I love a good staycation. “What on earth is that?” I hear you cry. Well my friends, a staycation is a holiday, away from home, but where you don’t actually have to travel very far. Last weekend I had a staycation at The Hoxton hotel in, you guessed it, Hoxton. Based on the Easy Jet [...]
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Best budget hotel in London? The Hoxton
Posted in London hotels, Reviews, Travel, tagged budget hotel london, east london hotel, pret lite breakfast, sinclair beecham on February 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Endellion, Watergate Bay
Posted in Cornwall, Reviews, Travel, tagged beach retreats, endellion, newquay holiday home, watergate bay on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Turn next left and you have reached your destination.” Thank god, I was getting ready to rip the sat nav off the dashboard. The soft and huskey tones of the woman giving us directions was starting to grate on me. If only I could have changed the voice to, say, David Hasslehoff or David Attenborough, [...]
Gospel Brunch at Altitude 360
Posted in American, £ x 3, Cuisine, Events, London restaurants, Reviews, Travel, tagged altitude 360, gospel lunch london, london community gospel choir, millbank tower on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The weather last Sunday may have been cloudy and overcast but the views from the 28th floor of the Millbank Tower were astounding. We arrived at 12pm and were shown to our table for brunch. But this was no ordinary brunch; this was Gospel at Altitude 360. As I stared out at the London skyline, [...]
Cowshed Hot Stone Massage, St Moritz Hotel
Posted in Cornwall, Reviews, Spas, Travel, tagged cornwall spa, cowshed st. moritz, hot stone massage, rock spa on January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Time stresses me out. I hate being late and nearly always arrive early. So imagine my stress levels when I realised that I had completely missed my hot stone massage at Cowshed at the St. Moritz Hotel in Cornwall. I’d booked it for the wrong day. Big whoops. Luckily the lovely manager understood and booked [...]
The Nare Hotel afternoon tea
Posted in British, Cornwall, Cuisine, Reviews, Travel, tagged cream tea cornwall, high tea cornwall, log fire hotel cornwall, the nare hotel on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ding Ding. The bell rings and the receptionist immediately comes bounding through the door, all smiles. “Can I take your coat madam”, I am asked before being shown to an armchair situated by a soft glowing fire. I am surrounded by traditional furniture and an old grandfather clock ticks tocks in the background. The last [...]
First Great Western Pullman Carriage review
Posted in Reviews, Trains, Travel, tagged dining on a train, first class first great western, first great western, paddington to penzance food, pullman carriage, train food england on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Friday evening and London Paddington is buzzing with tired commuters awaiting their ride to freedom for the next couple of days. Sushi and sandwiches are munched, cans are cracked open and the aroma of (bad) coffee fills the air. I find myself sitting in a quiet and brightly lit waiting room, filled with complimentary [...]
Eden Project
Posted in Cornwall, Travel, tagged cornwall travel, eden project, eden project cafe, Mediterranean Biome, Rainforest Biome, st austell on December 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last week I walked around a rainforest. In England. Really, I did. I also took a stroll past olive trees, lemon trees and fragrant herbs in the Mediterranean. Don’t believe me? Then you obviously haven’t heard of the Eden Project in Cornwall. Situated in a former China clay quarry, the Eden Project opened in 2001 [...]
The Lugger, Cornwall
Posted in British, Cornwall, Cuisine, Reviews, Travel, tagged luxury hotel cornwall, the lugger hotel on December 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“Ohhh, you’re so lucky”, exclaimed my workmate when I told her that I was going to be spending my birthday weekend at The Lugger in Cornwall. Being from Cornwall herself, she had once treated herself to a night a couple of years ago and loved it. Driving down the narrow country roads in pitch black, [...]
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