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MINISTRY OF ZOMBIES .… The Secluded Tea Party is now pleased and very stupidly proud to announce, that we have one of the worlds most fanatical and clued up Zombie survivalists attending as a VIP zombie tea party guest on Friday 8th July! Sean T Page is a zombie blogger and is zombie-renowned for writing “The Official Zombie Handbook (UK)”.  He has trekked across Patagonia, the Alps and the sahara, learning m

How many of my blog readers can actually say right here, right now, that you love camping? I would imagine a fair few of you!…  My answers….Well, I LOVE camping now that I can go with a huge blow up mattress that upsets the peace and quiet of the entire tent-al neighbourhood, and when I can get away with not having the stress of the pup in tow ; ) Hehe the last time we took the pup camping was in the middle of a fa

Last week I booked myself a few days off from my day job and enjoyed some great weather, offering me the chance to relax, get on top of some of those chores that I have been putting off and given the chance to catch up with friends and family.  It was only 3 days, but it felt like a week! It was pure bliss. On my last day, naturally, I had the end-of-holiday-blues and decided to enjoy a lovely long walk around Cambourne and it

A little while back I shared with you a few tracks from my Ipod Play list, and I asked if you could guess which one of those talented guests might be attending The Secluded Vintage Tea Party on Sunday 26th June 2011…. Well, I am still not going to tell you who it is!… haha… I know, I am evil, but I love teasing and making my guests wait and see, as you will be aware by now : )  I can confirm, that one of my p

This cake was the star attraction at The Secluded Crafty Tea Party.   It even received it’s own celebratory comments in my Guest Book!….  I feel it is only fair (And about time to offer out another delicious recipe) to share this with you all, as each slice is amazingly addictive and it’s a very moist cake recipe indeed.  There is nothing worse than a dry carrot cake, so give this a go! I can’t rate it

A few months ago I had a very welcome email from a lovely lady called Alice at the Cambridgeshire Journal.  Alice wanted to talk to the mysterious Miss Sue Flay and discuss an article planned for her magazine in June of this year incorporating Afternoon tea and Cupcakes with a local spin.  How could I resist? – It sounded perfect for me, so I got into a good old email conversation with her about her plans and thoughts on

Last weekend consisted of baking…baking….and well… more baking! But this was a weekend with a very welcome relaxed and stress-free difference! I was baking for the Crafty Tea Party at the very prestigious Cambridge Cookery School, which is in fact perfectly secluded within the City of Cambridge itself, a real local secret that is best kept under lock and key, otherwise everybody would want to spend time here

I wanted to share with you a very secluded and local secret (Shhhh!)  in the form of one of my very favourite tea and cake spots in Cambridgeshire…. Although I nearly couldn’t bare to share their cake and let you in on it! Hehe Abantu is a small and fairtrade shop in the Cambridgeshire countryside, offering gifts sourced from third world countries as well as locally made items such as jewellery and kitchen ware.  I

…. The Secluded (CRAFTY) Tea Party! Some of my new favourite tracks from a recently updated Ipod playlist were included in this months Tea Party mix, all of which I felt went well together for this fun and crafty afternoon event with my 12 Crafty Tea Party guests. And if they didn’t hear them all… then here are a few links to my most favourite tracks : ) Well worth a listen!  …..  I think so anyway!  St