Ben’s Zone
Ben’s Zone is a weekly feature, run every Sunday and written by my husband Ben. It giving you an insight into the other half of our household and a Dad’s point of view on parenting.
About Ben
A complete foodie, Ben 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 a Sous Vide machine.
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… a triple.
He is also very into his fitness. A long time cyclist, he is also an avid runner and loves obstacle racing. He competed in the European Championships in Belgium in 2018 representing the UK in the over 40’s category.
He has a bit of a penchant for pink, music and plays the guitar, a hobby he shares with our oldest son.
Subjects He Writes About
You can find him writing about pretty much all of the below:
- Fitness, running, cycling and obstacle racing
- Cooking, recipes and kitchen gadgets
- Fatherhood and parenting
- 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
My Albums of 2019 – Part 2 I feel like I cheated you a bit last week. I had this big blurb at the start of the article about how…
My Albums of 2019 – Part 1 When I am not working a lot of my headspace is taken up with music at the moment. I’m a dinosaur and so…
Goodbye Chaps: Why I Decided to Have a Vasectomy When I come back from my current business trip I am booked in to have a vasectomy. At this point, if…
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…
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