With their white blossoms blowing in the breeze, damson trees mark spring across the south of Cumbria. For those living here, they are not just a beautiful sight but a reminder of a once-thriving ...

Rick Stein uses a food processor to whizz together the topping for his sticky damson cobbler – it's up to the oven to do the hard work. Spread the damsons over the base of a 2 litre/3½ pint ...