The River Café, London
The other River Café. Founded by Ruth Rogers and Ruth Gray, the restaurant has been the training ground of a whole generation of talented chefs – and celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver, Hugh […]
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Villa Kaliopa, Kut, Vis Island
The island of Vis lies about 20 NM off the coast of Croatia, roughly south-south west of Split, through the gap between Brac and Šolta. During Tito’s reign the island was […]
Grill Rato, Scedro, Croatia
We seem to have featured a lot of Yorkshire recently [and what’s your point?…ed] so we now come to another in the series “Top Ten Settings”. This doesn’t have spectacular […]
The Britannia Inn, Elterwater, Lake District
The area around Ambleside and Keswick offers some of the most beautiful walking in the south of the Lake District. Elterwater is at the foot of the Langdales valley and […]
The Punch Bowl, Crosthwaite, Lake District
There are some stunning places to stay in the Lake District – many very luxurious with restaurants with plenty of accolades – The Samling, Hollbeck Ghyll, Miller Howe, Sharrow Bay […]
Bettys Café Tearooms, North Yorkshire
Bettys really deserves six entries on this blog; York, Little Bettys in Stonegate, Harrogate, Harlow Carr, Ilkley and Northallerton. 21st century heaven…and 20th century…and should have been 19th century too […]
Irati Taverna Basca, Barcelona
Strolling down La Rambla, avoiding the pickpockets…the top five cities for pickpockets are all in Europe, see below*. It’s all a bit touristy here, but there are some gems. See […]
Mount Grace Priory, North Yorkshire
Mount Grace is never going to be a tourist hot-spot, but its definitely worth a visit. It’s very easy to get to [right off the A19 in North Yorkshire] and […]
Shoe Shop, Fortress Road, London
And before you ask, it’s not a shop. Though was one once. Could be part of the trendy “find the roots” of the buildings as they become new eateries or […]
Ronnie Scott’s, Soho, London
One of the truly great jazz clubs in the world. Started in late 1959 by saxophonist Ronnie Scott, the club has hosted all the great jazz players. Our first visit […]
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