Adventures and Naps

What happened this week

Hey nappers! 👋🏻 This week has been ✨wild✨ so let's chat!

Hope you've had a good one!!

I love judging food

Hey nappers! 👋🏻 `hope you're having a great start to your weekend! Here's the crisps and chocolate tier lists if you want to play along! 🥔🍫

When this goes live, I'll likely be getting ready for livestreaming on Twitch! This weekend is my livestream-marathon-party, so feel free to pop over if you're interested! You don't need a Twitch account to watch ☺️

Birthday Q&A + unboxing! 🎂

Hey nappers! 👋🏻 Thank you so much for the birthday questions and all the gifts, y'all are too kind! 🥹 Hope you're having a great March so far!

Strangest Aldi taste test I've ever done

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 I've got a food comparison video coming up on Youtube and I needed some bits from Aldi, so I thought: "While I'm here....!" The poor cashier who saw what I bought lol

Hope you have a great weekend!

February Book Club review - soooo goooood!

For Book Club this month we read FAIL SAFE by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. I loved this so much and once I got close to the end, I stayed up for hours reading so I could finish it 💥

I originally picked this because Goodreads recommended it and the reviews seemed positive, so why not? I had no idea how much I'd enjoy this - incredibly anxiety-inducing, very technical but understandable, terrifying and thrilling! Wow! I know it's been made into at least 2 films (I think) but I've never seen them - which was great because this was totally new to me.

If you have any interest in some Cold-War-anxiety, please don't read any more about it and give it a try yourself! 🛩️

🧈 March Book Club Pick 🧈

For March, we'll be reading Butter by Asako Yuzuki 🇯🇵 I know nothing about this other than it's been super popular and it's Japanese! Fun! If you choose to read it/listen to it, I hope you enjoy!

📕 What is Book Club?

My goal is to read more - so I started Book Club! Each month, I’ll post what I’m reading and you are welcome to join in 📚 Whether you want to read or listen, it's totally up to you! At the end of the month, we’ll share our thoughts on the book (no spoilers in case you're still reading/listening).

You can try and read each book, or pick and choose month-to-month, or not! It’s totally up to you.

Happy reading!

Reacting to Women's Rugby FOR THE FIRST TIME

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 On Youtube, I did a video reacting to Rugby's Hardest Hits and so many people said I needed to check out Women's Rugby - so here we are! 🏉 Grab a seat and get cozy!

Spoiler alert - I found this so much more enjoyable lol

I need your questions!

Hey Nappers! (maybe a new exclusive-community-member name??) March is my birthday month! 🎉 and I'd love to do a Q&A to celebrate 🎂 please leave any questions down below! Funny, serious, about Canada, England or totally unrelated!

Fire away below! 🎈

Guessing my way through Mum's recipes

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 Recently I found my mum's recipe book and I wanted to try out 2! 🧑🏻‍🍳 Hope you like the video!

Also if you have any favourite family recipes, let me know!! 🍽️

Cider taste test (vs the Butler's ranking!) 🍎🍻

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 I felt like it had been ages since we did a cider video, so here we are! 🍏🍎 hope you like it!

And heads up, Tuesday video is all about wine lol cheers!

Quiet + chaotic days in my life 🏋🏻‍♀️🧼🪴

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 This week's video is a few snippets into my week! A bit quiet and yet also chaotic lol hope you've had a good January, even though it's lasted a million years!

January's Book Club Pick Review: loved it! 🗺️📍

For January's Book Club we read The Lost City of Z by David Grann. This non-fiction follows the famous British explorer Percy Fawcett's journey into the Amazon...

My first book from this author was one we read last year, The Wager (the one about the shipwreck and mutiny). I lovvveeeddd that one so much I wanted to try another from Grann.

While I've seen the movie before, I didn't remember much of the story. I really enjoyed The Lost City of Z, but not as much as the Wager. I think the Wager was fascinating because it told the story so well... it was exciting and thrilling and surprising.

The Lost City of Z is the opposite of a story: an explorer goes into the Amazon never to be seen again. So instead of following that story (since we can't, really) Grann tells surrounding stories about the Fawcett family, previous explorations and the allure of the Amazon during that time period. While it was still really interesting and I had a great time reading it, it wasn't as thrilling as the Wager.

Even still, I'd totally recommend it if you have any interest in the Amazon, British history or explorers! Incredible story - and truly insane what they went through.

