Pancake Day fun at Slack House Farm in Gilsland

Owen Belton keeps an eye on his tossed pancake during the pancake day ran by the Point Church in Hexham in 2015. (Image: NQ)

So, as we countdown to the February 13, we take a look back at all the delicious pancakes made around Tynedale.

Isaac Maughan with the egg he collected from the hen house to make his pancake at Slack House Farm in 2015. (Image: NQ)The event provides the opportunity for people to make, and of course eat, pancakes, the day particularly popular with younger people. The tradition is well celebrated across the Tyne Valley, with a number of activities usually organised throughout the district.

Customers to Slack House Farm in Gilsland learn about farm production in 2015. (Image: NQ)In 2015, we sent a photographer to Slack House Farm, in Gilsland, to capture the festivities held down on the farm. Workers taught customers about life on a working farm, how food is produced locally and how the all important ingredients to make the perfect pancake.

Olivia Watson with the grain for the chickens during the Slack House pancake day. (Image: NQ)

Which customers thoroughly enjoyed - as seen in many of the photographs. 

nna Cuthbert and Olivia Watson whisking their eggs during the Slack House pancake day. (Image: NQ)

Our photographer also captured the activities at Point Church, based in Hexham, the same year.

The Point Church based at Priory School in Hexham held a pancake Fun Day on Sunday. Pictured is Hannah Cawood sending her rocket into the air. (Image: NQ)