Autumnal joys and a seasonal bucket List

Autumn is without doubt my favourite time of year; it is a time of new beginnings, pregnant with possibilities. Autumn days are those filled with crisp air, crunchy leaves, foraging, candles, Samhain, bonfire night, stick-to-your ribs warming foods, cosiness and of course, the commencement of the new academic year in the U.K. Such a special … Read more

High Days, Holidays, Simple and Slow Days

‘Tottie! You don’t know how beautiful Silverdale is and a tower of our own! Think of that! its a sort of country you never saw before. I’ll answer for it.’ (Elizabeth Gaskell in a letter to Eliza Fox, May 1852) In her letter, Elizabeth Gaskell was writing of Lindeth Tower in Silverdale, and a more … Read more