Macmillan Coffee morning

As you will know, in this blog names are changed to protect the guilty. It would be impossible to do that for this piece as too many guilty parties are involved. So, suffice it to say that I found myself in a house in South Shields with present and former work colleagues and people I had never met before and we all drank coffee and ate delicious cake to raise money for Macmillan Cancer research charity. The lady of the house bakes a mean coffee and walnut cake, let me tell you. The chocolate cake, scones and well, everything else looked great too. And afterwards, oh joy! A nosy parker's delight! We were offered a tour of the house. It was gorgeous. Not only does she bake, she decorates and dusts as well. Thank goodness for people who are generous with their time and talents for a good cause. And who are welcoming and hospitable too. May your efforts be rewarded and may a British Bake-off soggy bottom be far from you.