Tag: Seaside

Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight Hampshire UK   The first thing to know about the Isle of Wight when taking the ferry is to get out of the car and go up to one of the decks when you’ve parked your car.  M and I thought (wistfully as it turned out) that it wouldn’t take too

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South Sands Boutique Hotel: Devon

South Sands Boutique Hotel Bolt Head Salcombe Devon TQ8 8LL Tel: 01548 845900   Driving South West from London it was the last stage of pillows of green and auburn fringed hedgerows that confirmed I was in Devon. The beauty of modern navigation in a car is that it takes one the most ‘direct’ route not

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Albion House, Ramsgate: Kent

Albion House Albion Place Ramsgate Kent CT11 8HQ Tel: 01843 606630   Checking in to this smart shabby chicesque hotel is a lot like staying at a rich friends house. It doesn’t seem like a hotel more a very comfortable house by the sea. My room was small but had super views, one way a

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Trevornick Holiday Park – Cornwall

Trevornick Holiday Park Holywell Bay Cornwall TR8 5PW Tel: 01637 830531   Camping in Cornwall is always going to be exhilarating, when I went a couple of weeks ago nothing could have been better than a mini heat wave. With temperatures topping the late twenties there really wasn’t any need for extra blankets! Trevornick Holiday

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The Walpole Bay Hotel

Walpole Bay Hotel © Neil Hennessy-Vass

Cheese topped Cottage Pie The Walpole Bay Hotel   Fifth Avenue, Cliftonville Kent CT9 2JJ Tel: 01843 221703 A bygone era is ever present at The Walpole Bay Hotel.  The patina on the marble steps tells all.  Worn through popularity and loyalty their 98 years hold many a story.   It is really as if time

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