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Stay Here: Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire

Ok, I’m not jealous AT ALL that Hero, over at Muddy Bucks & Oxon, got back recently from a stay at Thornbury Castle. Nope, I’m totally FINE with it, ok? *sigh* To be fair, though, it does look flippin’ AMAZING. Check out what a good time she had there…
Gorgeous new Mews suites at Sopwell House

I popped up to Sopwell House recently – any excuse – for a sneaky peek at the new development there. And the new Mews Suites there totally blew me away….

Need a break?

Hero, over at Muddy Bucks and Oxon, just loves a good hotel — and this one looks like an absolute corker. Lucky for us, she’s happy to give us the skinny, with some properly tempting photos to whet your appetite for a short break. Or a longer one. Enjoy! Just before Christmas I was so […]
Get away: The perfect hotel for R&R

Howard’s House is a very sweet hotel in a tiny Wiltshire village called Teffont Evias (and no, I don’t know how to pronounce it either), not far from Salisbury. The village is mostly a church, a stream, lots of cows, and the hotel, but that’s sort of the point. It’s the kind of place […]