The King’s Arms, Prestbury, Cheltenham
We walk from our friends’ house in Cheltenham past the racecourse to the pub. We passed, or nearly passed, the other two pubs in this suburb of Cheltenham but made […]
Category Archives: Europe
Grand Café 1st Classe Amsterdam Station
Overnight on the Newcastle-Amsterdam ferry. It couldn’t have been easier. Parked the car, walked straight on, booked a table for an excellent dinner and then bed. We docked at 09:45 […]
Travelling by train in Europe
We’ve always enjoyed travelling by train. Early holidays involved non-corridor carriages from Leeds to Morecambe – make sure you get in the right compartment! Thirty plus years ago we travelled […]
I Cucci, Palermo
First night in Palermo. We’ve run the gauntlet of the market – by the time we’d arrived on the bus from Catania most of the stalls were packing up and […]
La Locanda dei Monacone, Napoli
Great – we can book this one. 7pm or 9pm. We’re old – guess which we go for? We’ve had a busy day strolling around Napoli. Tomorrow we head for the National […]
Café Murano, London
After a long day at Hampton Court we don’t want to stray too far from the hotel. We’re staying the Covent Garden hotel in, you guessed it, Covent Garden. We’ve […]
Moor Hall, Lancashire
So, as you eat lovely meals in a succession of great restaurants you’re constantly comparing one with another. “That was the best meal we’ve had…”. Until the next time, of […]
Fourth Floor Restaurant, Harvey Nichols, Leeds
Tonight was Small Island by Andrea Levy, at the (recently renamed) Leeds Playhouse. There’s a smart new entrance with café at (busy) road level, very handy for the access to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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