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Dining Out – The Boat Inn, Pinxton

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Dining Out – Harpurs, Melbourne

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Dining Out – The Little Kitchen, Little Eaton

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Dining Out – Meynell Langley Garden Centre & Tea Rooms

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A Historic Gem Reborn in the Heart of the Peak District Nestled within the picturesque Peak District National Park, The Peacock at Rowsley is a venue that beautifully balances the old and the new. Originally built in 1652, this historic four AA Silver Star hotel and three AA Rosette restaurant has long been a destination […]

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Dining Out – The Boat Inn, Pinxton

March 27, 2025 VickyP

The Boat Inn at Pinxton demonstrates the importance of legacy, why rebirth doesn’t have to mean revolution, and how the perfect setting is best served water-side. The quaint village of Pinxton, running alongside the two Derbyshire mammoths, the M1 and A38, is used to its fair share of travellers and passersby. Housing its own Pinxton […]

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Dining Out – Harpurs, Melbourne

November 27, 2024 VickyP

Harpurs Melbourne is a prime example of why Bespoke Inn’s five-strong lineup has become a tour de force in the culinary, bar, and hotel industries. Invited to see Harpurs Melbourne firsthand, we met General Manager Mark Nellist and Head Chef Daniel Wujkiewicz to learn what makes the venue so popular and to try and make […]

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Dining Out – The Little Kitchen, Little Eaton

October 30, 2024 VickyP

Over my very long and undistinguished working lifetime I’ve done many and varied jobs. One, was working with my father. The work was physically demanding and required, what I would call, an early start; with no time to eat before leaving home. So, after the first of the day’s deliveries had been loaded onto the […]

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Dining Out – Meynell Langley Garden Centre & Tea Rooms

October 2, 2024 VickyP

Meynell Langley gardens is one of an increasingly rare genre of plant nurseries. If you’re looking for gifts or ornaments, silk flowers or garden fairies then you are going to be sorely disappointed. Turning off the busy Ashbourne to Derby road you immediately enter the calming green countryside of south Derbyshire. Winding country lanes soon […]

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Dining Out – The White Horse at Woolley Moor

May 1, 2024 VickyP

Set in what can only be described as the most stunning Derbyshire scenery, with rolling hills and verdant grasslands, The White Horse with rooms combines all this with excellent food. Owned for the last 17 years by David and Melanie, they have gradually developed this lovely old Inn into, in my opinion, one of the best relaxed […]

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Dining at Binary, Derby

November 1, 2023 Alistair Plant

Binary Bar and Restaurant, Bespoke Inns newest addition, has continued to prove itself over the months to be a jewel in the crown by winning the coveted ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Marketing Derby Food and Drink Awards. If you haven’t tried it yet then you’re missing a treat. We took the opportunity, over a […]

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Dining at Fairways Chevin Golf Club

November 1, 2023 Alistair Plant

It was a very different day when we arrived at Fairways, Chevin Golf Club from over a year ago, the bright sunshine was replaced with a soft grey mizzle, but driving down the lane, the beautiful landscape that opened up still brought a smile to my face. We had last visited for a summer lunch […]

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Dining in Derbyshire – Donington Manor Hotel

September 28, 2023 Alistair Plant

Castle Donnington is a market town in the true sense of the word as it was granted a charter for a weekly market by King Edward I in 1278. In the centuries that followed lace making rose and declined and in 1965 the airport opened close by. The Donington Manor Hotel, situated on the high street, also […]

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Dining in Deryshire – Southwell Garden Centre

September 26, 2023 Alistair Plant

The sansevieria is better known as a mother-in-law’s tongue. The one Susan and myself purchased from Southwell Garden Centre, on a warm mid-week afternoon at the beginning of September, is a fine looking specimen… and the red pepper tart was delicious. At home Susan looks after the house plants, bar one: the multi stemmed miniature […]