Category: Restaurants
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George and the Dragon – Clifton
We’d packed up the car for Kendal Calling and decided to meet our friends in Clifton, just outside of the Kendal Calling site. There were two reasons for this. Firstly to get on the road and do something. Secondly, I had a Geocache I wanted to find. I’d done my research and worked out where…
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Willow Farm – Sunday Lunch
Alan: Good Morning Sunday, What a beautiful morning to get up and about… Oh look it’s 6:45am… The perfect time to capture the day! Catherine (post Ladies Day): Urghhh! Be quiet… I’m stopping in bed all day… will you top up my water! It was a sunny Sunday morning and as we were still child free,…
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The Botanist Newcastle
I was at a loose end and my mother offered to take us out for Sunday Lunch. So I decided we should try somewhere we’d never been. I was sick of going back to the same places like the Toby and Crowne Carvery. This time we’d take a risk and experience the unknown. Imogen was…
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Pizza Express Party – Gosforth High Street
It’s the end of term-woo hoo! It must be time for the long anticipated Pizza Express Party. Wow can’t quite believe we have made it to the end of the school year with 8 weeks off from weekly Guiding meetings. I’m definitely ready for the break to recharge and have some exciting ideas for September.…
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The Parlour at Blagdon – Afternoon Tea
The sky was blue and we’d failed at going camping for the Bank Holiday weekend, so were desperately trying to do more than watch TV. I’d subtle dropped the hint at finding afternoon tea several times, but Catherine hadn’t caught it. So at Lunchtime on the Monday I pushed for Afternoon Tea anywhere. She rang…
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Za Za Bazaar
It’s the Easter Holidays and we have guests up from Great Yarmouth. On previous visits to our home Town The Speed Family have been to Taybarns in Gateshead. It was only last year that we introduced the to Za Za Bazaar, they liked it so much we visited twice in 3 days! Followed by a…
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Quay Ingredient
It was Lunchtime on Thursday of the School holidays and we were looking for a light snack / cake and some drinks, before we set off on our Banks of the Tyne Treasure Trail. We’d heard a lot about The Great British Cupcakery, so we headed over. People were spilling out on to the streets…
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Taybarns – Gateshead
About 7 years ago my Mortgage Advisor mentioned this place that was the closest you’d find to an American Buffet. It took another 2 years before I actually went in. I’ve never really been one for All You Can Eat, but I wanted to try it. The Kids loved it and our friends from Great…
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Adrianos – Gosforth
Birthdays are like buses in the Hooper household. They all come at once which means the end of February beginning of March is an expensive time for us! This time it was Judith’s 75th Birthday (Alan’s mother) and we decided to book somewhere close by to her home and somewhere a bit more special than…
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Antico – Jesmond
Abigail’s 5th birthday expanded into a couple of days. The main event for Abigail was Treasure Island in Morpeth. For Imogen and the adults we were treated to a nice meal out on the Saturday night before. Antico – Jesmond Saturday night and we were returning to Antico. We’d been for a lunch time special…