Another year another (different) Food Festival, another Michelin-starred chef to meet... Philip Howard from Mayfair's The Square back at the homely and wonderful Northcote Manor near Blackburn. (So much for the de-tox);(
Counting the days now until half-term break...

Christmas decs put away again - New Year - new challenges.
First one was to cope without power this morning when the high winds made our village high on a hill a cold and dark place to be...
the most difficult thing was coping without the Internet - no web, no phone number to call the power company to find out what is happening.. no radio, no phone...Eeeek!
Fortunately normality was resumed about 10.30am....so its back to the daily grind...