Hotel du Vin – November discounts in Harrogate, Tunbridge Wells, Newcastle & Glasgow

Boutique hotels offering a discount during November Hotel du Vin Harrogate – click here to view the discount Hotel du Vin Tunbridge Wells – click here to view the discount   Hotel du Vin Newcastle – click here to view the discount   Devonshire Gardens Glasgow click here to view … more

Competition – five pairs of luxury leggings worth £49.99 to be won

These lovely leggings would make a perfect present and/or stocking filler. Classy, sophisticated and alluring – these leggings will win you admiring glances, update your winter wardrobe and you will get compliments from other ladies – asking where you bought them! They are a combination of sheer nylon and luxurious … more

The Fox Inn, Great Barrington, Oxfordshire

The Fox Inn is set on the banks of the River Windrush in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty and most people’s idea of a quintessential English pub. My visit was on a Sunday evening following an afternoon at a place of contrasting culture Bicester Village. So after leaving … more

The Mash Inn, Radnage, Buckinghamshire

When I was invited to the Mash Inn – I naturally thought its name referred to potatoes…and looked forward to seeing the potato menu. But I was later to find out that there is a Mr Mash, who has transformed a run-down coaching inn built in 1745 into a boutique … more

National Trust Christmas Hampers help raise money to look after our special places

Delicious and distinctive, every tasty treat featured in our hampers and gift sets has been carefully selected; from sweet and savoury delicacies, including rich and creamy chocolates, to moreish artisan biscuits and fruity Christmas pickles and chutneys. All washed down with handmade flavours from our exclusive range of beverages. There’s … more

Paris House – Bedfordshire’s only Michelin-starred restaurant – review

Bedfordshire’s only Michelin star restaurant is tucked away in a corner of England’s finest countryside, within beautiful piece of parkland on the Woburn Abbey estate. It’s barely sign-posted on the A4012 so I miss the entrance and end up a few miles down the road in quaint Woburn village. I … more

Review: The Fuzzy Duck at Armscote

If like me whenever you check out of a hotel room many of the toiletries “accidentally” fall into your wash bag the odds are they will have been supplied by Baylis and Harding, one of the leading brands in that field. But what we have in the Warwickshire hamlet of … more

Review: Five Alls – Filkins

The Five Alls Filkins It is not often that I get cross when I do these restaurant reviews, but after visiting the Five Alls at Filkins I was fuming, why have I not been here before , my sort of place, my sort of food. Filkins is about 30 minutes … more