I've been told by a few people lately that there is a
very cute little tearoom in Godmanchester, just up the road from me in Cambourne,
so it was about time I got down to have a nosy.
It was a chilly day, I cadged a lift whilst the mister
pootled off to Halfords for car stuff, so I enjoyed a bracing, but sunny walk
along the river and enjoyed re-living a few childhood memories of coming here
with my sister and dad for ice cream in the summer. In fact, I believe the ice
cream van still stops along the railings
beside the river in the summer and it always makes me smile when I see the
beautiful Chinese Bridge and the marina surrounding it. Huntingdon was always a
Saturday destination for a wander, with a quick stop here on the way through for a walk and a play
on the adventure playground as kids.
It's the perfect sleepy Cambridgeshire village location
for a new tearoom and Pinnies caters to this need perfectly.
Co-Owned by 4 very lovely ladies with a real passion for
home baked food, this small tearoom is home to just six smallish tables
(decorated with freshly picked flowers) to choose from, so if with a larger
group you may need to know that this may require a call ahead to warn
them.
I sat myself in one of the cosy nooks and ordered a pot
of English Breakfast Tea and as much as I fancied a piece of cake, I decided to
go for a savoury option (unheard of ; )
Their menu is extensive and offers an entire range of
delicious breakfast options, as well as lunches including sandwiches, salads
and omelettes, quiches and so on.
I settled on a bacon roll with my tea and I was not
disappointed. It was a soft, small poppy seeded roll with rashers of the
thickest and tastiest bacon I've enjoyed in a long while. In fact, it was so
delicious, that I ordered a second roll to take away for the mister to eat in
the car prior to a bike ride we had planned for later that day - He was in
bacon heaven!
The ladies at Pinnies have already got quite the
following, you can tell. Word had spread in Cambourne and beyond already and
whilst I was sat here just a little while, 3 different people came in to buy the
cake round for their fellow employees at local businesses. One young lad had
been sent to purchase 8 slices of cake and he took is time choosing from the
large selection, chatting away to the lovely ladies as they helped him. It was
such a nice atmosphere, jolly conversation, the ladies know their customers and
they know the ladies, it's such a friendly place.
Just the smell of a lemon sponge cake fresh out of the
oven hit me as I had walked in, cooling on a wire rack, ready for the lunchtime
rush. There was a chocolate sponge cake, a Victoria Sponge, Coffee Layer Cake,
Carrot cake, even apple pie which could be warmed for the sweet toothed customer
wanting a piece.
They also serve the biggest and fruitiest scones I've
seen in a very long time, enough cake on offer to actually make me want to go
back for a full afternoon tea when I can treat myself to such naughtiness.
A full afternoon tea tier will only cost you £7.95 to
include a pot of tea, finger sandwiches, scones and a selection of cake, a true
steal for such fantastic homemade goodies on offer. The tea is served on dainty
vintage china, with the teapot I had for myself easily serving 3 to 4 generous
cups of tea, it's honestly fantastic value for money.
Nothing was too much effort, I didn't feel as though I
was being watched or rushed, I could have easily sat there for another hour or
two catching up on some of my favourite blogs, it's in the list of places to go
and do just this if ever I need a bolthole.
Even with kids at the other tables, I think the ambiance and
refreshments on offer made the children behave beautifully and it was so lovely
to see the little girl next to me drinking her cold drink from her mums teacup
like a big girl. Very cute. Usually having a young child next to me in a
tearoom ends up with said child gurning at me through jam covered teeth or eyeballing me as they blow bubbles in their hot
chocolate whilst I'm sat there, but Pinnies seems to bring out the best
behaviour in everybody.
I love it here!
Miss Sue Flay
x
Please Note- I'm not paid or bribed to say these things,
I visit of my own accord, because I'm simply THAT geeky about tea and cake and
all things in between. I pay for my own food and drink, I don't tell the
establishment what I'm doing, unless I enjoy it so much that I want to blog
about it. I then simply ask their permission to do so and I chat to them about
my experience to make them aware that I (and others) have enjoyed it : )
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