The heat is on as our AGA lady riders head for the kitchen

Fresh from their season long battle on point-to-point courses around the UK, some of our leading AGA lady riders - plus a course secretary, are heading for the kitchen on Friday this week. Their culinary skills will be put to the test in an altogether different kind of battle when they descend on the Divertimenti Cookery School in Marylebone, where TV chef Rachel Green will be putting them through their paces in a fun filled session.

The AGA Champ!

The session has been arranged so that we can bring together the winners of our additional categories, plus our two new champions, for an end of season celebration. A delicious menu has been designed for this hands on session which will be more fun than challenging, but will certainly involve some trickier elements - such as making mayonnaise by hand.

Inaugural AGA Total Control Champion Claire Hart, her mum Helen, and Simon Hart (winner of
best secretary), with Power Shared following his win at Littlewindsor

AGA goes to Coward country, Skackleton, North Yorkshire

I recently paid a visit to the home of our new AGA Champions, Jacqueline Coward and Amicelli, as ever the welcome was as warm as the Yorkshire sunshine, here's the story in words and (lots of) pictures.

A visit to Yorkshire is always a pleasure - especially on a sunny day in May, and this one was no exception, even though I only managed to complete half of it. I made a rather woeful attempt to find the Mason yard - I have a map for next time, but fared rather better when it came to finding the Coward yard. 

L to R - "Cliff", Laertes, not sure and Chancery Lad
**thanks to Helen Schofield for help with names

"Franny" foreground, and Discussion Forum

Is that our AGA Champion? Sure is, and doesn't he know it!

I was anticipating a warm welcome from the Coward team and that is exactly what I got, although our reigning AGA Champion was confined to bed following a nasty bout of sickness ... mind you, she did manage to make it as far as the couch later in the morning!