The English Heritage Festival of History is a huge, two day event spread out across the fields and grounds of a stately country manor in Northamptonshire. The fields are divided up into periods from medieval time up to World War II.
Our bros and their dope ride here are from (I believe) World War II.
We recently celebrated 12 years together by treating ourselves to lunch at the upmarket vegetarian restaurant The Gate, hidden away in a church in Hammersmith, London.
To keep costs down we shared the mezze platter to go along with our rasberry bellinis. It was plenty of food for lunch and everything was fresh, unique and delicious. With the platter you get to sample most of the starters so it’s great if you can’t decide what to order.
The platter included cous cous cakes with grilled aubergine in a broad bean and pomegranate salsa; roasted beetroot, hazelnut and goats cheese salad; three onion tart; wasabi potato cake with seaweed salsa; soba noodle salad; and grilled asparagus with polenta. All were amazing and we were so happy to find such unusual tasty vegetarian food.
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The Travel Bloggers Unite conference is taking place in Manchester, England on 26-27 March. We won’t be there but as we lived in the city for the best part of the last 10 years I thought I would share my tips on cool places to visit. Manchester isn’t the easiest place to love but there is a great art scene and some alternative gems, as long as you know where to look.