Image of Cartmel Priory

Cartmel on the map

Just up and over the fell lies the village of Cartmel and a fine place it is too. At just 2 miles away it’s not far and is somewhere I go to often. Cartmel is a medieval hamlet so it’s seen a thing or two during the 800 years or so that have elapsed since the priory there was founded …

Lancashire Tea

Time for Tea

It’s often said that there has been a high possibility of the folks of Devon and Cornwall coming to blows over the respective merits of the Devon Cream Tea and the Cornish Cream Tea. Cream before the jam or cream after the jam – which is correct? I’m tempted to say that, for me, it doesn’t really matter as both …