Posted in Eating Out, Out & About on Monday May 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Following last year’s major refit of its dining room, The George has become one of our favourite local eating destinations. Under the guidance of new landlady Emily Hammond, this family-run inn has moved decisively into “gastropub” territory, as befits the sparse elegance of the almost unrecognisable new dining area. Although still only in [...]
Posted in Eating Out, Favourite posts, Out & About on Monday April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Often when you have friends & family staying regularly you are looking for some different ideas of where to go & where to have a “nibble” out. Well this week I have been trying out some new places.
David Mellor - On the outskirts of Hathersage, a rather innovative design, a round building houses his [...]
Posted in About this site, Eating Out, Out & About on Monday April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
We have just added two new pages to this site: an “Eating Out” guide and a “Where To Go” directory.
The “Eating Out” guide lists all the local local pubs, restaurants, cafés and tearooms that we have reviewed on this site to date, along with star ratings. Click on each link to read our review. [...]
Posted in Eating Out, Favourite posts, Out & About on Saturday April 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been told that I need to expand my expertise from tea rooms into dining out. Now I have no problem with this, just in case you hadn’t realised I like my food and I’ll happily send my expenses in at the end of each month, but where to!
This evening we set off [...]
Posted in Eating Out, Out & About on Sunday April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Dimmingsdale
Last week a friend asked if I had been to Dimmingsdale & I had to say I’d never heard of it. It’s situated between Oakamoor and Alton Towers in a delightful valley along the River Churnet. So for the purposes of research three of us set out this afternoon to investigate. The area is lovely [...]
Posted in Eating Out, Out & About on Saturday April 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
For the benefit of all our readers (more than 10,000 now) we decided to try a new venue for tea today. It was an interesting experience at the Portrait Gallery Cafe at Harthill Hall. It is just off the B5056, before you turn right towards Bakewell & left to Youlgreave. The tea room is in a [...]
Posted in Eating Out, Events, Services on Saturday April 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Here is another date for your diary.
10-30am to 12 noon
Wednesday 23rd April
Coffee & Cakes at the Sycamore
A one off informal event; come along for a pleasant relaxing morning, visit the new shop and chat with fellow villagers. No charge for coffee or cakes. Who knows, if it is popular, more similar events might be organised.
Posted in Alsop, Church, Eating Out, Favourite posts, Out & About on Monday March 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Easter Monday, what shall I do today? Well checking the blog site gave me one idea, bearing in mind that I have a partner who is currently on crutches & can’t walk more than 200 metres. So I decided to go and start the process of testing out various eateries (purely I add [...]
