1. Enjoy a Boxing Day Swim

What better way to detox after a huge amount of Christmas day food than a freezing cold swim on Boxing Day at Charlestown. If you don’t fancy joining in, watching whilst drinking a hot chocolate is also pretty enjoyable. We probably should point out the sea is a pretty wild beast this time of … Click to read

As you emerge blinking from your Christmas food-induced mini-hibernation, it’s time to start thinking about New Year’s Eve baby!

Woo Hoo!

We love to party and pull out all the stops to make sure we see in the New Year in true Bowgie style and this year is no exception.

We’ve got ‘Not The Beatles’ lined up to rock and … Click to read

Humbug Day is on the 21st December and is designed to allow controlled venting about the holiday season.

Let us demonstrate:

I need to do some last minute shopping and I’m already near my credit card limit.

BAH!

I arrived at the shops only to have a scary car park showdown with some guy over the last space.

HUMBUG!

I … Click to read

Woof, Minnie here!

The humans are busy getting Christmas ready so I thought I would take this opportunity to make my Christmas list public knowledge. Now, I understand the true meaning of Christmas, I really do. I know it’s about lying on the sofa watching Christmas specials, having my tummy tickled by all our visitors and taking a long Boxing … Click to read

Ding dong

Oh no! that’s the sound of your festive guests arriving.

They’re early.

Yikes.

Don’t panic, they are still unloading the car, so you have a few extra minutes before you have to let them in.

Take a deep breath and be resourceful. Have a quick read of this blog, pull a few of our super-quick festive recipe ideas … Click to read

Today is National Brownie Day

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

That ‘Ooh’ was the result of us thinking about a chocolate brownie.

We love the characteristic cracks on the top of these little lovelies but for us, it’s all about the sensual squidge of the lower layer. That’s why we’re thankful one of our favourite desserts now have their very own day; and what … Click to read

A few days ago we published a blog entitled ‘Gift Ideas for the Person who has Everything’ https://bowgie.com/gift-ideas-for-the-person-who-has-everything .

Our quirky gift suggestions have enabled many of you to buy a perfect gift for those challenging people on your gift lists. That means you haven’t had to resort to socks or soap and on Christmas day you’ll have spread … Click to read

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

It’s the 1st December and we’ve opened the first day on our advent calendar and enjoyed a santa-shaped chocolate with our morning coffee. It might have tasted a little bit cardboardy and got a bit stuck behind the foil so the hat snapped off but even so, this symbolises the start of the festive season for us and we … Click to read