Autumn is just around the corner and I am looking forward to the change in the season. I love that time of year - the trees will start to turn red and gold all through the the valley. Already the Virginia Creeper that grows on the walls by the old green road are changing from green to red. We tied back the honeysuckles round the walkway as they had gone wild this summer and swept up the leaves they left all over the path. Time for a bonfire!

New laid eggs for breakfast, just lightly boiled with some fresh baked home made bread and some blackcurrant and cranberry juice. I just add a handfull of the blackcurrants from the bushes down in the orchard and give it a quick whizz - delicious and full of vitamin C. We finished off with a cappuccino.

We bought a coffee roaster a while ago and now we buy the beans green and then roast as and when we need it. There is nothing like freshly roasted coffee - we like ours quite dark and then I add just a touch of medium roasted arabica and that seems to help to form that delicous crema that is so essential to maiksng that perfect cup of coffee.

The web site is still under construction and is not yet fully functional to allow people to book online, so I am hopeful that they will just phone instead of trying to use the on-line reservation system. My friend Annie is proof reading the entries for typos and emails me every day with a list of corrections which is a great help. For some reason when I copy information over that I have written in word it loses a lot of the spaces in between words. Check it out at

http://www.walesholidaycottages.com

If you are thinking of going to Florida for some winter sunshine then take a look at the holiday rental homes on

http://www.1annamaria.com/

Talk about some gorgeous properties and what a beautiful island. It's just 7 miles long and has a beach that runs the whole length of the island - a gentle curve of palm fringed white sugar sands - looks like heaven.