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News, reviews and opinions on everything to do with leisure, from hotels and holidays to food and fitness, by journalist and author Sarah Bridge

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    • Hotel reviews
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    • Cruise holidays
    • Epic Holidays
      • Trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
      • Stingrays, blue iguanas and deserted golden beaches in the Cayman Islands
      • Volcanoes and fire-dancing: a typical day in Papua New Guinea
      • My food tour of Japan: sushi, sake, puffer fish and bullet trains
      • Setting sail in the Arctic on ‘the world?s most beautiful sea voyage’
      • Asia
    • Ski holidays
    • Solo travel
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    • Europe
    • USA
    • Casinos
    • Beach holidays
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  • Recent Reviews
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    • Country house hotels
    • Hotels in London
    • Hotels in the Cotswolds
    • Hotels in the New Forest
    • Hotels with award-winning restaurants
    • My Top Ten Hotels
    • Posh pubs with rooms
    • Spas and spa hotels
    • Christmas and New Year hotels
    • Hotel reviews
  • Travel destinations
    • Adventure holidays
    • Caribbean holidays
    • Cruise holidays
    • Epic Holidays
      • Trekking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
      • Stingrays, blue iguanas and deserted golden beaches in the Cayman Islands
      • Volcanoes and fire-dancing: a typical day in Papua New Guinea
      • My food tour of Japan: sushi, sake, puffer fish and bullet trains
      • Setting sail in the Arctic on ‘the world?s most beautiful sea voyage’
      • Asia
    • Ski holidays
    • Solo travel
    • UK
    • Europe
    • USA
    • Casinos
    • Beach holidays
  • Mind & Body
    • Fitness and weight-loss
  • Food and drink
    • Restaurant reviews
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Relaxing in the Lake District at Gilpin Hotel and Lake House
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Relaxing in the Lake District at Gilpin Hotel and Lake House

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added April 28, 2023
It isn’t often that you open the curtains of your hotel room to find a group of llamas peering in at you, but then a stay at Gilpin Hotel and Lake House in the Lake District is no ordinary stay. This five-star luxury hotel near Windermere set in 21 ...
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A stay at Hambleton Hall Rutland, possibly the perfect country house hotel
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A stay at Hambleton Hall Rutland, possibly the perfect country house hotel

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added April 3, 2023
If you're looking for the perfect country house hotel then Hambleton Hall Rutland must be high on the list. Dating back to 1881, this classic luxury hotel in Britain's smallest county has just 15 bedrooms and two suites, each one individually styled ...
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A Suffolk hotel with angelic food at The Angel Inn Stoke-by-Nayland
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A Suffolk hotel with angelic food at The Angel Inn Stoke-by-Nayland

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added January 26, 2023
You don't get to be included in the Sunday Times' list of Best Places to Stay 2023 without good reason, and I was intrigued to find out what The Angel Inn Stoke-by-Nayland in Suffolk had to make it stand out from other great British hotels. Following...
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A unique stay at the Rectory Manor hotel near Lavenham in Suffolk
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A unique stay at the Rectory Manor hotel near Lavenham in Suffolk

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added January 8, 2023
The Rectory Manor Hotel near Lavenham is a hotel stay like no other. For a start, it's more like a B&B rather than a hotel, offering bed and breakfast 'in the style of a hotel' (according to its website), but as breakfast is charged separately to...
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A luxury hotel stay close to Tate Modern at Hilton London Bankside
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A luxury hotel stay close to Tate Modern at Hilton London Bankside

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added January 5, 2023
With rooftop beehives, a 'Vegan Suite' and classic films playing in the lobby depending on the season, Hilton London Bankside is not your typical chain hotel offering. It's also the closest hotel to Tate Modern, which makes it the ideal location to s...
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The perfect gourmet break at Northcote luxury hotel Lancashire
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The perfect gourmet break at Northcote luxury hotel Lancashire

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added January 5, 2023
Some hotel visits stay in your memory long after the trip itself, and my recent stay at the Northcote luxury hotel Lancashire was a case in point. Not only was it a lovely hotel located just outside the vibrant and friendly town of Clitheroe, with lu...
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Handel’s Messiah The Live Experience – a Covent Garden crowd-pleaser
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Handel’s Messiah The Live Experience – a Covent Garden crowd-pleaser

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added December 16, 2022
I honestly thought my mum was going to join in at one point. We were at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane - normally home of Frozen, the Musical - at Classical Everywhere's one-off performance of Handel's Messiah The Live Experience and during a partic...
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7 of the best Eurocamp holidays in France
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7 of the best Eurocamp holidays in France

  • by Sarah Bridge
  • added November 22, 2022
7 of the best Eurocamp sites in France - by someone who's been to them all! The biggest problem with trying to book a family holiday is that parents and kids usually want different things, writes guest reviewer Rachel Bridge. Kids want to go camping...
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Exploring Paddington and Wilde Aparthotels by Staycity Paddington London
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Exploring Paddington and Wilde Aparthotels by Staycity Paddington London