Just because you have a birthday in lockdown shouldn’t mean you can’t celebrate in style. My friend turned 40 last week and was quite frankly, feeling pretty fed up about it all. So what better way to show her some love that to surprise her with an el fresco Afternoon Tea and Prosecco! As she helped me carry all the bags into the local ‘wilderness’ (the grounds of the fabulous Adlington Hall in Cheshire) she had no idea that there were sandwiches, cakes, a cake stand and bottles of bubbly to make her feel better about a big birthday in lockdown.

We enjoyed Earl Grey and filtered coffee before cracking open the bubbles and then it was onto her gift! I had a vision early one morning that I needed to make a Mandrake, I have absolutely no idea why but I felt compelled to do so, luckily my beautiful friend is as nuts as me an she loved him! He’s called Frugal……..

