Continue Reading Afternoon tea fit for a Duchess Carlton Towers The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at…
Continue Reading Reviewed – The Fleece in Addingham Nothing short of faultless (All images are my own) Put a beautifully presented, delicate plate of food in front of her resembling something that should be hung…
Continue Reading Black Swan Hotel – Helmsley An overnight stay in seventh (course) Heaven (Images are my own). When three of my absolute favourite things in life are rolled together into one glorious experience is makes me…
Continue Reading Freaked out by York’s first Freakshake At No. 88 Walmgate What’s overloaded, overindulgent over-the-top and over in York? The Freakshake that’s what! If you are out and about in York and want to…
Continue Reading Shall we push the boat out and have a cocktail? My five fave cocktails in Leeds and where to find them The Chocolate Orange Martini – Hotel Chocolat Roast & Conch A chocoholic’s one for the road I’m a sucker for a Terrys Chocolate Orange…
Continue Reading A lovely late lunch at the Devonshire Fell Hotel A Jewel in the Dalesway Crown There is no posh designer doggy wallpaper lining the upper walls of moody, oak clad, log fire-lit public areas either. There are…
Continue Reading It’s ‘Ginius’! Gin afternoon tea at The Grand Hotel York Trust me when I say that The Grand Hotel in York is very ‘ginerous’ with the quantity of gin and tonic that…
Continue Reading Sod it, it’s Sunday… And I just couldn't say no to jam roly-poly at the Chevin Inn I’ve been very clear all along that this is less about being on ‘a diet’, and more about changing bad habits and…
Continue Reading Office Christmas Parties – My Top 5 Hates And why Everybody's Social is where it's at for a great Christmas Get-together My top 5 Office Christmas Party hates: 1) Pre-ordering. An office of 50 choosing three courses in October and having to remember them…
Continue Reading Christmas – ‘Tis the season to pile on a stone Kicking off the season with a trip to Bettys It involved being pretty much arse-holed from the moment we got in the mini-bus at 10am on the Friday morning, to landing…
