Ingredients: 6oz Self Raising Flour large pinch of freshly ground sea salt and black pepper 1/2 teaspoon mustard powder 1oz margarine (room temperature) 3oz Crumbly Lancashire Cheese (crumbled) 1 medium egg 2 tablespoons milk Method: Heat oven to 180-200C Grease baking tray or silicone sheet Mix flour and seasoning Rub margarine into flour (cold, dry… Read More Lancashire Cheese Scone Recipe

For those of you who didn’t know, after 1.5 years in Nottingham, it is with deep regret that I leave Esendex, my new friends and home to come back to Lancashire. Although I am very sad to leave everyone and the lovely city behind, it’s bloody good to be back. I’m back in my little… Read More Hi honey, I’m home!

On 17th September my Roller Derby Team (the Nottingham Roller Girls) will be making their Debut against the Sheffield Crucibelles at Sheffield’s Skate Central Roller Rink. This bout will be followed by the UK’s first EVER mixed sex bout! That’s right girl on boy action! How could this get any better you ask? Well after… Read More Dodgebrawl

As many of you know last year I skated (more than*) a marathon! This took me 3 hours 20 minutes and after one lap in my quads I reverted to inlines. This year I plan to do the marathon entirely in my beautiful Bont Quads in under 3 hours. It’s happening on 14th August and… Read More Skating a marathon

Do’s * Follow people who interest you * Interact with people * Tweet interesting stuff * Use hashtags willy and indeed nilly * Meet people in the twitterverse * Manage who you follow * Go private if you want to monitor who read your tweets * Remember who reads your tweets (mum, friends, boss) Do… Read More How to use twitter: Part 5

Twitter is not facebook Who’s this following me? My parents and someone who should know better often ask me “Who’s Emily Serender?” (I used a random name here, sorry Emily if you exist) to which I reply “Never heard of them. Why?” “They’re following me. You must know them.”. People may follow you as a… Read More How to use twitter: Part Four

Terminology Tweeting The action of writing tweets Tweeps People who tweet Followers Tweeps who follow your tweets Twavatar The avatar you use for twitter @ me Means send me a reply. DM’ing The act of sending a direct message to someone OH Overheard. Usually followed by a quote #ff Follow Friday. Usually on a friday… Read More How to use Twitter: Part Three

Hashtags What the hell are hashtags? There are two types of hashtag out there. One is used to group a load of tweets together and the other is used by an individual to label their tweet. Grouping tweets together Usually at conferences people are told the hashtag to use on the day. For example #bcnott… Read More How to use twitter: part Two

It always amazes me the number of people who just don’t “get” how to use twitter, including several self-appointed “social media experts”. Here’s a guide to how I use twitter (for a personal account) and a few pointers. Hopefully it’ll help at least someone. ( : What is twitter for? For me, twitter is about… Read More How to use twitter: Part One.

Today I got to ride an actual unicorn!!!