Birdhouse Bakery, Muthill
Quite a while ago I drove through the village of Muthill in Perthshire and noticed a very interesting looking establishment: Birdhouse Bakery: a bakery that looked to me enticingly like a tearoom. It...
View ArticleAfternoon tea for a royal baby
As you may be aware, a British royal baby is due to see the light of day in the middle of July this year, first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge playing at...
View ArticleCrocodile cake
One of my favourite tearooms, the Macmillan Coffee Shop in Perth, is soon to close for the season. I’ve been popping along there as often as I can recently, to make the most of it while it’s still...
View ArticleBlair Atholl Watermill
Nestling quietly down a back street in the small town of Blair Atholl in Perthshire there sits an interesting old stone building. Blair Atholl Watermill: a building housing unexpected delights. A...
View ArticleAutumn colours and tasty treats
A couple of days ago, delightful assistant no.1 and I found ourselves in Perth needing a leg stretch before luncheon. It was a lovely day and we popped into Branklyn Garden, which is down a little lane...
View ArticleThe lion, the unicorn and the tarts
A few days ago the delightful assistants and I trooped off south for a little outing. To make the most of the daylight hours, rather than call in at a tearoom en route we stopped at a service station...
View Article53 Years
Yesterday was the delightful assistants’ 53rd wedding anniversary. Acting as chauffeur, I whisked them off into the county of Angus for a tasty luncheon, an invigorating walk and afternoon treats. Here...
View ArticleBicycles in bloom
The pretty seaside town of Pittenweem sits on Scotland’s east coast, in the Kingdom of Fife. With its red-roofed, white-washed buildings and quiet streets, it’s a delightful place to take a stroll and...
View ArticleA foreign land
A couple of weeks ago the delightful assistants and I went off on an excursion to a foreign land. Not all that different from Scotland, it must be said, the land in question being the first stop south...
View ArticleThe Wee Blether
Not only is the title of this post a Scottish expression meaning ‘the small talkative one’, it’s also the name of a tearoom that sits in a little village along a dead end road on the north bank of Loch...
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