boo hoo to cleaning

Why is it I have just spent 3 and a half hours cleaning and the place looks no different!!!!

At least it's a good workout, I must have lost about a stone simpy through sweating alone.

And why are all those ladies smiling, me thinks they have other things on their minds. (like the great big cake they will eat when all the work is done, reminds me it's lunchtime).

Or maybe they are smiling 'cos they got a lovely Cath Kidston syle apron like mine...

With an apron like this you have to smile when cleaning! Although I can't imagine my husband will be as impressed.

happy father's day

To all Dad's young and old - Happy Father's Day

Pancakes for Jacob's Dad today

Whisk together 110g/4oz of sifted flour and 2 eggs, add a pinch of salt and then 10fl oz of milk

Fry in a hot frying pan with a little butter, flip when edges start to brown

Add some lovely filling, strawberries and maple syrup went down very well!

And enjoy





glamping is for me

Glamping, I'm not ashamed to admit, is for me!

Before I went in April a friend said to me, 'it's not real camping is it'.  After our recent experience, the second one I've had of glamping, all I can say is - You camp your way and I'll glamp mine.

We had rainy days, glimpses of sunshine, marshmallows round the camp fire, chatting all night, baggy eyes in the morning, lazy days, more lazy days, visits to the farm animals, sleeping in more clothes than worn in a week, rounders on the fields, bacon sandwiches........ oh the list is endless.

This is the type of tent you are provided with when Glamping

(First 2 Photos borrowed from the Feather Down Farm website)

www.featherdown.co.uk

Wide open fields

Feeding the goats

Dinner by candlelight

Finding wildlife, and putting it back again (we know these are protected so we took real care)

Good old fashioned 'make up your own entertainment'

And beautiful sunsets

oh, forgot to mention - wood burning stove on the wooden decked flooring, 3 separate bedrooms with wooden based beds, leather sofa, rolled topped bath with shower and ...... a kitchen sink.

With friends, friends children and no need to rush Glamping is a treat and a half.