Category: Holiday, trips and events

Holiday, trips and events

  • Week 26 – August 24th 2020 – Week 23 of lockdown

    Before leaving for the trip, we booked the “The Fish and Anchor Inn” as we had been here before and really enjoyed it.

    Obviously with Covid19, you expect there to be changes.

    We arrived and that’s when the issues started, they had us one system and not the other and the manageress completely ignored that Claire had the email confirmation. We thought we better stay as we didn’t think we would get in elsewhere.

    We finally got our table an hour later, even though it had been empty for 30 minutes.

    The starters were OK, nothing special.

    We ordered another round of drinks, now in normal times this is bad enough, but in Covid19 times you don’t expect a new glass to turn up with lipstick on, all the manageress could say was she told them off.

    Claire main meal was good, but mine the potatoes were clearly from a microwave and the vegetables were hard.

    The government Covid19 rules say there should be open windows and doors, but this obviously wasn’t the case as the windows were steaming up as more people came in.

    Thankfully this was on the “eat out to help out” scheme, so we saved £20 and thankfully didn’t get the virus.

    We will definitely not going back here.

    Note to self, check trip advisor before going to places.

  • Week 26 – August 24th 2020 – Week 23 of lockdown

    August was the “eat out to help out” campaign, to get the hospitality a boost after the lockdown.

    We had already supported our local Indian and now went for an afternoon tea at Browns in Bluewater.

    We felt very safe and Covid19 secure in the restaurant. It’s a lovely afternoon tea. More to come.

    Claire
    Happy wife is always a good wife ?
    Claire 2
    Claire drinking cocktails
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    MJ with cocktail ?
  • August 24th 2020 – Week 23 of lockdown

    This was a very enjoyable afternoon with Claire. Cocktails and afternoon tea in a lovely secure location.

    Though eating something that you know is something else is very strange. I have to say the chocolate flower pot and earth was to die for!! Yummy!!

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    Afternoon Tea, so very English and looks amazing
    Chocolate flower pot
    This was very confusing, eating a flower pot ?
  • Week 22 –July 27th 2020 – Week 19 of lockdown

    I decided this week, especially as Claire had not been used to working from home, that we would take a break to the Cotswolds.

    We would stay at The Wood Norton Hotel. Just hope the weather is still good in August.

  • Week 17 –June 22nd 2020 – Week 14 of lockdown

    With the weather being so good and wanting to stay fit and healthy, we went off to Knole Park.

    This has become our place to escape the virus and just relax.

    The great thing is, there are untold places you can enter the park from and it’s all free unless you want to go into the house, which has often been off limits because of the virus.

    Later in the year, Claire was to take one of the best amateur photographs I’ve ever seen!

    So watch this space 🙂

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    Roaming deer in front of the house
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    Deer
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    You looking at me?
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    Claire chilling
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