A do love a day trip. Particularly if it involves a castle. And armour. And a pub. Our list of jaunts out of London is too short. We’ve been to a high table dinner at Oxford. We’ve jugged hare up near Cambridge. We’ve meandered down to Cornwall. We’ve stalked the pinnacle of pub lunches at […]
Day trips London
It was an invitation we couldn’t refuse. It’s only an hour and a bit from London, past nonchalant cows and a few forlorn sheep. It’s the final Sunday of Michaelmas Term when we arrive. This is another world. A place of C.S Lewis and TS Eliot. Of pendulous robes, blonde stone and sparkling minds. And […]
Sometimes you get an invitation that you just can’t refuse. “Why don’t you come up to the house for dinner? We can cook together in the afternoon? I’ll pick you up from the train.” One week and five hours later my hands are streaked with sticky blood. So is the handsome wooden table. In front […]
Eighteen months ago, I said “wouldn’t it be lovely to come to The Hinds Head for a pub lunch on a cold winter’s day?” I was right. Photo: http://www.hindsheadbray.com At the time I didn’t know how much of a reality that would be. We were in Bray having a drink before lunch at The Fat […]
Sometimes it’s about the food. Sometimes it’s about the people. And sometimes you’re lucky enough and the best of both collide in one meal. This is the story of the best pub lunch in the world. Yes, that’s right, the world. I’d heard nothing but good things about The Sportsman, from some pretty darn trustworthy […]