The Boat at Erbistock – a beautiful riverside pub

The Boat at Erbistock has been a favourite pub of mine for many years. I first visited in the late 70s. It’s where I had my first “fine dining” experience. I still remember the delicious…

Best Bars in Chester

Chester is in the top ten of the most popular UK city destinations for both British and overseas tourists and has a huge selection of bars and pubs. Living only 6 miles from this beautiful…

Barbados Trip Report 2020

I finished writing this trip report just over 2 weeks ago just as we saw an escalation in the dreadful Coronavirus across the world. I felt at the time it would be in appropriate to…

A long weekend in Granada – Spain

Every year we have a break with a group of friends, three couples. Each couple has to take responsibility for the arrangements for this annual trip. They have to choose the destination which has to…

Review: The Golden Lion in Rossett – a great local pub

We are very fortunate to have a great local in the village we live in, The Golden Lion. When we are not on our travels you have a good chance of bumping in to us…