Category Archives: Health and wellness

Seeing Stratford Upon Avon With a different Eye

Over half way into our British summer, what better than spending one of those long Mid Summer Nights, than paddling through your very own experience of Shakespeare’s England on the river Avon. setting out with friends we put in upstream about a mile away from the centre of Stratford upon Avon, the river here meandersContinueContinue reading “Seeing Stratford Upon Avon With a different Eye”

Well Stocked Larder

In these days of consumerism it is hard to reflect on what hunger really means and to go without is a term that many of us today can relate only to having to wait a little longer. There is however something reassuring about having a full larder, something quantifiable, reliable, a backup plan if thingsContinueContinue reading “Well Stocked Larder”

Oaks Barn Farm Onion Bread Recipe

There is something about sitting in the Farm House Kitchen, on a snowy winter weekend with a hot cup of tea boiled on the wood stove, safe in the knowledge that there is enough wood to last through the rest of the winter. There is a sense of purpose to the day as Sue hasContinueContinue reading “Oaks Barn Farm Onion Bread Recipe”

Good Luck?

Everyone no matter who they are and what they do, is exposed to chance and opportunity every day. Even the person who takes the same route to work, sits in the same office and eats the same lunch. But not everyone notices these openings or knows how to use them. Lucky people do. They talkContinueContinue reading “Good Luck?”

Field Mushroom Soup?

 Oaks Barn Farm Field Mushroom Soup Method Melt 1 ½ tbl spoons of butter and 1 tbl spoon of olive oil Add 1 chopped onion stir in until coated Add 4 peeled and chopped potatoes Add ¼ pint of rough cider from your recent cider making attempt (or one glass of white wine) Add 1.2ContinueContinue reading “Field Mushroom Soup?”