"Great thanks! We have just waved the cake off - it was like saying bye to an old friend. Told Nick to imagine he was taking a new born home from the maternity unit and make sure my sycamore tree got there in one piece. I know what you mean about…"

"AH that's a shame you can't come Barbara, tell Nick to stay, the cake will  be safer if you drive haha. We've assembled the top garden out of cake onto the board in the kitchen of the new tearoom and then had a sick…"

"Hi mel and all - your advice is too late the tower is made out of cake - it did start to lean a little like pisa but Lynn has done a bit of underpinning this morning and it looks fine now. we have included a bit of the leas (painting the cliffs was…"

"Hi Amy!!! Just seen your doing cakebook are you part of the Durham Cathederal Cake team? what a massive massive undertaking! Be great to see you on Sunday if you are coming to Gibside Suzy"

"Hi Suzy Our board is a similar size, I just got MDF from a local DIY shop and covered it in the tin foil stuff normal cake boards have on and that was only 90p from a cake shop, so just under £6 for the lot"

"oops try again.......We've decided to consentrate on the gardens as the Hall was gonna take up too much cake, time & money. So the hall will be made of polystyrene cake dummies decorated with fondant & such like. Plus i want to bring it…"

"It's going to be like taking a newborn baby home from the hospital, lots of slow driving and gentle corners....... what are people using for base boards? I was just going to get some wood cut from B&Q but if anyone has a better/ lighter…"

"Hi Barbara"

"Hi Mel o Our cake is on a board that measures 58 x 82cm not sure how tall it will end up as the tower is the last bit to go on - not looking forward to transporting it!"

"Right, B&Q it is for the baseboard and thanks for the chocks tip ours will be going in the back of a van and I hadn't thought about keeping it still!"

"Ours weighed a ton last year and we put a box in the middle. There's not much way round it, you just need a strong baseboard and lots of spare hands to carry. Dont forget you'll need to keep it level in the car too, so don't forget…"

"I'm worried about that too, our main cake part is made from 8, 12" squared fruit cakes, going to be heavy!"

"Tell me about it, our cake is gonna be 75x40x30cm. Let's hope they all stay in one piece"