"full English" at all, but was going to do something that was not hardwork, and not like everyone else's. So. The three breakfasts were as follows:
1. Eggs Benedict
two halves of an muffin, buttered, topped with Parma Ham
and poached eggs served with Hollandaise Sauce. Toast and
home made preserves.
2. Sausage Breakfast
Four large pork chipolatas from local farm shop, four hash
browns, and two tomatoes halved and lightly fried, served with
tomato sauce. Toast and home made preserves.
3. Bacon Sandwich
Natural yogurt with fresh stewed rhubarb. Bacon sandwich made
with malted brown bread, no crusts, sliced thin and gently toasted;
four rashers of local, unsmoked back bacon. Served with tomato
sauce and a side of fresh mushrooms.
I have looked after many friends in my time, and regularly have my sister to stay for a week. It was therefore interesting, but not hard work to have a stranger in the house. The only thing I have never done before was do tea and coffee making facilities ..... got a big old tray, decorated it and varnished it, and on it went:
Kettle
Bottle of filtered water (from our tap, not from shop) - also drinking glass
Container with tea bags, coffee sachets, fruit and earl grey teabags, hot chocolate, sugar.
Mugs, small dish with spoon (handy to put used teabags in)
Small plate in case they bring in food (likely)
Container of milk
Serviette
Daily small treat (in this case, day one packet of chocolate eggs, day two, two banana flavoured biscuits, day three, packet of dried fruit and nuts).
Finally, little laminated welcome note telling guests how to switch on TV, what books they can take away if they like, what to do with their towels etc, and to ask if they need anything. Also, in the bathroom, a little tray with spare toothpaste, spare soap, spare shampoo just in case.
Yes, I did! Rosemary, that lovely Mediterranean herb which goes so well with lamb, which can be cooked into biscuits, scones, bread; can be used in other ways too. As an air freshener, you just need a sprig picked and left to dry for a day or two on a windowsill before setting the tip alight. It will flare up and fizzle out, giving off a thread of scented smoke. Mmmmm! You can throw a sprig or two onto the BBQ for smell and flavour; and you can also tie a sprig or two with ribbon and loop it round coat hangers to keep your wardrobe sweet smelling (and maybe moth free too, although I cannot guarantee that!). Finally, but very, very, very important - when Rosemary blossoms it attracts bees, and what could be better than that, in these days when bees seem in danger. So what better to plant in that odd corner of the garden that you haven't filled yet? It's evergreen, in Summer the flowers are blue, and do plant near the path, so that you can pick some for cooking, but also you can just pull your hand through the bush as you walk by to release the smell. 
