We have to send a massive shout out to our friends at Asda today. This morning the postman delivered a whole load of pumpkins and pumpkin carving kits. We sent out the call and the competition was on! Red Letter Days staff ran over to claim the best pumpkins, creative carving commenced and the seeds flew. There are no words, enjoy….

Halloween has crept up on us this year, and now it’s just around the corner. It’ll soon be time to answer the door to the neighbours’ mini ghouls and hand out treats to grasping fingers. Time to watch scary films like 28 Days Later as they play in a seemingly endless loop on TV. And definitely time to find out what’s happening on everyone’s favourite undead series, The Walking Dead. And with all that supernatural energy around and all those terrifying zombies on our screens, those evil clowns in the news and miniature monsters on our doorsteps begging for sweeties, there’s never been a better time to take on the…

We sell a great experience with Wild Card Brewery and it would be easy to talk you through the details recently when two dedicated staff attended their Brew A Beer Day. But as well as loving the beer making experience, they came back full of interesting stories about this young brew house. So we thought we’d share with you some little known but fascinating facts about Wild Card.

The baking phenomenon is in full swing, partly thanks to that well-known baking show that has controversially moved to Channel 4 – The Great British Bake Off. We love GBBO here at Red Letter Days, so in homage to our favourite programme and our new favourite pastime, we spoke to Seasoned Cookery School, who have given us a delicious bread baking recipe for you to recreate at home!

Lets go loco about cocoa, after all it is Chocolate Week (10 – 16 October). We consulted chocolate connoisseurs Hotel Chocolat, to discover what flavours each different cocoa region produces and how best to make the most of each distinctive flavour. Warning: the below content is guaranteed to make you hungry!