Whitegate Cottage, St Agnes

22/05/2026

Morning coffee at The Sorting Office…bracing for a weekend of hot hot heat!

07/05/2026

Flowers home-grown in my field a few yards down the road, and a cream tea ready for today’s guests, including Rodda’s clotted cream, Boddington’s jam and strawberries from the village fruit and veg shop, scones from (award-winning) St Agnes bakery and Buttermilk fudge. Yum!

06/05/2026

I absolutely love the Mexican fleabane (or Erigeron Karvinskianos if you want to get technical) that self seeds in any nook and cranny in Cornwall…at Whitegate it’s all along the road in front of the wall- so pretty!

04/05/2026

May bank holiday weekend is Bolster’s biggest celebration in St Agnes, although he does come out for Carnival and turning on the Christmas lights too!
Many years ago I made his original Celtic knotwork badge, but I imagine his current one is a bit newer as that was over 30 years ago…
Things like this are one part of what makes St Agnes so special.

25/04/2026

Doggy welcome pack last week all ready for Bonzo’s first visit - the new dog of returning guests at Whitegate Cottage…I wonder what he thought of the Natural Cornish dog treats?

Just £25 for your pets to stay too!

21/04/2026

Nipped over on King Harry Ferry at the weekend for a trip to Towan Beach for a trial of my daughter’s new beach volleyball set. The sun shone, the breeze dropped and pasties and I ce creams were had from the great little cafe there.

21/04/2026

Lovely view of the church in St Agnes. Our award-winning bakery is tucked just out of sight, the Sorting Office coffee shop and Churchtown Arts too, and down the hill past the Stippy Stappy is The Green Room cafe, Aggie Surf shop and The Taphouse, on the way down to the beach….

St Agnes looking beautiful ❤️

16/04/2026

Ferris Bueller had a point- it’s all too easy to get caught up and not take the time to look around and take a breath. Maybe it’s time to book that trip to Cornwall?!

13/04/2026

Well, obviously…😁

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
SCIENTISTS CONFIRM JAM BEFORE CREAM LINKED TO HIGHER IQ - DEVON DECLARES “CAKEY WAR”

A landmark study by Cornwall University has finally settled one of Britain’s most divisive debates, confirming that applying jam first, then cream, on a scone is directly linked to superior intelligence.

The research, which involved 4,000 participants across the South West over three years, found that those who apply jam first scored an average of 23 points higher in cognitive tests than their cream-first counterparts. One control group in Devon reportedly attempted to butter a scone before being quietly removed from the study.

Lead researcher Professor Angela Trewin said, “The data is unambiguous. Jam first, cream on top. That is the correct order and frankly always has been. Cornwall has known this for generations, along with how to pronounce ‘scone’ properly and when to avoid Newquay in August.”

The findings will come as little surprise to most Cornish residents, who have long applied jam before cream as the only logical and morally acceptable method.

One participant from Camborne reportedly achieved a perfect score while eating his fourth scone and shouting at a seagull.

Devon, where cream is usually applied first, has rejected the findings entirely. A spokesperson for Devon Council called the research “biased, unfounded and frankly an act of war,” before confirming several residents had already begun launching scones across the Tamar. Witnesses say the first volley was mostly cream-heavy and the scone was drier than a “grockles flipflop”.

Tensions briefly escalated near the border yesterday, with reports of a jam jar confiscated after the lid had sharp edges.

The study has already been submitted to the Journal of Culinary Science and is expected to be debated in Parliament before they break up for their little summer holidays, where sources say MPs will be offered “neutral scones” which is politically correct.

When asked for his thoughts, St Austell resident Barry Bishop, 58, shrugged and said, “I don’t think it affects me. I’ve never owned an I.Q. The missus had a Fiat 500 for a while though. Not a bad car.”

05/02/2026

It's official! St Agnes bakery is a local treasure...

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🌟🌟🌟🌟Congratulations! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
We are all so incredibly proud of our brilliant baker Bradley for gaining a distinction in his endpoint craft baker’s assessment 👋
Thanks to Alex Gunton and Dave Williams for all their help, support and fantastic teaching. ❤