Work from Home Essential No. 3: A Favourite Coffee Shop

I love coffee shops and I find that having one close by is a great advantage when you’re working from home.  It provides a venue for all sorts of occasions – somewhere to go just for a change of scene, for a treat when you’ve completed something difficult, for a different environment in which to get your creative juices flowing, and to meet people either to discuss work or have a good old chat.

My favourite here in Frome is Divas, which is in the same building at the bottom end of town as Black Swan Arts, a gallery and shop, and some artists’ workshops.  The counter display of colourful and healthy food makes you want to start at one side and work your way across to the other, ditto the cakes ranged across the top.  You can sit outside in the pretty courtyard if the weather’s good, and browse the local and national papers while slurping the excellent coffee.  Its only disadvantage is that it’s next to the library, where as you know I’m a regular visitor, so maybe we drop in more than we should – ‘Fancy a coffee?’  ‘Oh, go on then.’