A Winter Flame (33 page)

Diolch o gallon i
Owen Williams who has been an ‘effin’ godsend. I’m sorry I made you translate so much filth, Owen – especially as I rather enjoyed doing so.

Thanks to Yummy Yorkshire (www.yummyyorkshire.co.uk) for the ice-cream flavours inspiration. The current size of my bottom is your fault.

Thanks to dashing Major Dan Jarvis MP for being both an officer and a gentleman and helping me with the military detail.

Thanks to my
Come Dine With Me
friend ‘Party Paul’ Hoyle – for being a top bloke, and Dennis Higgs for telling me all about dear Ben the lion who really did patrol his
premises, like a nice frozen sheep’s head on a warm day, go driving in the van with him and play football with a box in the yard. People can say what they like about Barnsley, but we know how
to stop burglars.

And to Andrew Stenton at Billingley Christmas Tree Farm in Billingley S72 0JF ([email protected]) for helping me with Christmas tree and reindeer details and letting me
pet ‘Comet’, ‘Cupid’ and their lovely baby. Sometimes research is just too good.