The Alice Hawthorn, Nun Monkton
Do you think the days of one, two or three Michelin restaurants are over? Or the dreaded ‘27 course tasting menus’? We were reading about that restaurant at the end of […]
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The Sugar Boat, Helensbugh
So, we’re in a heatwave. Likely to be the hottest EVER! Met Office issues first ever Red Heat Warning. Might be 40deg, although such hyperbole is rarely realised and it’s […]
The Blue Lion, East Witton
Today we’ve read Grace Dent’s eulogy on a pub in London (another pub in London, yawn…Ed) where she says “I’ve seen the future and it’s fine by me”. Well, we’ve […]
Oak, Bath
During two years of The Great Pandemic we’ve had just five days away. Two at Inver in July 2020, and three at the Drunken Duck in September 2021 when it […]
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 […]
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