Regular readers and subscribers will know that I see Christmas and New Year as an apex allowing me to take time to look back with thankfulness and look forward with hope.

To all our subscribers, course guests, customers and visitors,
Thank you for your support and encouragement throughout 2021, we look back with thankfulness and look forward with hope
With every blessing for a Peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year
From Sara and all at Hen Corner

‘A Time For Giving’ – Yes, I have got Cliff Richard singing in my head…
As we approach the end of the year, it’s a great opportunity to take stock, give thanks and plan to give gifts to both those we hold dear and those less fortunate than ourselves.

As the clocks fall forward, the evenings draw in and we chop wood in preparation for cosy nights in front of the fire, I’m sure I’m not the only one that’s wondering what the next couple of months will bring and how we can hold on to traditions as we continue to navigate current challenges.

Swimming and Sourdough? That’s an unusual combination, but that’s what’s been filling my time this month. September is always busy as it’s harvest time, but this year as well as celebrating Sourdough September, we’ve also celebrated my First Swimversary!

This month we are celebrating our super Brentford bees, now where should we begin? We started keeping bees 10 years ago, with our very first colony collected, on loan, in August 2011. ‘How can you borrow a colony of bees?’ I hear you say…