I have just come back from a visit to East Anglia prompted by a death in the family. This was a very sad occasion but it was also a very happy one as it was an opportunity to meet members of my family and a reminder of how precious they are to me despite our meeting so rarely.
I would certainly recommend a visit to the Fleur de Lys, a very nice pub in the village of Widdington near Saffron Walden in Essex. http://thefleurdelys.co.uk/ Excellent pub food in a pleasant understated setting. (Difficult to find adjectives which have not been beaten to death by advertising copywriters and house agents.) I also enjoyed the pizzas, or at least one of them, at the Prezzo restaurant http://www.restaurant-guide.com/prezzo-saffron-walden.htm in Saffron Walden.
Looking for fresh fish? Look no further than the Aldeburgh Fresh Fish Company: http://www.aldeburghfreshfish.com/ I was also agreeably impressed by the Lotus Fish Bar in Braintree's fashionable Challis Lane district: http://www.locallife.co.uk/braintree/moreinfo.asp?site=BRAINTREE&p3link=26430&dispmode=map
In the course of my stay, I finished a wonderful book called People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksPeople of the Book: A Novel
and started another by Basil Hume O.S.B. called To Be a Pilgrim. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Pilgrim-reissue-Basil-Hume/dp/0281061203
I was also tempted by, but finally decided against, the DVD of Kick-Ass starring Nicholas Cage.
Now I have just have to sit back and wait for the advertising revenue to start pouring in.
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On a completely different note, I wonder if I can generate any capital by pointing people in the general direction of some of the places I visited and things that I did during my stay. Or perhaps it doesn't work like that?I would certainly recommend a visit to the Fleur de Lys, a very nice pub in the village of Widdington near Saffron Walden in Essex. http://thefleurdelys.co.uk/ Excellent pub food in a pleasant understated setting. (Difficult to find adjectives which have not been beaten to death by advertising copywriters and house agents.) I also enjoyed the pizzas, or at least one of them, at the Prezzo restaurant http://www.restaurant-guide.com/prezzo-saffron-walden.htm in Saffron Walden.
Looking for fresh fish? Look no further than the Aldeburgh Fresh Fish Company: http://www.aldeburghfreshfish.com/ I was also agreeably impressed by the Lotus Fish Bar in Braintree's fashionable Challis Lane district: http://www.locallife.co.uk/braintree/moreinfo.asp?site=BRAINTREE&p3link=26430&dispmode=map
In the course of my stay, I finished a wonderful book called People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksPeople of the Book: A Novel
and started another by Basil Hume O.S.B. called To Be a Pilgrim. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Pilgrim-reissue-Basil-Hume/dp/0281061203I was also tempted by, but finally decided against, the DVD of Kick-Ass starring Nicholas Cage.
Now I have just have to sit back and wait for the advertising revenue to start pouring in.
'To Be A Pilgrim' is on our main bookshelf, and has been read and appreciated in the past. Thanks, Barnaby, for reminding me of it, and of wise and gentle BH. I may re-read during Lent.....
ReplyDeleteInfact the copy that Mr. Dunn is currently reading (don't think I haven't noticed the space in the spare room book case) is the very copy given to me by Life Off The Edge.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks, Mr. Dunn, for bigging up our local fish-n-chips!