February's Book Club Pick 💥🪖

For February, we'll be reading FAIL SAFE by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. As always, I never read the back of a book before reading it, but this was recommended on GoodReads - so let's give it a go! First published in 1962, I've gathered a few keywords from glancing at the Amazon page: Cold War, nuclear bombs, American vs Soviets. Sound interesting? I hope you'll join me!

📕 What is Book Club?

My goal is to read more - so I started Book Club! Each month, I’ll post what I’m reading and you are welcome to join in 📚 Whether you want to read or listen, it's totally up to you! At the end of the month, we’ll share our thoughts on the book (no spoilers in case you're still reading/listening).

You can try and read each book, or pick and choose month-to-month, or not! It’s totally up to you.

Happy reading!

Tasting weird snacks + unboxing surprise gifts 🍫🎁

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 I received a few PO Box gifts recently that I wanted to open and I STILL had some taste test gifts sent back in December...! Hope you're having a nice start to your weekend 🙏🏻

RIP TikTok 🪦

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 So TikTok is (supposedly) getting banned in the US... seems like a good time to share some of my favourites with you - hope you like the video and have a great rest of your weekend!

Raw egg drink?? | Making historical British drinks

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 Join me as I make 3 historical British drinks out of Mrs Beeton's Book of Cookery and Household Management - big shoutout to Tony for sending it to the PO Box!

Hope you like the video! 🧑🏻‍🍳

A+N stats for 2024 | What worked, what didn't

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 What a year 2024 has been....!!!!!

I wanted to reflect back on the year with A+N, what worked, what didn't, share some graphs and rant a bit lol

Sometimes when creating content as a career, you focus solely on what didn't work (or didn't work as well as you hoped). And it can be really easy to overlook the good stuff - or maybe that's just human nature? Who knows.

I created my channel on Dec 20, 2015 - although I didn't start making weekly content until 2017. The fact that we are seeing 2025 is literally ✨amazing✨it's not often Youtube channels last this long and it's all thanks to people like you. Thank YOU for keeping this dream a reality and supporting me through it all. I'm so thankful to create these videos and connect with this community, so THANK YOU 💖

I hope you had a great 2024 and an even better 2025.

Alanna x

A Year of A+N Book Club 2024 📚✨

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 Grab a cuppa and let's recap our Book Club picks from this year! There were so many good ones that it was actually hard to pick a (few) favourites!

If you read anything you enjoyed this year, or want to suggest something for Book Club 2025, let me know!

Happy Reading!

December Book Club Review 🔎 I loved it!

To finish off Book Club this year, we read Five Decembers by James Kestrel - I really enjoyed this one! So nice to finish off the year on a high 📚

I loved that this incorporated so many different genres - crime/noir with a bit of romance and a bit of war and to top it off, a murder mystery! I loved how the writing was direct and to the point like a hardened detective would think and really enjoyed the expansiveness of the plot. Loved it! Yay!

Did you read this one/listen along? Let me know what you thought! #nospoilers

Book Club Update

This week's exclusive video is a recap of Book Club 2024 - I hope you enjoy it! And if you weren't sure which were the best books to read, I'll give you my top recommendations.

🐛 Our next book for 2025...

I absolutely loved our previous Book Club Pick The Wager, by David Grann - so much so that we're reading another of his books: The Lost City of Z 🐜🏛️🏔️ for January! This covers the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett's adventures in the Amazon.

📕 What is Book Club?

My goal is to read more - so I started Book Club! Each month, I’ll post what I’m reading and you are welcome to join in 📚 Whether you want to read or listen, it's totally up to you! At the end of the month, we’ll share our thoughts on the book (no spoilers in case you're still reading/listening).

You can try and read each book, or pick and choose month-to-month, or not! It’s totally up to you.

Happy reading!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎄 SO MANY PO Box Gifts!

Hey, Patreon! 👋🏻 Hope you had a lovely Christmas or at the very least, a happy Wednesday ☺️ I received so many PO Box gifts these last few weeks, I had to put them into their own video!!

Thank you SO MUCH for your generosity and for supporting me - it really keeps the dream alive!

Thanks again and I hope you have a lovely rest of your week!

🇨🇦 My mum visited England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 Recently my mum visited me in England for our annual Christmas get-together! Here's all the hot gossip (and what went wrong).

Originally I was going to add-in all the PO Box goodies that have been sent in the last few weeks but there's been SO MUCH that I'm putting those into their own video. You guys have been too kind!!!!

Hope you're having a great December so far!

