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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

Woman completes 10-year National Trust scone-tasting mission

Sarah Merker
Sarah Merker has finished her decade-long project to sample a scone at every possible National Trust site in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Photograph: Sarah Merker/PA

A woman from London has completed a decade-long mission to sample a scone at every National Trust location with a tearoom or restaurant.

Sarah Merker, 49, from Isleworth, west London, tasted scones at 244 National Trust sites across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Merker ranked and reviewed each scone on her blog, nationaltrustscones.com.

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