Did you recognise Langar in The Sunday Times colour supplement? And again in September Tatler and Vogue ? Pictures taken by Paul Smith when he chose Langar for the winter fashion shoot. Goodness that was fun. Here are our versions taken at the time. Thank you Paul!

Take a look at http://www.paulsmith.com/ and his blog. It's brilliant, up to date and there you will find even better pictures of Langar.

Autumn already! What happened to those summer days? Sorry I skipped the August blog.

Thanks to our lovely customers and our exceptional team of young chefs in the kitchen, we have been so so busy. Students and school children kept the service going in the dining room while staff took holidays. I expect it is against the law to employ 14 year olds but if they enjoy it and do well, I shall carry on encouraging the young. What were you doing when you were 14?

We have been working on our autumn-winter menus and Christmas party menus. Partridge, pheasant, venison, more pigeon of course, goose, turkey, beef and pork. Stocking up on Bordeaux, ordering Christmas crackers and jolly awful Xmas paper napkins.

Christmas time is filling up so get in touch quickly if you would like to come then otherwise we hope you will book in for a winter break, party or any excuse to escape and celebrate.

Pascal is now going to show me how to get to read your comments. Hope there are some!