Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Dinner at Regatta Restaurant

June 12, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

When I’m away for short breaks I always end up booking places to eat to make sure I can get into what looks to be the best restaurants. Part of me feels ‘going with the flow’ and just turning up at dinner time to a place that looks good and what I’m in the mood […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: A Morning Walk to Thorpeness & Lunch at Aldeburgh Market

June 11, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’d heard of Thorpeness due to a number of TV programmes over the last year or so featuring well-known personalities like Kate Humble and Michael Portillo walking the Suffolk coast. It’s only a couple of miles north of Aldeburgh – about half an hour’s walk – and so many people had recommended I walk there […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Supper at The Lighthouse

June 10, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Well finding good places to eat is essential to Travel Gourmet when it comes to holidays! I must confess, however, that I didn’t have any idea what was on offer in Aldeburgh until after I’d booked my stay at The Cross Keys and started looking at restaurants here. When I saw The Lighthouse listed as […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: In the Footsteps of Benjamin Britten

June 10, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

I had no idea of the strong connection between Aldeburgh and Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) when I decided to come here. I soon discovered it though, for it would be almost impossible to read about Aldeburgh or indeed come here and not see and hear references to the great composer everywhere. Britten was born in Lowestoft […]

Aldeburgh, Suffolk: Arrival at The Cross Keys

June 9, 2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

Booking a short holiday in Aldeburgh was based on wanting to explore Suffolk, which I don’t know, and staying right by the sea. I love being by the sea. By the time I’d looked at what was on offer via Booking.com from Southwold southwards, I found The Cross Keys and decided that looked like a […]

4 Nights in Worthing: Eat, Drink, Do

April 4, 2022.Reading time 13 minutes.

Why go and what to do In all honesty, I went to Worthing in West Sussex simply because it’s a short drive – almost directly south – from my home in SW London (about 1½ hours). I wanted a seaside break to look forward to in the spring but didn’t want to travel far. You can also […]

Worthing: Last Day

April 3, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

I’ve been incredibly lucky with the weather here in Worthing. And as if to prove that I chose exactly the right days to come down, the forecast for tomorrow changes dramatically showing rain all day and strong winds. I’d thought I might hang around for the morning, have an early lunch and then head home, […]

Worthing: Dinner at Bayside Social

April 3, 2022.Reading time 6 minutes.

By one of those happy coincidences, after booking my trip to Worthing, I noticed a restaurant review by Jay Rayner in the Observer in January in which he wrote enthusiastically about Bayside Social. Located on Beach Parade, Rayner describes it thus: ‘The coast in winter can be bracing. But Bayside Social in Worthing proves to […]

Worthing: Cafes & Food Shacks

April 2, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

I’ve always been a cafe person. In many ways cafes are my favourite drinking and eating places – think especially the wonderful cafes of Vienna, Paris and Turin, steeped in cultural and political history. But even at home, I’m a regular seeker of a morning coffee and croissant in a favourite cafe. So, it was […]

Worthing: Dinner at Pitch Restaurant

April 2, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

After booking my trip to Worthing, I remembered it’s where my good friend Tina’s son lives. When I talked to her about it, she said she’d come down while I was there and we could spend some time together. It was fantastic to look forward to her company and she also recommended some restaurants, including […]