The Wyvill Arms, Constable Burton
Regular readers (hello you two!) will recall when The Black Swan at Oldstead was voted BEST RESTAURANT IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD by Sh*tadvisor. Ridiculous. Preposterous. Even they thought so. […]
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Tommy Banks Takeaway…
So, after two years of scrupulous self protection (the full works – quarantining the post, masks, food deliveries, isolating from practically everyone) we’ve finally caught Covid. Now that we’re triple […]
Jet Black Jewel Café Bar
Whitby in the winter. Cold, windy and bright brisk walk along the beach from Sandsend (have you seen the house prices in Sandsend!!!…Ed) to Whitby, about 45 minutes. Getting the […]
Origin Northallerton
Northallerton. Population 16,832. County town of North Yorkshire. Home to one of Bettys outliers. Barkers wonderful department store. The Aladdin’s cave that is Lewis & Cooper – the north’s (better) […]
The Olive Tree, Bath
Bath. It really is splendid. The miles of elegant stone terraces are for Bath what Persimmon is doing everywhere else. Well, that’s a touch unkind; Bath saw a great expansion […]
Seven Lucky Gods, Bristol
So, can it really be two years since we wrote this post and left it languishing right through the Great Covid Disaster? Yes…it can. It’s clear that Bristol has become […]
Frog XVI, Paris
At some stage in the past couple of years a dear friend suggested we cycle to Paris. From London, not North Yorkshire. COVID-19 put paid to the adventure in 2020 […]
Le Citrouille, Paris
We’ll, we didn’t really intend for our first significant foray after 18 months of confinement to be to Paris. A long awaited cycling trip to accompany a good friend saw […]
Drunken Duck Inn, Barngates
Another revisit. This time to our old favourite, the Drunken Duck between Windermere and Coniston. Oh how we’ve missed you. After a typical glorious Yorkshire summer, over here in the […]
Kysty, Ambleside
Regular readers will know we’re fans of Mo’l and Jay R from the Grauniad but we haven’t quite clicked with the humour of Grace Dent, and consequently haven’t slavishly recorded […]
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