Today’s schedule sees our Houses & Glebe on tour starting up in Branxton with one of our house for duty properties which is currently seeking an associate priest….

What better for a grey afternoon? Chocolate and raspberry perhaps?

As I’m finding this an effective use of raspberries today’s offering to the village coffee morning is becoming a summer theme from the kitchen at Blackadder End.

Adventure time…. Barra is calling.

This is the coolest of seats on the Deutsche Bahn ICE Train.

The chocolate Guiness cake season begins with this offering to today’s village coffee morning.

This photo has graced my account here for many years. This tree has meant so much to so many. It is so upsetting to see today’s news that the tree has been felled. Why? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Something kitsch (or kirsch) for today’s Village Hall afternoon tea.

A short story about decisions.

A jolly holly sprinkled chocolate Guinness cake for today’s village coffee morning.

Heading to a #StrictlyComeDancing dinner party and I was asked to make the sweet, so it’s mini Black Forests tonight.

Time for fluffy blaas

Fluffy blaas and some sourdough making for some good kitchen aroma at Blackadder End today plus a nice sunset to round off the weekend.

In Edinburgh and time for Hamilton

A very chocolatey Easter nest cake :-)

For today‘s village coffee morning the Blackadder End offering is a Tony‘s Chocolonely Littl‘ Bites overload, sorry, treat!

Village coffee morning and the Fall means it’s time for an autumn themed chocolate Guinness cake

Although my balding head doesn’t need it, it’s time for a bit of……

A fun-filled dog-sitting afternoon with much throwing of ‘the stick’.

Old Hartley for the night.