Food, Friends, and Fun

Dripping with Britishness

My friend Ailsa is currently finishing up her PhD thesis. In a bid to make the most of one of her last weekend's as a student, she decided to host a Black Tie Dinner/slumber party weekend at her parent's picturesque English cottage in northern English countryside. 9 of us cosily bunked up in her parent's cottage for a weekend of laughter, hill walking, bramble picking, food enjoyment, tea and wine drinking, and general good banter. The weather treated us well all weekend, and we all had a fantastic English Country Escape from the city!

Beautiful butterflies joining us on our walk

Mmmmmm, fresh brambles

The crew on top of the fell

Bramble and fresh picked apple tarts 

Pimms o'clock came and went

Potent gin and bramble sorbet

The hostest with the mostest

James demonstrating that he's okay with his feminine side

Only a fraction of the haul

Pretending we're all very civilized

My favourite part of the whole evening!

Such a nice place to spend the weekend!