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
Category Archive: Pubs with rooms
Great BBQ, No Bull… | The Bull Pit at The Bull Hotel, Bull Lane, Wrotham, Kent TN15 7RF
Any regular readers will know, we live in a part of Kent that means weekend dining choices are pretty non-existent (unless we go to Bluewater, our town doesn’t even have a Pizza Express… 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
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
A hotel restaurant fit for a king | The Kings Arms Christchurch, 18 Castle Street, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1DT UK
If you’re reading our posts in chronological order then you should have already seen our review on The Christchurch Harbour Hotel. If you haven’t you can always click here – although it’s by… Continue reading
The Percy Arms, Chilworth, Guildford, Surrey GU4 8NP
This isn’t our usual style of review… It’s not just Saff and I or even just us and the kids, it was a group of seventeen* having a little get together in the… Continue reading
The Crown Chop House, 16 High Street, Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 0DH
There is nothing quite like eating a meal in the place in which you are staying. Knowing that when your belly is stuffed and you’ve had too much wine, all you have to… Continue reading
Checkout (10th edition – June 2012)
Polpo – new restaurant & cookbook www.polpo.co.uk So not only is Russell Norman opening his sixth restaurant, he’s also created a beautiful cookbook: POLPO: A Venetian Cookbook (Of Sorts). A mammoth book crammed… Continue reading
Fox & Anchor, 115 Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London EC1M 6AA
I’ve had my eye on this place for some time. I had been planning a secret birthday weekend for Ade’s 40th and needed somewhere to stay. The Fox & Anchor is a traditional… Continue reading