TRICK or TREAT

The trick today was to rise at 6.15am to prepare your treats.

Roger's trick is always to get to the Cash & Carry and local shops nice and early to buy lovely fresh salad and bread etc.then start preparing in the kitchen.

Judy's trick is to pull in a mile jog(not always enough time though) before baking the treats of the day.

The trick is to pull in a coffee with Roger before opening at 10am to welcome our first customer's of the day.

Then of course the trick is to manage to work very hard.The treat is that after 15 years it is still wonderfully rewarding!

Horray for Mintons
Always welcoming
Lovely meals
Lucious desserts
Open Wednesday to Saturday 10 till 4, Sunday 12:30 till 4:30
When can you come?
Everyday?
Every week or month?
Nothing is too much trouble!

Open Bank Holiday Monday

Come and enjoy Bank Holiday at Mintons on Monday 25th August. Opening times are 10am to 4pm. See you there!

Latest Cottage images and lunch at Saltburn

God's lovely world

Slow down, what a tonic after a very busy day in the Tearoom.

Such perfection and colour

Around the world in 80 gardens

Remember Monty Don's series? Dave drove for 1.5 hours to the Dutch garden featured, the approach is very palacial as is the price of entry. It also boasts the poshest tearoom ever, check out the chandeliers.

And so to Holland

Another lovely family weekend with David and Danielle, we squashed into the Mini, their pride and joy and expensive hobby. Others went by bike.

Out came the sun

The joys of spring in Yorkshire.

And then came the snow

Tricky driving in North Yorkshire.

Spring Time

Canoodling of the bird kind in our pretty tea room garden as nesting time approaches and as my wendy house goes to rack and ruin the robin, wren, and blue tit family move in.

"WALK and TALK"

Minton's hosted the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the very popular Walk & Talk group who meet so regularly all over Nottinghamshire. Their success both socially and health wise are obvious but beyond that this group offer a lifeline to so many. Well done!

APRIL EXPERIENCES

Our April experiences have been many and varied outside working hours.

On a lovely walk on Sandsend beach we came across this artwork left for all to enjoy as they battled against the wind!

Easter in the Tearoom

Coldest Easter for 40years? Not at Mintons!

Belated Easter wishes to all who missed our very warm welcome over the 2 weeks holidays. The entrance to the Tearoom looked a picture with lots of beautiful spring flowers and bulbs and despite the chilly weather the hardy amongst you enjoyed using the tables just outside the door, whilst the children enjoyed the swings in the garden. Thank you James for those!

Inside Mintons we made Easter bunting, after dusting down my sewing machine and we blew and decorated eggs. They look very seasonal hanging up, check them out. The very young had Easter Egg pictures to colour in which kept them happy whilst the adults enjoyed some delicious calories!

We continue to thank you all for your wonderful loyalty and very much look forward to serving you outside in our pretty garden over these coming Spring and Summer months. Pray for sunshine. Doesn't it lift our spirits!

Click on http://www.mintonstearoom.co.uk/holiday-cottage and check out our little cottagein N. Yorks. there are pictures and booking details. Thanks again James, what would we do without you

Birthday Surprise!

In the early hours of February 9th we were woken by a dog barking. Not unusual you may say, but it is for us living at the side of Greasley ChurchYard. When the alarm clock rang as normal at 6.30am it was of course still dark but it was a little lighter as Roger went off to the cash and carry about 7am.Imagine his surprise as he opened the back door and not one but two dogs came running up to him for attention. A ride in the car perhaps, or come into the warm for breakfast?

With lots to do my dear husband left me to it and drove off leaving the dogs looking understandably disappointed! Now naturally the dogs looked to me for help but I am very afraid of dogs, very afraid, and of course they do sense this. Look at the teeth on the big one! I quickly shut the door and tried to work out a plan of action.

Now bearing in mind this was a Saturday morning, and my birthday morning at that I wondered who might be able to help. Of course the Police can't help, also the Council offices were closed and Directory Enquiries didn't have a Dog Warden in our area. To cut a long story short, and you have to be scared of dogs to realise just how harrowing this was to me, two lots of help came at once. Bit like the buses! Our lovely neighbour at Greasley Castle Farm arrived and also a lovely lady Dog Warden from Nuthall. Now this big dog who was quite happy to bear it's teeth at me ran to them as fast as iron filings to a magnet.

So away went 2 very special pedigree dogs to see if they were chipped and away I went to shower and get ready to open Mintons Tea Room. I missed my baking slot that morning and managed to open my Birthday cards about 1pm inbetween customers, but the point of writing this blogg is to ask does anyone recognise these lovely dogs?

I would love to know how the story ended.

Love Judy

xx

It's Catch Up time

Hi, everyone it's catch up time.

Roger and I have had the most wonderful Christmas with family and friends and hope you did too.

All the Christmas services here at St Mary's Greasley were excellent and very well attended. The huge Christmas tree looked beautiful and as always the services held in candlelight held that 'magic' ingredient.

A very happy and healthy New Year to all our customers, many of whom are such special friends. Roger and I returned with our youngest son and his girlfriend to Holland to see the new year in. Oh, my word! Fireworks started at around 9am on the streets with the kids letting off little fire crackers and continued into 2008 well into the morning. It was unbelievable, fantastic and very, very loud. There seemed to be no restrictions. Small, large and enormous fireworks were let off by groups in the streets and hardly a dog barked-they obviously are used to it. Very memorable!

We also visited Delft and Antwerp in Belgium the Christmas markets were still looking lovely. Braziers were burning and families enjoying the ice skating.

For our treat in the sunshine this year we went to The Vulcano Hotel in Adaje, Tenerife and enjoyed a lovely warm week. We highly recommend the hotel for it's food, cleanliness and pleasant staff. I personally much preferred our half board acommodation to the all inclusive holidays of recent years. We benefited from a most calm and civilised rest.

Finally, before we start cooking and baking again we are having a few days at our lovely cottage in Loftus, North Yorkshire.

Minton's Tea Room opens again on wednesday 23rd January, 2008.

Roger, myself and all our staff look forward to seeing you again and hope we meet lots of new faces again this year. Wouldn't it be nice to have a lovely Spring and sunny and warm Summer to enjoy our pretty Tea Garden too!

With lots of love,

from Roger and Judy Martin x