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Well, hello!

I'm Sandra, editor of Muddy Hertfordshire, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable in the area.

Our curated A-Z of the very best local businesses near you

FRI 22 – SUN 25 JUNE

MON 18 – SUN 25 JUNE

JUNE 2017

By George, look what I’ve found!

Hidden away on the oldest street in St Albans is a cafe for all seasons.
- Nifty gifts for dads
  
  Surprise the dad in your life with a taste of something a little bit different this Father's...
- Hermitage Rd, Hitchin
  
  Am I the last person on the (Herts) planet to eat at Hermitage Rd? Possibly. And I loved it....
- Auberge du Lac, Welwyn
  
  The new chef at Auberge du Lac has barely put on his apron before I arrive to try the lunch...
- Yomp, slurp and chomp through the glorious Chilterns
  
  At last! The Chilterns Food and Drink Festival! What took them so long? As with all the best...

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

My Favourite Places

What makes an interior designer become a designer of swimwear? Lisa Montague tells her story and shares her favourite places to swim.
- Big and Beautiful
  
  Welcome to Muddy counties. We have the biggest and most stylish of holiday rentals for large...
- Happy glampers
  
  I’ve only just discovered Home Farm Glamping, which is so far south in the county, it’s...

Nifty gifts for dads

Surprise the dad in your life with a taste of something a little bit different this Father’s Day.
- Halia Rose
  
  Stylish jewellery that you can chew? What's the story?
- Muddy meets Harriet Kelsall
  
  Happy days! I get to interview the talented and ethical bespoke jewellery designer Harriet...

Do you dare to dream?

The new children’s laureate believes that staring into space can be very rewarding
- Muddy Book Club: June’s best reads
  
  Feel the need, the need to read? You’re in luck – walk this way for the Muddy Book Club,...
- Are we all storytellers?
  
  And are you sitting comfortably?
- TV DYNAMITE
  
  All the latest news on the best telly to watch this month, as chosen by Muddy's square-eyed Kerry Potter. Go on, budge up and pass the remote.
- The Muddy Book Club: May’s best reads
  
  Want to get lost in a good book? Here’s our pick of the best new releases for the merry month...

- The growing floral designers
  
  Local blooms make perfect scents
- Happy World Gin Day!
  
  Easy peasy grapefruit squeezy
Wellbeing
- Pippa feels fab
  
  Do you feel like this in the mornings? No? Pippa, former Muddy Herts editor, has so much energy...

How to be happier at work

After reading this alarming piece about the rise of the ‘sad desk luncher’ (which reveals 64 percent of employees recently surveyed by BUPA break for less than 20 minutes each day) at Muddy HQ this lunchtime we made a stand. Downing tools, we trooped outside to sit in the sunshine and decompress. As we nibbled on our salads […]
Kids
- Mini-beast safaris
  
  Entomologist Ross Piper reveals the best insect sites.
- Are we all storytellers?
  
  And are you sitting comfortably?

Alice Calcasola-van der List

Meet the Dutch floral designer leading the campaign #wreathgoals2017
- Muddy meets Ali Reid-Davies
  
  Everyone loves H&C!
- Muddy meets James Mayhew
  
  James Mayhew is the illustrator of the best-selling children’s books Katie and Ella Bella....
- MY FAVOURITE PLACES: ANDREI LUSSMANN
  
  Andrei Lussmann grew up in West Africa where he first learned to drink strong espresso and...