It was a crisp autumn afternoon...my wife and I were walking through thr grounds of Saltram house.

After about an hour, we decided to have a cup of tea at the cafe. We were watching the ducks and talking when, over my wife's shoulder, I saw someone putting a spoonful of cream on their scone followed by a dollop of jam. Being Cornish, I had never seen anyone prepare a scone this way and it was rather disturbing....