Who says you can’t get a good cocktail at a Premier Inn?
13th September
Perseus & Medusa
Wishes do come true…
Speaking tubes in maze
centre of maze
view from centre of maze
display gardens
secret garden
Pirate ship
14th September
Claire photographing an Anthony Gormless statue
Morcambe
Midland Hotel bar
15th September
Doing the Morecambe walk
Today on the road we passed a train and a house
Striking the hammer on the marriage anvil at Gretna
16th September
Grey Mare’s Tail
St. Mary’s Loch
17th September
18th September
19th September
Mum and Norma
On the train to Edinburgh
Edinburgh Trams
There must be a social worker staying at the B&B with us
20th September
Head gardener’s house
Marble dairy
fuchsias
pheasants
Manderston House stables
woodland garden
woodland garden
Manderston House
Manderston House terrace
terrace
lake, footbridge and boating house
21st September
Something something dark side
22nd September
The Mustard Pot, Leeds
Sponge Bob’s house in Simon’s fish tank
23rd September
poppies
Restaurant Sat Bains
Seven course tasting dinner piss-take at Sat Bains Restaurant with rooms. I forgot to snap the scallops and crab before tucking in, but here are a few of the dishes…
Deer tartare with moss and thin slices of mushroom. Too little deer meat here to taste anything – I thought it was a squashed raspberry. The good thing about this dish is that it was paired with a lovely red wine from Washington state.
Roast partridge breast and fried leg served with beetroot.
Bridging course before the desserts – miso fudge and candy floss on a bed of twigs.
An Aero chocolate bar with the outside sliced off, mandarine jelly topped with cardamom infused grains of salt. Paired with a £4.99 supermarket Pinot Grigio.
Jammie dodger with ice cream and tomatoes. Paired with a £1.99 Asti Spumante Rose.