Amazing Spaces | The Outbuilding Appledore near Rye, Kent
One of the main things that I look for when spending the night away together is wherever we’re staying has to be way nicer than our house. I mean, that’s the whole point,… Continue reading
Category Archive: Hotels for food lovers UK
Piggin’ Out, Stayin’ In | The Pig In The Forest, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
The trouble with putting off visiting somewhere you think you’ll love is that it gets very hyped up inside your head. This is exactly what happened with The Pig. It’s probably been about… Continue reading
24 Hours At The Ned | The Ned, 27 Poultry, London
Shortly after I’d booked a trip to Paris for our birthdays and Marrekech for an early anniversary treat, Ade declared that he wanted to go to The Ned. Like really wanted to go!… Continue reading
Taking Some Time Out | Bel & The Dragon at The Swan, Kingsclere
Since Big Ben rang us into 2017, Saff and I have been working our bits off. It’s been relentless with me on a magazine redesign whilst Saff has been neck-deep in a new… Continue reading
Ocean’s Eleven (Out Of Ten) | Ocean Restaurant At The Atlantic Hotel Jersey, Le Mont de la Pulente, Saint Brelade, Jersey JE3 8HE
When you’re staying in one of, if not, the best hotels in Jersey then it would be rude and rather stupid to turn down a meal in their Ocean restaurant. Especially when said… Continue reading
This Is The (Island) Life! | The Atlantic Hotel Jersey, Le Mont de la Pulente, Saint Brelade, Jersey JE3 8HE
Jersey – the largest of the channel islands and one that holds happy memories of annual holidays as a child, right through to a teenager. I’ve been hankering after a trip back down… Continue reading
You Can Ring My Bell | The Bell “Apparently”*, High Street, Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 7AS
Every time we mentioned that we were planning on staying at The Bell in Ticehurst on Christmas day, we were amazed by the response. ‘I took my boyfriend there, you will love it!’… Continue reading
Curiouser and curiouser | Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea, Sanderson hotel, 50 Berners Street, London, W1T 3NG
If you’re not a) A woman or b) Planning a hen night you probably stopped reading this at the headline. The Mad Hatter’s afternoon tea at the Sanderson is largely full of groups… Continue reading
Miracle Mile | The Inn On The Mile, 82 High Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH1 1LL
Scotland holds so many happy childhood memories for me. During the late 70s and early 80s we would all jump in the back of my dad’s Alegro estate and make the epic journey… Continue reading
Great style, great food, Great Fosters | Great Fosters hotel and Tudor Room restaurant, Stroude Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 9UR
Weekends away for us usually consist of a certain style of hotel – modern, sleek and bursting full of all the mod-cons that we wish we could have in our own home. Great… Continue reading
And breathe… | Tudor Farmhouse Hotel and Restaurant, High St, Clearwell, Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire GL16 8JS
Take a couple of testing weeks at work, mix in the stress and expense of preparing for my son’s first day at ‘big’ school. Then sprinkle on an injured knee (a long and… Continue reading
COCKTAILS AT THE SANDERSON AND ST MARTIN’S LANE HOTELS
January has come to an end, the ‘pay back’ month is over. New year resolutions of healthy living/eating have been washed away by torrential rain. So we thought we’d cheer ourselves up with… Continue reading