English Teas

Every afternoon at Linderhof

(that I'm home)

I stop at half past three

And have a cup of tea

A longstanding tradition at Linderhof

But one we continued when we lived in England that Spring

A high tea at our cottage in Wiltshire

We'd call it supper but to the Brits it's tea

Meat pies, crumpets and a cake

With a pot of tea, of course!

We visited the little village of Winchcomb at tea time

And had one of the tallest scones!

A fruit one (with currants)

And of course, our pot of tea

Oxford was close by and we went several times

One of the highlights was the Hogwarts Dining Room

(which is really the dining room of King's College)

and after what seemed like miles of walking around Oxford

we stopped for tea

A cream tea -- scones, cream and jam

We lived most of that spring in the Cotswolds

And we passed through the quaint named Cotswolds towns often

A favorite Moreton-On-Marsh

had a great tearoom.

Another cream tea.

Kenilworth is a fascinating ruin of a castle

But it has a tea room!

And after the grand tour of the ruins of Kenilworth

we stopped for tea and cake.

Near our village was the village of Great Tew

and their church one Sunday had a fundraising tea and organ recital

A wonderful array of tea goodies

And real tea served in real cups

in the 1000 year old church

And who can visit London and not have a Hotel Tea?

Ours was at the Waldorf where we stayed

A curate filled with tea goodies and pots and pots of tea

On our first trip to England, we visited Bath and had tea in the Pump Room

A memorable experience.

This trip we were once again in Bath

And back to the Pump Room

Tea this day consisted of a "Bath Bun"

instead of the full afternoon tea.

Our house, Blue Row, was in the Cotswold village of Swerford

After a day sightseeing, we often made it home in time for afternoon tea

As much as I liked our tea room teas, I really liked our Blue Row teas the best!

A lavender tea in the garden

Lavender scones, lavender jam and an Earl Grey with a hint of lavender!

A full afternoon tea 

with sandwiches, cakes and scones

And we invited a friend

A friend who also lived in the village

whom we met at the tea at Great Tew

It was fun to entertain at Blue Row!

A cream tea at Blue Row

scones, cream and jam

Just the two of us!

We'd been to Banbury but alas, we didn't buy any Banbury buns

But we did buy Eccles cakes

And that made for a great tea that afternoon!

Teatime is a great time -- whether we're in England or at home at Linderhof

It was fun to share my real English teas with you

and with The Tablescaper for

Oh, The Places I've Been