Ben’s Zone
Ben’s Zone is a weekly feature, run every Sunday and written by my husband Ben. Giving you an insight to the other half of our household and a man’s point of view on parenting.
About Ben
A complete foodie, he might not admit in public, but my husband is a total food snob. He likes good quality food, sourced from ethical places. He spends a lot of time researching and experimenting with recipes. He also adores kitchen gadgets, from his Kenwood Chef, to his latest addition a Sous Vide.
Ex-smoking and ex-drinking, you won’t see him for long without a coffee in his hand. A triple espresso being his coffee of choice. Yes… you read that right – a triple. Or an expensive herbal tea – I’m looking at you Tea Pigs!
He is also very into his fitness. A long time cyclist, he has far too many bikes, mountain biking being his cycling of choice. More recently, he has got into running and obstacle racing. Completing Tough Guy in January of this year and getting hypothermia for his trouble ;-).
Oh and he has a bit of a penchant for pink and seems to be collecting fitness gizmos too.
Subjects He Writes About
You can find him writing about pretty much all of the below and maybe a few different topics that tickles his fancy:
- Fitness, running, cycling and obstacle racing
- Cooking, recipes and kitchen gadgets
- Fatherhood and parenting from a Dad’s perspective
- Pet ownership, particularly in respect to our Rhodesian Ridgeback Florence
Reviews
Ben is also available for reviews and can write much knowledgably than me on the above subjects or collaborative posts.
If you would like to discuss a review from Ben please email lovelylaurasblog@gmail.com.
Read All Ben’s Posts
Alter Bridge Live at the O2 – December 2019 I was introduced to Alter Bridge earlier this year by my friend and concert compadre Justin. We both like similar hard…
My 5 Favourite Christmas Songs I love music and I love Christmas, so I should love Christmas songs right? Wrong. I hate most Christmas songs because they’re so often just…
Hydraulic Robot Arm Review “The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a…
My First Thanksgiving Dinner I often travel to the US in Autumn for planning meetings. This year I decided to coincide my trip with Thanksgiving. The loss of 2 days…
Albums I have Loved: Music for a Jilted Generation by The Prodigy I make no apology that of a lot of the albums I talk about in this segment are…
Tips for Buying your Child’s First Guitar I’ve done an article before on buying your first guitar, however, recently a friend asked for tips on buying a guitar for their…
Making the Decision to Give Blood At the time of writing this post, in about an hour I’m going to do something that I have not done in over 20…
Comfort foods – The Sunday Roast This article is a bit of a cheat really, blogging about comfort food when I’ve said before that I think roasts are a lot…
Windsor Spartan Sprint Review It seems like ages since I did an OCR review and the truth of the matter is that I have not been racing much over the…
Albums I Have Loved – Ride: Nowhere I often find myself ranting to bystanders about some obscure record or other that I feel like they should listen to. I thought…
Prophets of Rage – O2 Academy Shepherds Bush They say you should never meet your heroes but, to be honest, I’ve not found that to be good advice when it…
I wish I had the will power to exercise and eat healthier, you must be so proud of him, even if he did end up with pneumonia for all his hard work and effort, remove the bikes one a month I’m sure he won’t notice, I do it with my children’s toys lol xxx