The week before last, I lay my head at The Bristol Hotel for the night. It came about as a means to an end, to tide me over between work (I starting a consulting job with a new digital brand in the spring, so spend 1-2 days a week in…
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See you Monday…
Today’s the big 3-0 and I’m bundling my two menfolk into the car and heading down the coast into Cornwall, back to our beloved Rosevine, near St. Mawes. After our trip in July I knew there was only one place I wanted to spend my 30th. We are guaranteed amazing…
CF Travels: Bristol and Bath – the mummy minibreak
Eeeekk! I’m off on my tod for a full 48-hour solo minibreak. This summer we have covered all bases – baby-friendly Cornwall, romantic bolthole in Dorset, sociable city jaunts to London with friends… now it’s ME TIME. I work in Bristol, so it’s a little bit of a busman’s holiday.…
CF Review: Christchurch Harbour Hotel and Spa, Christchurch, Dorset UK
So, we did it. A full 24-hours away from Country Bebe, holed up like a pair of giddy newlyweds in the Christchurch Harbour Hotel and Spa on the water’s edge in Dorset. CB was dispatched to his grandparents in Somerset and, after a minor wobble from us (CB had the…
CF Travels – A weekend at the Christchurch Harbour Hotel & Spa
This weekend we’re off again. This time we’re going right to Somerset and Dorset, instead of left to Cornwall. First stop is the parents-in-laws’ beautiful village near Yeovil in Somerset. It’s like the set of a Richard Curtis film it’s so British: We are spending a couple of days lolling…
The post of two beaches… Roseland Peninsula, Porthcurnick and St Mawes, Cornwall
After Monday’s review post about The Rosevine (verdict: love), I thought I’d do a picture heavy post on the various beaches we frequented during our 48-hour trip to Cornwall. The Rosevine itself is on the Roseland Peninsula, above the National Trust-owned Porthcurnick beach (of which more later), and 5 miles…
CF Review: The Rosevine, near St Mawes, Cornwall
So we’re back. Three days at The Rosevine near St. Mawes in Cornwall and I feel like a new woman. One with sand between her toes, freckles on her nose and significantly lower stress levels. From the moment we crunched onto the gravel drive (down a wild flower lined lane)…
10 things I love about: Bedruthan Steps, Mawgan Porth Cornwall
I *could* write a long rambling post, extolling the virtues and successes of the family-owned Bedruthan Steps Hotel in Mawgan Porth, North Cornwall. I could go into the minutiae of our three day trip – the highs (getting drunk by a log fire with my husband) and the lows…
Not your average minibreak…
Need some ideas for romantic boltholes with a twist? These two sum up the Countryfille.com ethos is a nutshell. The first is a super slick, luxury hideaway in the middle of a field on Somerset, while the other is a tiny, blissfully tranquil corner of central London. The best of…