Wykeham Arms, Winchester
We’ve been to Winchester a few times and, though it would be tempting to stay in the Hotel du Vin, there’s a little pub that offers much better atmosphere, food, […]
Category Archives: England
Mizen Head Hotel, Bamburgh, Northumberland
As most of you will know, the County of Yorkshire has just a few more people than the aspirationally independent country of Scotland [Ecosse] with around 5.3m people. Whilst the […]
The Ship, Low Newton, Northumberland
We’re starting to find pubs in the north where you can listen to some decent live music – jazz, blues, folk even [no, not country thanks]. There seemed to be […]
Rick Stein’s Restaurant , Padstow, Cornwall
The acclaimed Star at Harome, the pub with the thatch – oh, and really, really good food – spawned a whole industry in the village of Harome; places to stay, […]
The Wheelhouse Crab & Oyster Bar, Falmouth
Wow, Cornwall is a long way from Yorkshire. Well, to be fair, it’s a long way from anywhere. We were forced to break the long trek at the Queensberry Hotel […]
Fodder, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Fodder. That name seems to conjure up thoughts of feeding cattle on a rural farm, perhaps hay or kale or silage. Agricultural, steady, purposeful, playing its part in sustaining the […]
Jolly Fisherman, Craster, Northumberland
There always seem to be programmes about railway journeys on the television – Michael Portillo‘s Great Railway Journeys are actually quite good. He’s an awful lot better doing this than […]
The Ship, Porthleven, Cornwall
About a hundred years ago we had a couple of holidays in Cornwall, right down at the bottom, on the Helford River. The weather was well, Cornish. Sunny [mostly], warm […]
The Olive Branch, Clipsham, Rutland
We do like travelling, the journey itself time to relax and enjoy the scenery, whether it’s familiar or new. We’re often reminded of Robert Lewis Stevenson’s “to travel hopefully is […]
Le Champignon Sauvage, Cheltenham
We got in just in time, a couple of weeks before the Cheltenham Festival started [10th – 13th March 2015], so there was a table available for a mid-week lunch. […]
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