Suddenly when September arrives I am reminded that this is one of my favourite times of year. We can still enjoy glorious sunny days but the nights are drawing in ever so slightly with evenings a little colder and every good reason to start thinking of the months ahead and evenings in front of a roaring woodburner – well that’s for the guests in the cottages enjoying their restful holidays, Jess and Meg (our 2 collies) in front of our woodburner and me out in my soft furnishing workroom cutting out curtains for clients, my foot on the sewing machine pedal or pondering over track lengths and finished drops in front of yet another woodburner. Thank goodness David enjoys cutting wood!
But to the days now – great pleasure can be gained from gathering the Autumn harvest
The hedgerows are bursting with ripe blackberries. Our guests wander the fields to the delight of Meg who can never resist an excuse for a walk and gather their own and some even pick them for me to make into blackberry jam for the cottage cream teas.
Nothing so satisfying as a pan full of bubbling jam – and it’s a variety that you don’t often see for sale in the shops or even the Farmers Markets.
Then there’s our orchard – established about 12 years ago – apples for crumbles, apple juice or just picking to eat and enjoy fresh from the tree
and of course the horses – Gem and Huckleberry and the pigs – Hop, Skip and Jump love them too!
It’s a great time to visit Cornwall – when the coastal footpaths are less full, you can walk into a restaurant and enjoy a meal without having to book days or weeks in advance, you don’t have to queue to enter a car park, yet the sea is still warm enough for a swim.
On the footpath from Lands End to Sennen.
So come and enjoy Cornwall this Autumn!
