I’m staying with a friend in Windermere, in England’s beautiful Lake District, in a house full of rampaging children, plus Ruby the teenage cook who’ll probably take over from celebrity chef Nigella Lawson one day if her cooking and looks are anything to go by and a new (today) Labradoodle puppy called Boo. The puppy (who bit my big toe making everyone laugh) is insisting on hiding behind my legs and the children keep jumping on me, and the whole place is a cacophony of noise.

According to dictionary dot com a good use of the word cacophany is: “a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.”

And that just about sums up the mayhem here

Here’s a video of Ruby teaching you how to bake a delicious lemon drizzle cake. You should try it. It’s yummy You’ll find the recipe on her (neglected) blog at rubybakes.com