17, 2019
Feb 16, 2019
Tips for First Time Conference Speakers
Feb 16, 2019
Feb 16, 2019
Feb 10, 2019
Sunday Summation 24: Belgian Beer, Podcasting & Rush Hair York Event
Feb 10, 2019
Feb 10, 2019
Dec 19, 2018
My 2018 in Review
Dec 19, 2018
Dec 19, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
Chapter 1: Unnamed
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 15, 2018
Itchy Feet
Oct 15, 2018
Oct 15, 2018
Oct 14, 2018
Postcards from Slovenia to Venice Part 2: Venice and the lagoon
Oct 14, 2018
Oct 14, 2018
Oct 13, 2018
Waves
Oct 13, 2018
Oct 13, 2018
Oct 12, 2018
Choices
Oct 12, 2018
Oct 12, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
The Best Vegetarian Restaurants In York
Oct 11, 2018
Oct 11, 2018
In Lifestyle Tags Sunday Summation
← Review: Jaipur Spice, YorkUnpicking blogging and feminism: a selection of thoughts →
bethan1.jpg

Hey there!

I'm Bethan and welcome my small corner of the internet.

 Find out more about me


Get social with it


Looking for something specific?

Sign up to find out when I hit publish

Follow

My business


Follow me on Instagram

More @skoshyork porn. My favourite dish of the meal - venison dumplings with cep purée and elderberry vinegar.
More @skoshyork porn. My favourite dish of the meal - venison dumplings with cep purée and elderberry vinegar.
Sunday lunch @skoshyork. Unexpected, visual and amazing as ever!
Sunday lunch @skoshyork. Unexpected, visual and amazing as ever!
Great evening discussing entrepreneurship and in particular tech with @uniofyork
Great evening discussing entrepreneurship and in particular tech with @uniofyork
I love running down the river bank - the scenery changes week on week as the flora and fauna grow and fade with the seasons
I love running down the river bank - the scenery changes week on week as the flora and fauna grow and fade with the seasons
It’s cold enough to wear a hat and I’m pretty ok with it. 🍁
It’s cold enough to wear a hat and I’m pretty ok with it. 🍁
Team lunch at @bundobust - we ordered everything on the menu and I now need the mother of all naps!
Team lunch at @bundobust - we ordered everything on the menu and I now need the mother of all naps!

My Awards

York Press Finalist - Young Entrepreneur of the Year

York Guild of Entrepreneurs

Archive

Press and Disclaimer

Contact Me

Blog Home RSS

Privacy Statement | Blog Archive

Designed by Bethan Vincent | © Bethan Vincent 2019

Blog Home RSS