I have been at Calke Abbey in Leicestershire on a National Trust working holiday.
1. St Pancras Station with its smokey blue metalwork and glass through which a clear sky shines.
2. Coming to a place in the dark and catching glimpses of a long avenue, a huge house and a red-brick farm.
3. Meringue nests with cream and raspberries.
Brew-up, out of the oven and future dressing.
1. I stir the tea in the canister to get the right mix of black tea leaves and flower petals and orange peel and lift a spoonful into the in...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
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1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...