Reacting to the strangest UK Christmas #1s

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 Shoutout to Will who suggested checking out Britain's strangest Christmas #1s! I can safely say, I was pretty surprised lol

Hope you enjoy the video and are having a nice December! ❄️🎶

Making my own Christmas wreath 🎄❄️

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 New year, new wreath! Today we're continuing with our new tradition of making a Christmas wreath, but will it be as nice as last years???

Hope you're having a nice December so far!

The UK has the strangest Christmas crisps (so I tried them)

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 The UK is the WINNER of wild Christmas crisps... and I wanted to try them all lol 😅🎄

I also made a tierlist for the snacks in case you fancy trying them yourselves!

Book Club REVIEW 📚 What a time-capsule!

This month we read Notes from a Small Island, sent to the PO Box by Andy! 🇬🇧 I had heard this title and author mentioned before, but never read it or any of this other works.

This one in particular covers Bill's journey around the UK in the early 1990s and I found it like a 90's time capsule. I'm sure many of the references/observations about various British towns and villages no longer hold true but I still found it interesting. Some comments (and humour) might not have aged very well but I can see why it was so popular when it was published.

Overall I thought it was a fun read! As a fellow foreigner living in the UK, there were lots of bits I could relate to (and a lot of references that went over my head lol)

📮 Cheers to Andy for sending it!

🎁🎄 Book Club pick for December 🎄🎁

For December, we're reading Five Decembers by James Kestrel ❄️ This was recommended by the Butler and yes, I picked it for December solely because December is in the title lol This starts off in 1941 with a murder... who knows where it ends up!

📕 What is Book Club?

My goal is to read more - so I started Book Club! Each month, I’ll post what I’m reading and you are welcome to join in 📚 Whether you want to read or listen, it's totally up to you! At the end of the month, we’ll share our thoughts on the book (no spoilers in case you're still reading/listening).

You can try and read each book, or pick and choose month-to-month, or not! It’s totally up to you.

Happy reading!

My FAVOURITE funny videos (lately)

With the early-Christmas-chaos upon us, let's have a seat, get a hot drink and (hopefully) enjoy some of my favourite videos lately! ☕🎄

9 Years in the UK | Exclusive Q&A

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 It's been (nearly) NINE YEARS since I moved to the UK 🤯 hard to imagine!

Thanks to everyone who submitted questions - I've added chapters to the video in case you want to jump around.

And THANK YOU for your support over the years. I never imagined this little hobby would turn into what it is now 🙏🏻

Can I guess these British accents? | UK ACCENT QUIZ

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 I found two British accent quizzes - let me know how you did! 🌎

Either way, hope you like the video and have a great rest of your weekend!

Why does my Co-Op stock the weirdest snacks??

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 I went to a local Co-Op recently and was shocked at all the weird snacks they had... so naturally I had to buy them all 🫣 If you haven't been to Co-Op in awhile, you should pop in and see if you can find these snacks!

9 YEARS Q&A!!!!!!💖🎉🇬🇧

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 My 9 year anniversary moving to the UK is coming up mid/late November... I can't believe it!!

I'd love to do an exclusive Q&A - so please leave any questions you have below! They can be serious/silly, about living here or totally unrelated ☺️

Happy November!

October Book Club Review: spooky-ish! 👻🔪

This month we read Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak - it was ~fine~

There were some spooky elements, but nothing that felt too dangerous or life-threatening. Some of the writing actually made me laugh out loud when it really shouldn't have... but I still read the book and zoomed through it, so that says something!

It was a fine thriller, but I'll certainly forget it soon. And that's OK! Sometimes you just need a simple book like that 👻

November Book Club Pick

To celebrate my Moving-To-England Anniversary month, we'll be reading Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson 🇬🇧 Thanks to Andy for sending this to the PO Box! 🙏🏻 I've (obviously) not read it before but I've heard so much about it! Can't wait!

📕 What is Book Club?

My goal is to read more - so I started Book Club! Each month, I’ll post what I’m reading and you are welcome to join in 📚 Whether you want to read or listen, it's totally up to you! At the end of the month, we’ll share our thoughts on the book (no spoilers in case you're still reading/listening).

You can try and read each book, or pick and choose month-to-month, or not! It’s totally up to you.

Happy reading!

Reacting to the Great Train Robbery

Hey Patreon! 👋🏻 Happy Saturday! 💛

This week I reacted to the Great Train Robbery - a massive heist famous in British culture that I had never heard of! I love it when that happens 🚂💰 hope you like the video!