No. 10 The Coffee House , Haworth

On Saturday I thought I had died and gone to scone heaven.

We started out to go to Haworth and stopped off for a cup of tea and a nosey at the Scar Top sale. Having purchased a bookcase and a cold cup of tea we abandoned our original idea of going to Haworth and decided on a trip to Keighley.
We had not been to Keighley before and soon discovered why as we drove through it and back out again !!
So deciding to revert back to our first plan we headed back to Haworth. We approached from a side of the town that we had never seen before. A quick look at the steam trains and the park took us to join Main Street and familiar ground.
We were looking in a cake shop window and I said to my husband.
     'Those fat rascals don't look as nice as Betty's ( we usually had them in Betty's tea rooms in Ilkley and Harrogate )'
   'They're better than Betty's ,' said a voice behind us.
   I turned and the guy who had made the comment said again.
  'much better, but if you want the best Fat rascals you want to go to NO.10 at the bottom of the street. Ask for Claire, she'll see you right.'
  'No. 10 ' said I , making sure I heard right.
  'That's right. If Claire was in harrogate she would put Betty's out of business.'
We don't need telling twice and with our tum's rumbling anyway we hot footed it down the hill to NO. 10.
It was a B and B and Coffee shop and we probably hadn't noticed it before because it had it's door shut and it had a B&B sign. But we opened the door and we were welcomed by that Angel called Claire ( who declares herself 'away with the fairies' .... so we have a lot in common.)who found us a table and broke the bad news that she had run out of fat rascals and plain and cherry scones. But if we really wanted plain scones she could probably whip some up in 15 to 20 minutes for us. Then she offered us Orange and walnut scones with Mascarpone and fig compote or a choice of cakes off her menu board.
I am not telling you fibs. That scone was heavenly. The service was excellent and the ambiance warm and welcoming. I have no hesitation in recommending it to everyone taking a trip to Haworth. Claire only makes cakes and scones, not meals, but they are well worth that special effort to find her Coffee House after a meal somewhere else or for just a snack.
Also if you phone ahead she will try to make you a batch of scone/cake for you to pick up and take home. We took home two slices of Raspberry and Almond slice to eat after tea the next day. Very yummy.
   And to think if we had either followed our original plan to go to Haworth first or if we had stayed in Keighley we wouldn't have known about her delicious scones and cakes.
Funny how things work out.
Spooky.!