As it’s still jolly cold in our churches, I chose a juicy and spicy biscuit with a thick chocolate topping – surprisingly few people have give up chocolate for Lent, so I had a clean plate in no time. Stem ginger in syrup gives a good warm tang while both the ginger and the cherries […]

Not a breath of wind in the Chilterns today and all is very quiet. The deep stillness aids vision and twigs, grasses and the few plants to have appeared stand out as clear as in a Pre-Raphaelite painting. The sky is empty – not enough currents to bring the kites out, the roads are almost […]