very busy day, one that involved meeting a new-born baby, baking, going to the tip, driving from London to Birmingham. So, basically I knew that the slot I'd carved out for scone-ing was all I had. All or nothing. Thank God for Mary Berry. While shooting around in the car that morning, I had read Mary's recipe over and over again. (I wasn't driving by the way.) (Just had a flashback to a scene in my favourite old comedy show, Spaced. "Brian, your uncle died in his sleep last week... whilst driving to Staines on the M4.") Anyway it must have been the now-or-never pressure but when it came to making these bad boys, I just kind of did it. Just... got on with it. And ended up with things that looked like scones. And tasted like them by all accounts. Here is Mary Berry's recipe for Devonshire scones Ingredients supposedly for 8-10 scones, though I ended up with 16 smaller scones Chop your butter up into little cubes and 'rub' it into your flour mix. I YouTubed 'rubbing' -- it basically is what it says on the tin but I learnt that lifting the flour while rubbing would add a nice bit of helpful air. Why not YouTube it too if you're perplexed? Do this until your flour and butter resembles bread crumbs. Next, stir in your sugar. Then crack your eggs into a milk jug, beat and top with your milk (to the 10fl oz region).Stir into your