At my home, our first secret tea party of 2013, we'll be serving up a full afternoon tea (finger sandwiches, savoury tarts, scones with clotted cream and preserves and a selection of tea-time cakes and fancies, not to mention lashings of leaf tea or fresh coffee). 

And, just for a change we're going retro with the china, and the food. Think Midwinter and prawn/avocado open sandwiches...

The venue is an eighteenth century former farmhouse in Bowdon near Altrincham, Cheshire. A warm Manchester welcome awaits. Do join us, we welcome groups, couples, friends and solos, all will be seated around our dining room table which seats 12.