29/05/2026
Happy Saturday...
With a function on later today, I have a slightly slower start to the day. Well, I say slower... I've been up for hours, the boys have just headed off to soccer, and the breakfast dishes are still sitting on the bench waiting patiently for me!
But for a few minutes, I'm sitting here with a cup of tea and a butter-and-honey-soaked crumpet beside me, and it has me thinking...
Are crumpets a winter food?
In our house, they absolutely are.
For ten months of the year, they barely get a look in. Then the temperature drops, the mornings turn grey, the kettle goes on a little more often... and suddenly someone suggests crumpets and we are in full crumpet mode.
Perhaps it's because they're best eaten hot, with far too much butter and honey melting into all those little holes. Comfort food. Perhaps they remind me of childhood mornings - standing in front of the heater, cartoons on the television, Dad in the kitchen, with no rush to be anywhere.
Whatever the reason, crumpets mean winter to me.
So, here's to a great Saturday, whatever you're up to... and don't worry too much about doing your hair this morning, with this wind, it seems a slightly optimistic exercise!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I should probably deal with those breakfast dishes...
Caroline x
PS. three girls skipping is OPEN until 2pm today and three girls fishing is OPEN from 4pm.