Crumbs to Crunch

Hurtling through the air on a zip wire 660m in the air, trekking through a sweltering rainforest and settling for the night in an old ship container . I felt like a proper adventurer, actually I was beginning to believe that I was the female Indiana Jones...in England. Preparing for the Sky Wire England is not known for its rainforests so this adventure unfurled in the Eden Project in Cornwall. It is an absolutely fascinating place and a great one to seek adventure on your home turf. I hopped from one world to the next in the space of a couple of metres. I started off in the classic British herb garden, then found myself surrounded by lemons in the Mediterranean biome and finally I entered the tropical biome.  The herb garden and the lemon trees seemed fairly familiar but the jungle was so exciting with new sights, smells and sounds. Dwarfed by majestic trees, crawled on by ants and splashed by waterfalls, each turn of ...

8 cream teas in 10 days... we think that we have a serious problem! We spent ten glorious days in the West Country where we binged on the local speciality - cream tea. Never have we seen such an abundance of piping hot scones and lashings of clotted cream. The cream was so thick and delicious, we never knew that we had been missing out till now. As we have clearly been doing our research, here is a list of our favourite cream tea variations in Devon/Cornwall.  Strawberry Cream Tea - Madeleine's, St Ives A perfect way to finish a beach day in St Ives. With lovely staff, this is a traditional homely tea room. The fresh strawberries that came with our fresh out of the oven scones got us in the summer mood. Savoury Tea - The Dwelling House, Fowey Has the incessant afternoon-teaing left you shunning sweetness? Never fear, for you can have your scone and eat it too with a savoury tea. Hot cheese scones with chilli jam and luscious salad can tide you ove...