It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

MallyGirl

Sea_Shell said:

MallyGirl said:

If you like that you would probably like Linthwaite House - https://leeucollection.com/UK
we stayed for 1 night dinner, B&B on the end of a week in a cottage in the Lakes. Not very MSE (unless you count not staying there for more than 1 night ) 

I bet they love walkers and their muddy boots!!! 


Anyone got any recommendations for anything a bit further south?   Preferably below the Liverpool/Sheffield line.

We also like The Pig hotel/restaurants - the one in Brockenhurst is lovely but we stay in a really nice nearby B&B rather than at the hotel. They have a new one in Arundel.

Staffordia

Sea_Shell said:

MallyGirl said:

Terron said:

I am waiting for my kitchen to be done (largely paid for by an inheritance). I booked it months ago and it should have started but has been delayed an extra 2 weeks.

As for a luxury stay in the UK can I suggest Northcote - www,northcote.com
I first went there for the 90th birthday of the person I inherited from and held my own 60th there.

If you like that you would probably like Linthwaite House - https://leeucollection.com/UK
we stayed for 1 night dinner, B&B on the end of a week in a cottage in the Lakes. Not very MSE (unless you count not staying there for more than 1 night ) 

I bet they love walkers and their muddy boots!!! 


Anyone got any recommendations for anything a bit further south?   Preferably below the Liverpool/Sheffield line.

Cley Windmill in Norfolk. Stunning location with beautiful quirky rooms. Bit biased as just got married there.

Sea_Shell

Staffordia said:

Sea_Shell said:

MallyGirl said:

Terron said:

I am waiting for my kitchen to be done (largely paid for by an inheritance). I booked it months ago and it should have started but has been delayed an extra 2 weeks.

As for a luxury stay in the UK can I suggest Northcote - www,northcote.com
I first went there for the 90th birthday of the person I inherited from and held my own 60th there.

If you like that you would probably like Linthwaite House - https://leeucollection.com/UK
we stayed for 1 night dinner, B&B on the end of a week in a cottage in the Lakes. Not very MSE (unless you count not staying there for more than 1 night ) 

I bet they love walkers and their muddy boots!!! 


Anyone got any recommendations for anything a bit further south?   Preferably below the Liverpool/Sheffield line.

Cley Windmill in Norfolk. Stunning location with beautiful quirky rooms. Bit biased as just got married there.

Ah, didn't know it was a B&B.  We drove past it when we we're in Norfolk earlier this year.  Lovely bit of coast.

However, DH is still traumatised by those narrow roads...that are a bus route!!

"We're never coming this way again" were his words IIRC 🤣😲

cfw1994

Sea_Shell said:

Our ISA's have broken thought the £200k barrier today!   WOW.

The last time we added any new funds was back at end of March 2021, when their total value was then £180,000.

£20k in 5 months.  That cannot continue....brace yourselves!!!!


In other news...

We've been to an English Heritage property today, which was about £25.   We took a picnic  (good job as the café was really busy)

We’ve talked about this before.  

Full Michelin afternoon tea only, please: 22k in FY22, remember?
🤪

Sea_Shell

cfw1994 said:

Sea_Shell said:

Our ISA's have broken thought the £200k barrier today!   WOW.

The last time we added any new funds was back at end of March 2021, when their total value was then £180,000.

£20k in 5 months.  That cannot continue....brace yourselves!!!!


In other news...

We've been to an English Heritage property today, which was about £25.   We took a picnic  (good job as the café was really busy)

We’ve talked about this before.  

Full Michelin afternoon tea only, please: 22k in FY22, remember?
🤪

We'd read in a couple of reviews that the cafe got really busy, so picnics were recommended (lots of nice tables to sit out at).

You haven't met my DH!   He does NOT do queueing!!!   And if he does, it will be under duress, and will involve swearing under his breath at "ditherers".    

(and we're not in 2022 yet either.....I'm building up to it!!!!    ) 

Ibrahim5

Sea_Shell said:

cfw1994 said:

Sea_Shell said:

Our ISA's have broken thought the £200k barrier today!   WOW.

The last time we added any new funds was back at end of March 2021, when their total value was then £180,000.

£20k in 5 months.  That cannot continue....brace yourselves!!!!


In other news...

