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Fine dining: Noel Corston at NC@EX34

Trish Burgess Posted on15/05/201617/09/2017 Devon, restaurant, Reviews 3 Comments
Noel Corston scallops

Although we would probably have been quite happy feasting on local fish and chips for a whole week, we made a family decision before we arrived in Woolacombe to try out Noel Corston’s fine dining

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A Unique Home Stay in Tamarisk Beach House

Trish Burgess Posted on04/05/201609/05/2016 Devon 21 Comments
Sunset Lundy Island

Imagine a house, perched high up above a beach, with views down to the sand and across the horizon. Imagine it’s a 1930s home, lovingly restored by an interior designer, who has kept the authentic

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In the Buff

Trish Burgess Posted on24/04/201615/07/2017 Reviews, Travel gear 15 Comments
in the buff

“Can I have a Buff?” “No, what’s wrong with a scarf?” “But look what you can do with them – you can wear them as a neckerchief, a headband, a beanie, a bandana – they

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Backing up your computer files if you aren’t good at that sort of thing…

Trish Burgess Posted on31/03/201615/06/2016 Reviews 3 Comments

                  For someone who spends a lot of time on the computer, I really am quite a technophobe. I’m also not very sensible. Documents and photos have been

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The finer things in life at Sandals Royal Plantation Hotel

Trish Burgess Posted on10/11/201503/05/2017 hotel, Jamaica, Sandals 14 Comments

“Underneath the mango tree me honey and me….” Honey Ryder emerges from the warm Caribbean sea onto the shore in Jamaica wearing a white bikini, a knife at her hip and carrying two pearly pink

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Taking a close look at Beaches Ocho Rios and Beaches Negril

Trish Burgess Posted on05/11/201513/01/2019 Beaches Ocho Rios or Negril, Beaches Resorts, hotel, Jamaica 28 Comments

Island Routes Catamaran  As a family we have had several beach holidays but usually in the Mediterranean or the Canaries. We never thought it would be worth travelling further than Tenerife in order to experience

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Review of Mondrian Hotel, London

Trish Burgess Posted on22/09/201507/03/2019 hotel, London, Reviews 21 Comments

Exterior of Mondrian Hotel (courtesy of hotel) This hotel is now called Sea Containers, London Mondrian London only opened last year but has certainly made its mark as one of the best hotels in the

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A place to celebrate: review of Klaus K Hotel, Helsinki

Trish Burgess Posted on22/06/201507/03/2019 Finland, Helsinki, hotel, Reviews 19 Comments

  Room 707, Sky Balcony, Klaus K Hotel There can’t be many hotel rooms in the world where, hanging up on the wall near the mini-bar, is a guitar. A full size Spanish guitar and

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