Eat and drink at Pots and Pieces Teashop & Gallery
A delightful little place, Pots and Pieces Teashop & Gallery is a splendid place to take time out from your adventures.
While waiting for your coffee to roast or your tea to brew, it's worthwhile checking out the gallery, which contains a myriad of superb items that are irresistible.
Historic Houses galore
One thing Herefordshire is not short of are historic homes, vestiges of its rich and often tumultuous history.
The ever popular Dartmoor National Park has submitted a substantial and significant document to the government as it looks to a future of sustainability.
This document discusses, in detail, Dartmoor's intentions with regards to tourism, housing and traffic, all of which will work towards to assisting in the park's development.
Over the last three years, Dartmoor has been engaged in consultations with local communities and stakeholders, all in a bid to help develop a sound and focused policy framework.
You cannot help but think of the great William Shakespeare – currently enjoying a very fitting celebration with a year's worth of festivities throughout the UK – when in Stratford and thus, one must head to his eponymous theatre and enjoy a play in a setting that is unbeatable for entertainment.
After which, with much culture to discuss and critique, you can refresh yourself at Henley Street Tearooms, which again boasts of a quintessentially English air of geniality.
As such, in fitting with a trusted but well-loved cliché, do order a pot of tea. With over 80 to choose from, it's not an easy endeavour.
It's often the case that when we arrive at our holiday destination we go a little crazy and spend cash like we're billionaires. Only we're not, meaning that come the back end of our vacation, we're likely to feel the inconvenient pinch of not having enough funds to enjoy ourselves.
We came across a new study suggests that a significant number of British holidaymakers who take a seven-day vacation are likely to run out of cash with two days to spare.
It got us thinking that this is a nightmare situation but sometimes, because we're over excited, we simply find ourselves unable to say no to fine food, fine attractions and oh so "fine times".
If you've ever watched and enjoyed the fascinating, wild and mouth-watering Man v Food TV series, which sees Adam Richman tackle oversized dishes across the US, you will appreciate the importance of the humble burger, in whatever size or concoction it comes in.
3663, a leading food service wholesale distributor and good ole Heinz have decided to join forces in a bid to discover what is the UK's favourite burger. In a bid to stir up inspiration, the dynamic duo have signed up last year's MasterChef winner, Tim Anderson, to design some inspirational burgers to get the competition going.
We certainly didn't know it but now we do: Norwich is a city full of literary history, which is now being celebrated by its appointment as England's first City of Literature by UNESCO.
According to the Writers' Centre Norwich (WCN), Norwich is notable for being the place in which the first book in English by a woman was published – landmark events that changed society's attitudes to many things, least of all the notion of the role of women.
"The UNESCO status and the International Centre for Writing will put the city on the world’s literary map for generations to come and enable us to continue Norwich’s proud literary tradition," commented Chris Gribble, chief executive of the WCN.
It might be the month traditionally associated with parsimony in all manners of way – Christmas equals lots of spending and lots of eating – but according to new figures released by VisitEngland, domestic overnight trips in the country were up in January.
The national tourist board revealed that there was a five per cent increase in such breaks compared to January 2011, which also saw a hike in spending by 16 per cent (a total of £877 million).
"This positive start to 2012 follows on from the success of 2011, during which domestic overnight trips rose by 9 per cent for the whole year", said James Berresford, chief executive of VisitEngland.
Visit – Speck Hall, Garden & Estate
A National Trust property, Speck Hall, Garden & Estate, the construction of which was completed in 1598, is a evocative Tudor timber-framed manor house with as much character as the most gregarious and affable human being on the planet.
There's plenty to do here – potter about a garden maze, enjoy a Tudor-esque tour, check out the restored kitchen and wander about the lavish gardens.
Eat – Moon and Pea
An intrepidly named bistro if ever there was one – moon, pea, what's the connection?! – the establishment offers a variety of edible delights depending on what time you go and what you're after.
The Olympic Torch has finally been lit in Greece as it begins its epic journey across the UK before settling in the East End of London in time for the opening of the Games in July.
It will kick around in the home of the greatest sporting event the world has ever known for a week before leaving for the UK on May 18th.
"We promise to protect the flame, to cherish its traditions and to stage an uplifting torch relay of which we can all be proud and which can inspire a generation," said Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Money, money, money, alas, what a thing, always a topic of conversation, never far from our lips and ubiquitous in this current age we find ourselves in, the era of uncertainty for want of a slightly different expression.
However, we do have some good news, the kind that makes you feel good about yourself. Rosie Murray-West, the Telegraph's deputy personal finance editor, noted recently that the pound is feeling pretty good about itself, like it has undergone a workout, and is against both the euro and dollar, feeling and looking strong.