Travel/Food 2017 – Kingston-upon-Hull, Beverley, Raskelf

Saturday, 11th/Sunday, 12th November 2017 – Kingston-upon-Hull (Hull) This was a much shorter visit than the one in May, as we only stayed one night (at the splendidly-located City Centre Premier Inn right by The Deep) and arrived an hour or so before the start of the performance we were there to see, the “Last…

Travel 2017 – Moselle Road Trip, Day 16

Sunday October 8th – Day 16, Hull to Home After breakfast on board the ferry we were on our way, stopping only to refuel at cheaper prices than we can find near home. It was a grey morning so there was no temptation to stop anywhere. We made it back through the door just minutes…

Travel 2017 – Kingston-upon-Hull, Pocklington

Friday, 25th/Sunday, 27th May 2017 – Kingston-upon-Hull (Hull), Pocklington As some of you may know, Hull – or more properly Kingston-upon-Hull – was 2017 UK City of Culture, with the result that there was much activity around the city, and beyond, to publicise it, and for that matter to share some of the art that…

Food 2017 – 1884 Dock Street Kitchen, Hull

Saturday 26th May – 1884 Dock Street Kitchen, Hull Part of our trip to Hull saw us needing somewhere local to eat out, and no matter what we’d been told, the Michelin Guide suggested there was one place worth going to, and that was 1884 Dock Street Kitchen. The fact that both John Robinson at…

Food 2011 – Artisan, Hessle

Sunday, 22nd May 2011 – Artisan, Hessle It wasn’t the easiest of weekends. We spent the early part of Friday morning failing to solve Elaine’s bathroom dilemma by proposing more questions than solutions before finally heading to Hull to see what’s been happening with the house since January when the work started to put it…

Food 2011 – La Mirabelle, Harrogate

Thursday, 19th May 2011 – La Mirabelle, Harrogate Thursday I ended up working anyway in the morning, and in the afternoon we drove up to North Yorkshire to visit friends and go out for dinner at La Mirabelle in Harrogate. This was something we’d planned from sometime back in January when we heard they were…