Sunday 19 June 2011 Salads were the order of the day last night but we did polish off a nice bottle of red with our meals also. We ate at the Crab, the local hotel and our meals were excellent! We dawdled over dinner enjoying the family atmosphere at the pub. Lots of families out dining with children of all ages it was really buzzing. We think we will go back there tonight because they have Sunday roast and 2 meals for £9.99 – pretty good value. Rang Mum...

Saturday 18 June 2011 Good night’s sleep apart from the pillows – very thin – should have brought our own in out of the car but by the time we thought of it the rain was too heavy. Breakfast was in the basement in a charming art deco room. We were made very welcome by the hostess and the food was lovely. Kev had fruit, walnuts and yoghurt and we both had scrambled eggs – delicious. As it was around 9am we decided to pack up but leave our bags in the ...

17 June 2011 Last night we had dinner with Marie and Damien at Jamie Oliver’s restaurant – great food and atmosphere! After that we wandered around the Covent Garden area and into Soho – there were so many people and so much going on. We ended up at Giraffe where we had yet another bottle of wine and dessert. Tubed home with the hundreds of other commuters going home after dinner, shows etc. Did you know that at Covent Garden tube station there is 192...

Thursday 16 June They were right! It's pouring down and we have had breakfast and decided what we are going to do for the day. Last night we met up with Colleen's daughter Tori and had a lovely evening with her, catching up after not having seen her for probably 25 years! It was so nice and we were able to speak with Colleen while we were all together. Coll's sister passed away from cancer this week so it was special to have the chance to talk. We haven't said ...

15 June 2011 Lift still out – legs must be getting fitter! All the way to the basement, breakfast, then back up to the room. Spent a bit of time catching up with the blog. Laughed at some of the comments, particularly those from Mike & Stu. Don’t know who wrote what though! Great way for us to keep in touch – thanks. Well I did warn Jannie that today was another walking day so we set off for the tube station which is a five minute walk. Caught the t...