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, […]
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Martin Wishart at Cameron House, Loch Lomond
Although we haven’t counted, there seem to be just as many great places to stay and eat in Scotland as England. Many are housed in the places Scotland does best […]
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 […]
Mount Stuart Visitor Centre, Isle of Bute
Visitors’ Centres can seem the holy grail for architects. That chance to design something without the usual constraints – there are constraints of course, as with all buildings, but there […]
Holbeck Ghyll, Windermere, Lake District
Remember the Queen’s Silver Jubilee weekend in 2012? She and Phil have to put up with a lot, travelling everywhere, always having to appear happy and cheerful no matter what […]
Royal Hotel, Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire
There’s a great walk from Staithes along the edge of the cliffs to Runswick Bay. Marvellous scenery and bracing breezes give you a good appetite for lunch at either end. […]
Locanda Santi Apostoli, Venezia
At this time of year we’re looking forward to sunshine and longer days, light evenings and warmth. We have several friends who manage to escape to warmer places in the […]
Gribdale and Captain Cook’s Monument, North Yorkshire
No, there wasn’t any snow on Christmas Day, but the day was fine and dry and, although the promised sunshine was more than a little weak, it was a good […]
Old Cataract Hotel, Aswan
There are three famous hotels on the Egypt “Grand Tour”. Mena House at Giza, The Winter Palace Hotel in Luxor and the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan. All with great […]
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