Mannion & Co, Helmsley
As a change from walk + lunch this time we branched out: a visit to D T Mathewson’s auction room in Pickering. Classic Cars. The antidote to William Shakespeare. Time […]
Monthly Archives: March 2026
Socious, Burnham Market
First of three nights of heaven in Norfolk. A place of many memories when our children were small – dodging the incoming tide across the salt marshes, paddling across the […]
La Faim des Haricots, Toulouse
A one night stand, as it were, to make hotel availability work between the Spanish Paradore and Carcassonne. We’re in a simple but quirky hotel right by the river (the […]
L’Adresse, Sarlat
Scene of great family holidays so long ago, this was a sentimental revisit. A place where our two very young sons opted to eat at a pizza place a few […]
Vine House Café, Helmsley
After the wet [wet??…Ed] January and February we snatched a couple of shortish walks to stop us going round the bend…even more than we are now. The Dales are always […]
Heredad Beragú, Spain
First proper stop on our road trip. We arrived in Bilbao very early and motored to the Arts Hotel. A proper grown up smart international hotel with uniformed staff who […]
Sanders Yard Bistro, Whitby
Spring! IS NEARELY HERE! Well, its late February and the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the serving staff at Sanders Bistro can’t do enough for us, so […]
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