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Tag Archives: Creative
Mothering Sunday – A Recipe for Success
#MotheringDay Instead of buying something for mum this year, why not make her something instead? This Lemon Sponge cake is easy to make and will be a winner for that special person in your life. Ingredients 175g unsalted butter, softened, … Continue reading
Getting to the root of soup
It’s still that time of year when we still need to be wrapped up warm and have an urge to eat heart warming food. Here’s how to make the most of seasonal carrot into a perfect soup.
Posted in Cooking, Creative, food, fun, Veggies
Tagged Cooking, Creative, food, fun, holiday cottages, Layhead Farm Cottages, self-catering cottages, Yorkshire Dales
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#5 Genius Valentine’s Day Ideas
Instead of just giving cards and a box of chocolates on Valentine’s Day, here are #5 genius ideas to make the day extra special 1. Surprise your loved one by expressing your love for them using affirmation sticky notes… … Continue reading
#5 Unusual Christmas Tree Decorating Traditions
Most of us recognise decorating the Christmas tree with baubles, candy canes tinsel and such like. But it isn’t like that all over the world. In the Ukraine for example, it isn’t baubles that festoon Christmas trees, it’s spider webs. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Creative, Family, fun, Layhead Farm Cottages, self-catering cottages, winter, Yorkshire Dales
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Bake Our Fabulous Christmas Cake Recipe
It’s only a few weeks until Christmas and as we had such a great response for our easy to make Christmas cake recipe, we thought we’d post it again. So here it is. 12oz mixed fruit 8oz sugar 8oz … Continue reading
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Stir Up Sunday is a-coming
This year ‘Stir Up Sunday’ is 24th November 2019. Thought to start in Victorian times, this is traditionally the day Christmas Pudding is made. Here are 4 things you may not know about ‘Stir Up’ traditions.
5 More Famous Films Shot in Yorkshire
About this time last year, we wrote about 5 famous films shot in Yorkshire, and had a great response to the post. For a bit of fun, we decided to find 5 more famous films shot in Yorkshire. Here’s our … Continue reading
