Hettie of Hettie's Tearoom, Pitlochry

Have you wondered what to do when you have a day in Pitlochry?  There’s lots to choose from depending on what you like to do, BUT this is what I would do. Oh, and It does depend on the time of year (we’re approaching winter at the time of writing).    My day would actually start the day before; by booking a table at Hettie’s Tearoom 😉. I would totally recommend making a booking as, at lunch time, we often have a queue out the door…. Happy Mum!!   Then, first on MY list for the day would be a walk around the gorgeous Faskally woods, the home to The Enchanted Forest (there is disabled access too!), the fit people can walk there from town (about 1.5 miles) … I’ll drive.  There’s a circular walk and it is 1km in length,  other paths branch off from this walk giving a wee bit more of a challenge but the walk itself is very flat!  It has a magical feel to it, almost a bit of an escape circling Loch Dunmore, surrounded by mature trees.   I go there ...

Hey! Sooooo in light of our wee tea shop rebrand (….whoops that was supposed to be a secret🙈), let’s talk tea; my favourites, “fun” facts and sneak peeks. Firstly “what’s YOUR favourite tea?” is an often asked and very hard question to answer! It depends how I’m feeling. A wake me up: Hettie in the Heather (a Sri Lankan black tea with purple heather flowers and vanilla). Often a tea to be tried if you’re feeling adventurous but not crazy!    If we’re going green it would have to be Click Clack Miss Mac (green tea with lemongrass and ginger)… even though I invented another one of the green teas, Jazztime (green tea, apple and nettle), when I was aged 8, which is equally good! I have learnt all about green tea whilst filming mum’s live streams and videos. I’m not really listening but one thing I have taken in (during the hours and hours (and hours)of filming)  is that green tea should be brewed at 80 degrees. Often people don’t like green tea as it’s “bitter” but it is inf...