... hebe, buddleia and privet flowers, and late-flowering dandelions too. Blackberry-picking has already begun, and rosy crab apples have been found in abundance, ideal for crab apple jelly. Perhaps our most unusual sighting this week related to a pair of magpies ...

... 2 ) Wikinson; 3 K Simpson. Teacake: 1) Wilkinson; 2 L Slack. Coffee cake, iced: 1K- Simpson; 2 P Watson; 3D Wilson. Blackberry and apple pie: 1) Wilkinson; 2 S Kelly; 3 N veson. Fruit loaf: 1 M Wigby; 2 D Hymas; 3 N iveson. Cherry scones: 1K Simpson; 2 ...