Giverny sits in a little quiet area in Normandy about an hours’ drive from the hustle and bustle of Paris. As areas go, it is relatively unremarkable. A quiet little village lane, a few houses on either side. It is actually hard to believe that it was home to one of the world’s most renowned […]
It’s not quite 1pm on a Saturday afternoon and Duck and Rice is heaving, the difference of course is that it’s not just fans of Chinese food. The majority of the patrons to this rather upmarket, club-styled restaurant, are joined by their beloved four legged friends.
City Road Lock is a lock on the Regent’s Canal, in the London Borough of Islington, England. It is located a short distance to the east of Islington Tunnel, and immediately to the west of City Road Basin.
Regent’s Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in east London. The canal is 8.6 miles long.
The bigger of the two canal basins in the Borough of Islington. The City Road Canal Basin is just after the City Road Lock (Lock 5) on the Regent’s Canal.
The Wenlock Basin is a long and narrow canal basin on Regent’s Canal meant for private residential use only. It is therefore not managed or owned by the Canal & River Trust. It is a 320 metre long canal basin on the Regent’s Canal, in the Hoxton area of the London Borough of Hackney.
Porthgwidden Beach near Carbis Bay in St. Ives is a small and secluded beach with plenty to offer. We parked in the Island Car Park, a small challenge to get to given the narrow roads that led to it.
Located at one end of Porthgwidden Beach’s iconic beach huts is a cozy cafe offering beachfront dining, an expansive view and if you are there in the summer, a big sun terrace seating area.
Beautiful photos of Gwithian Beach taken from the South West Coast Path near St. Gothian Sands Nature Reserve.
This wasn’t our first time to Bistrot Pierre and won’t be our last. We have been to Bistrot Pierre in Bath a number of times and have never been let down. The food tastes great, with good portions and is reasonably priced.