Roving Rothbury Reporter Butterfly Cabinet

Sunday, had an earlier trip out from Rothbury as we had to be at Central station for 10.30 for an Easter homecoming. So we were able to pack in a woodland walk in the city as well as managing to squeeze in a coffee and cake stop at an establishment where people queue up on Sunday mornings to get in.!!!! What a busy life we lead!
 Who would have thought that just a couple of miles from Newcastle Central station you could take a very pleasant Sunday morning stroll in a woodland in the city

This old ruin is what is left of King John's Palace, it is thought to have been built around 1267

After our little stroll we had worked up an appetite for our traybake and coffee fix so on to  Heaton Road to the very popular Butterfly Cabinet. 

We had spotted this cafe the other week while passing and it had an enormous queue outside, cor blimey that must be popular if people are actually queueing up to get in here! 

Our timing was good as we managed to squeeze in before the crowds of hungry people started to build up. Wow, we were shown in to a lively atmosphere of many happy breakfast eaters, this is what people queue for. The breakfast menu was amazing and actually so was the lunch menu but we were only there for coffee and cake (this time anyway!) So only our eyes and noses were able to feast on the exciting breakfast plates being delivered to the other customers.

As we seem to be creatures of habit two  Americanos were ordered but we varied the cakes to rocky road and a blueberry muffin and as two were three this week the third order was

No, not a pint of frothy beer but a pint of apple and elderflower iced tea. It was all very nice and we thoroughly enjoyed the buzz in The Butterfly Cabinet so we really must get back to sample their famous breakfasts. After we finished and headed outside the queue had started to build up.

Must be a happy sight for the business owners!