The Kirkstyle Inn
So, what did the Romans ever do for us? Hadrian’s wall for one. A masterpiece of construction, not only in its day but even now. Completed in six years, our […]
So, what did the Romans ever do for us? Hadrian’s wall for one. A masterpiece of construction, not only in its day but even now. Completed in six years, our […]
We’ve never really been to Spain much, apart from Barcelona a couple of times, and Majorca (which doesn’t really count – beautiful though Sóller is). So, this September – before […]
It seems more and more London chefs are finding their home in the north, perhaps escaping from the madness (and cost) of southern/city prices, rents, rates, staffing shortage (hello Brexit […]
So, 2024 sees the remarkable, almost unheard of celebration of 50 Glorious Years of marriage of the deadly duo behind this blog. Married so long ago it was before we […]
Of course, we could have gone to the Three Chimneys (that old Skye favourite) or Loch Bay, the new Michelin Star in the north of the island. Or even Scorrybreac, […]
Great, highly consistent food, excellent wine by the glass (175ml), carafe, or bottle. Really good white burgundy at about £12 a glass. Not cheap but stunning. “Sharing plates”…what on earth […]
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 […]
It’s late November and the latest lockdown draws to a close, being replaced by a ‘Tier’ system which sees almost all of England in Tiers 2 and 3, and a […]
It’s been a long, long, lonely winter, as the Beatles might have said, before heralding the sun…and spring and, hopefully, an end to the [necessary?] measures that have restricted all […]
Well we guess the Black Swan holds a number of records – Trip Advisor ‘Best Restaurant in the World’ and now No 4 in the same league table. Remarkable. BTW […]