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The New Forest
He stood there in the middle of the road, looking at us glazily through the windscreen. He didn’t move out of the way. He looked as if he had been on the local tanglefoot or […]
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DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel and Spa
Heavenly Harrogate is full of pomp and ceremony and dominating the skyline is the mightily named and magnificent Victorian DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel and Spa. It really is a den of beauty. From […]
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INNSiDE by Meliá Newcastle
Whey-Aye-Man, there’s some cracking art work in toon at one of Newcastle’s coolest hotels and it’s all local. Forward thinking bosses at INNSiDE by Meliá have teamed up with the nearby Baltic Centre for Contemporary […]
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Lifehouse Spa and Hotel
Swinging down gentle backroads through the Essex countryside and emerging at Lifehouse Spa and Hotel is like being teleported to Scandinavia. A cubic vision in light, white, glass-walled minimalism, it is a far cry from […]
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Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
There is more to the English county of Dorset than Thomas Hardy, thatched cottages and thatched bus stops. And thatching contractors with two year waiting lists. There are also crumbled shingle beds, rock doughnuts, a […]
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The Brudenell Hotel, Aldeburgh
Crashing waves. Briny breezes. Wide-open skies. Seagulls screeching and wheeling above white-tipped North Sea waves. The crunch of shingle underfoot and the childlike glee of racing down pebble banks. Aldeburgh touches deep. There are prettier […]
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Milsoms Kesgrave Hall
Arriving at Kesgrave Hall is like stepping into a period drama. The drive flows through woodland, where on this late February day snowdrops are scattered like white confetti and the first daffodils are peeking above […]
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The Pier at Harwich
There’s a nostalgia about arriving at The Pier in Harwich that is as pure as the briny breezes, silvery light and boom of the North Sea. The most elegant of all the buildings by the […]
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Glass House Retreat, Essex
A dragonfly hovers above the reed-fringed pond. I’ve been told the water is absolutely freezing but, in true Nordic spirit, I have spent a sweaty 15 minutes in the Finnish cabin sauna psyching myself up […]
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The George Inn, Norton St Philip
It is rather unsettling undressing in front of a literary icon. But Samuel Pepys, the 17th century English diarist, comes ensuite with a Tudor period staycation in one of the oldest inns in England. From […]