In a brief break from baking, The Kindred Spirit and I took a holiday in the Lake District (like other fashionable people.)
We stayed at High Wray Farm, which I would highly recommend - a lovely B&B on part of the Claife Estate (formerly belonged to Mr William Heelis, husband of Miss Beatrix Potter,) with excellent food, rooms, and an excellent hostess - nothing was too much trouble.
The welcome was warm (as were the rooms, which is always appreciated with Lake District weather!)
We sampled Grasmere Gingerbread and explored as many National Trust treasures as we could, including Hill Top (Miss Beatrix Potter's house,) The Beatrix Potter Gallery (housed in what was Mr William Heelis's office,) Allen Bank (an unusual property where you can touch everything, because only the shell is original, following a fire a few years ago, but the very first tennant there was William Wordsworth,) William Wordsworth's grave (quietly unassuming,) and admired the beautiful scenery of Lake Windermere and its surroundings.
Well worth a visit, and one I hope will be repeated.
3 comments:
The gingerbread (if that's it in the photo) looks thinner than normal gingerbread. Is it very different?
It's interesting stuff (yes, that is it in the photo) - a cross between a biscuit and a cake - dense and chewy, with a crumbly streusel like layer on top, dark molasses flavour, with plenty of finer.
Ginger, not finer
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