June and July are busy times for small rural villages and our weekends have been packed with communal activities ranging right across the spectrum of jolly things to be done in high summer.  A local choir performed summer songs of enchanting loveliness in church after which we repaired to a marquée in a parishioner’s garden […]

Ingredients 125 g/4 and a half oz butter + a little for greasing 200g/soft light brown sugar 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 125g/ 4 & a half oz plain white flour 125g/ 4 & a half oz plain wholemeal flour 1 tsp baking powder 100g/3 & a half oz glacé cherries 85 g/3 oz ground […]