On the 1st of October, Christmas seemed like a very long way off. A glass of ice-cold Pimms in hand, I surveyed the scene.
Reminiscing Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
As temperatures slide towards the single figures, my mind turned back to my time at the world’s most northerly castle hotel, a place I was very sorry to leave.
Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
Of course, no seaside town would be complete without ice cream and fish and chips shops, both of which are available in abundance.
Vintage Festival at the Southbank Centre
Vintage by Hemingway is a three day festival to celebrate everything vintage – from art, design, music to film, fashion and of course, food.
Cloudy Bay Crab Shack with Skye Gyngell
The Cloudy Bay Crab Shack returns to Parson’s Green again, but with Skye Gyngell of Petersham Nursery as the resident chef this year.
“Catch and Cook” in Torbay with Simon Hulstone
A short while later, we stop in the middle of the bay in a seemingly random spot. The crew promises that there is mackerel to catch.