Like a lot of people I got to a certain age and busy city life lost it's charm. I used to daydream about swapping my 11th floor London flat for a house in the countryside with a garden, where the dawn chorus were birds instead of drunks singing their way down my road!

After many years of planning I decided that the time had come to put the plans into action. I then came across 'Bramblewood'. So my cat, Sophie, and I took the plunge and moved to live our dream.

This blog is the story of life in the country, the garden, baking and making and all wonderful things we encounter (and some not so wonderful!).