Foodie delights in Maine

Foodie delights in Maine

Lobster is plentiful in Maine, but look beyond the lobster and there is an incredible choice of dining for visiting foodies.  We found a few treasures that I would recommend whole-heartedly.  But first to the lobster… Surprisingly enough, I had never had lobster, and so our first night staying at The Inn at…

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Staying in Maine – room at the inn

Staying in Maine – room at the inn

Maine is a gorgeous US state – the little corner of it we’ve seen so far certainly is.  Something of it that reminds me of Cornwall which is one of my favourite places.  Not necessarily the sights and sounds (or the enormous scale of it), but more its pace of life and the…

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A dining treat at Kota Porthleven

A dining treat at Kota Porthleven

We had a delicious early evening meal at Kota in Porthleven during our Easter trip to Cornwall (well known to be one of my favourite places).  Over the past few years new restaurants have been springing up all over Cornwall that are well worth investigating.  I have a strong preference for supporting a small…

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Cliveden House – a stately home staycation

Cliveden House – a stately home staycation

Cliveden House is quite possibly one of the most beautiful places we have stayed in.  It is very hard to know where to start when reviewing a hotel so wonderful!  Is it enough to say that I would happily have moved in and needed encouragement to actually leave? Hopefully the general message and seal…

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The Chedi Muscat

The Chedi Muscat

The Chedi Muscat had sat on my bucket list for a long time, well before this little blog and we treated ourselves to a visit a few years back!  Happily the whole experience was as good, if not better, than the reviews said!  It is an iconic hotel – not least this view.  It is…

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Fantastic foodie night in Winchester – The Black Rat and The Black Bottle

Fantastic foodie night in Winchester – The Black Rat and The Black Bottle

So – last year for Mr P’s birthday we were lording it in 5* luxury in the middle of a desert. This year I had it all to do to try and match that treat – I needed to find a perfect birthday dinner as we didn’t have holiday planned this year to…

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Country weekend at The Crown Inn

Country weekend at The Crown Inn

#Take12Trips got off to a splendid start this weekend! We enjoyed a thoroughly relaxing time at The Crown Inn, in Elton, on the Cambridgeshire / Northamptonshire border. I hadn’t been able to arrange the Parker diary to visit in December as hoped so we had been looking forward to a wintery mini-break for a…

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American Airlines Business Class – LHR to MIA

American Airlines Business Class – LHR to MIA

I’m very loyal to British Airways, but for a recent business trip the flight time on a BA code share with American Airline’s to Miami was much more amenable and so I took the brave step.  This step was buoyed along by the fact that the flight was on one of AA’s brand new…

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UPDATED Washington Dulles BA Lounge & the BA216 A380 home

UPDATED Washington Dulles BA Lounge & the BA216 A380 home

Just a couple of weeks ago, British Airways opened its new Galleries lounge at Washington Dulles Airport, coinciding with the new BA A380 route between IAD and London Heathrow. As chance would have it last week I was flying British Airways business class to and from Washington and so was able to visit!  Not…

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A great dame – the Chewton Glen

A great dame – the Chewton Glen

As my husband will confirm, I often ask him the question ‘when can we stay at the Chewton Glen next’ followed swiftly by the statement ‘i’d really like to stay in a treehouse there’…  In fact he might go so far as to say I sound like a broken record!  But the fact…

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