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We arrived at breakfast to find that it was a self service buffet arrangement. The choice was extensive although the experience wasn’t entirely pleasant. Some guests picked up bread then changed their mind and put it back in the stack. Others were crowding around the toast machine and coughing and sneezing whilst waiting for the [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Durham 2021
Newcastle & Durham Day Five
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2021
For breakfast I chose the continental option which was delicious. Afterwards, we returned to the Cathedral to appreciate some of the things that I had learned about in the guidebook I purchased the previous day. Some of the Cathedral’s features were now temporarily covered over for a student graduation event. It was lucky that we [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Malvern 2021
Ted Doing His Thing…
… in Ledbury
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2021
We set off on our journey in glorious sunshine; planning to have lunch on the way. The SatNav was advising an hour’s delay on the motorway so we decided to take a detour which led us to a lovely café that we have previously visited, The Café Craycombe at Fladbury in the Vale of Evesham.
We [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2021
Filed under Holidays, Jesmond Dene & Cornhill 2018
The Collingwood Arms
The Collingwood Arms is a grade II listed Coaching Inn built during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. On first appearance there are tell-tale signs of the hotels Georgian roots with its archetypal centred entrance and the somewhat symmetrical frontage including the grand single paned sash windows that flood the hotel with natural light.
It [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 2nd 2018
After experiencing two days of toast arriving after my cooked breakfast was served I had a cunning plan. I ordered a piece of toast to come with my cooked selections. On this occasion the table toast arrived before my breakfast so I need not have ordered a piece to come with my breakfast!
When we had [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2018
