The Dalesman Cafe & Sweet Emporium / Gertrude'S Vintage Gardenalia

Having a “Proper Brew” is so important to our customers ~ this lovely chap insisted on having his picture taken with the bag!!

Two VIP visitors over the holiday ~ Avril, winner of the Easter Bonnet Parade and Alpasta the alpaca, Champion “Cheer-You-Upper”!

So, this is how ‘At Home’ some of our customers feel!

The Italian Job!!

First cake of the year!! x

The thieves have been out again, this time taking a little copper jug from the mantelpiece ~ it was Auntie Edie’s, she had it on her hearth for donkey’s years. Whoever you are, I jolly well hope she haunts you and trust me, NO ONE would want to be haunted by Auntie Edie!

Look what we’ve got ~ “Red Nosed Sweetie Mice”! xxx

PS ~ Our 600th basket lady, Lucie, is a ‘Personal Colour & Style’ consultant, working with House of Colour, (@HOCTyneValley). If you’re looking for a Christmas gift idea or a personal treat for yourself, I can thoroughly recommend this experience ~ I had my colours ‘done’ years ago, it saves you SO much time and money when you go shopping!

Congratulations to Lucie Gage from Newcastle who bought our 600th vintage basket this afternoon! As befits the occasion, it came with a bottle of champagne to celebrate~ lovely to meet you Lucie, enjoy the fizz! xx

Thank you everybody, for your kind thoughts and comments ~ I really appreciate your support. xx

To the THIEF who stole the Portmerion jumbo cup from our windowsill today ~ would you like to pop back, you forgot to take the saucer that goes with it!

Yesterday’s sugary creation ~ for a Spanish visitor!

Last week’s ‘Naked Wedding Cake’ and today’s ‘Hen Party Cake ‘! xx

This is Matt ~ one of our former waiters, who graduated today with a fantastic ‘First’ in Chemical Engineering! We’re all very proud of you Matt, the thing is though, if you ever want to come back and help out at all ~ we’re going to need considerably bigger doors!

Today’s Christening cake ! xx

For one weekend only ~ Lemon & Elderflower Cupcakes! xx

Do hope you’ve all had a lovely Easter, full of happiness, fun and chocolate! xx

I just couldn’t decide whether to put yesterday’s 21-Little-Pug-Dogs cake here, or on our ‘Dalesman Canine Customers’ page ~ so I’ve done both! xx