We've been to an English Heritage property today, which was about £25.   We took a picnic  (good job as the café was really busy)

We’ve talked about this before.  

Full Michelin afternoon tea only, please: 22k in FY22, remember?

You haven't met my DH!   He does NOT do queueing!!!   And if he does, it will be under duress, and will involve swearing under his breath at "ditherers".    

My wife is a ditherer and it really is irritating. If you go out for a meal she has to send the waiter away 3 times because she can't decide whether to have the chicken or the lamb. Awful.

cfw1994

Sea_Shell said:

cfw1994 said:

Sea_Shell said:

Our ISA's have broken thought the £200k barrier today!   WOW.

The last time we added any new funds was back at end of March 2021, when their total value was then £180,000.

£20k in 5 months.  That cannot continue....brace yourselves!!!!


In other news...

We've been to an English Heritage property today, which was about £25.   We took a picnic  (good job as the café was really busy)

We’ve talked about this before.  

Full Michelin afternoon tea only, please: 22k in FY22, remember?
🤪

We'd read in a couple of reviews that the cafe got really busy, so picnics were recommended (lots of nice tables to sit out at).

You haven't met my DH!   He does NOT do queueing!!!   And if he does, it will be under duress, and will involve swearing under his breath at "ditherers".    

(and we're not in 2022 yet either.....I'm building up to it!!!!    ) 

Ahhh, we clearly differ….maybe it was the years I worked for US firms, but I’m working on Financial Years, so we are 4 months into FY22 🤣.    I figure it is makes sense, to stay on top of tax matters in the years ahead 😉

I hate queuing as well, so I do understand him.  

Curiously enough, I cycled 80k on Monday and stopped for coffee and fuel (butty and cake 😍) at Belvoir Castle.  

A superb little cafe in their car park (so you could use it without paying to go into the grounds or castle itself.  

Lots of people there, a few queuing…but they had a separate queue for anyone who had placed an internet order 😜
Of course I hadn’t - it’s a bit tricky whilst cycling 🤪 - but the 3 people in front were fast enough👍

It did mean I ate the cake first - the butty took 15 mins to arrive.  Both were very tasty….the last 20km flew past 🚴‍♂️

AlanP_2

Sea_Shell said:

Staffordia said:

Sea_Shell said:

MallyGirl said:

Terron said:

I am waiting for my kitchen to be done (largely paid for by an inheritance). I booked it months ago and it should have started but has been delayed an extra 2 weeks.

As for a luxury stay in the UK can I suggest Northcote - www,northcote.com
I first went there for the 90th birthday of the person I inherited from and held my own 60th there.

If you like that you would probably like Linthwaite House - https://leeucollection.com/UK
we stayed for 1 night dinner, B&B on the end of a week in a cottage in the Lakes. Not very MSE (unless you count not staying there for more than 1 night ) 

I bet they love walkers and their muddy boots!!! 


Anyone got any recommendations for anything a bit further south?   Preferably below the Liverpool/Sheffield line.

Cley Windmill in Norfolk. Stunning location with beautiful quirky rooms. Bit biased as just got married there.

Ah, didn't know it was a B&B.  We drove past it when we we're in Norfolk earlier this year.  Lovely bit of coast.

However, DH is still traumatised by those narrow roads...that are a bus route!!

"We're never coming this way again" were his words IIRC 🤣😲

Norfolk and Suffolk are not renowned for their roads. My kids had to travel 60 miles to get their motorway experience when they were learning to drive.

You must have been in a "more populous" part of Norfolk if they had buses, try the really rural bits, they haven't seen a bus this century. 

Sea_Shell

We drove from Sheringham to Wells.

Didn't look far on the map!!😲

AlanP_2

Sea_Shell said:

We drove from Sheringham to Wells.

Didn't look far on the map!!😲

There will be people born in both those places who think the other one is a foreign country, that they have never visited and never intend to.

We moved up to Suffolk nearly 30 years ago and I was talking to one of the locals and said I would have a 30 minute / 20 mile drive to work. He looked horrified,  "never go that far for anything" he said.

The local traffic news should have given us a clue. No mention of accidents on A or M roads, but you could find out whose tractor was blocking what single track lane. OK slight exaggeration but it was different to what we were used to from London and Estuary Essex.

Never regretted it though, great quality of life.