Staycation: A review of Devon’s Cricket Inn pub with rooms, which has views that’ll bowl you over

Bowled over by The Cricket Inn: Inside the Devon pub with rooms that has a seaside location that’ll knock you for six The Cricket Inn is located in Beesands, Devon, which is popular with walkers exploring South Hams Rooms have a New England nautical vibe with tongue-and-groove white panels and views of Start Bay  Breakfast covers … Read more

Baby born in freezing condition in car park of local Premier Inn

There’s room at the inn! Couple’s first baby is born in an ambulance in the car park of a local Premier Inn in freezing conditions after they were turned away from hospital Harriet Hanson and Adam Smith delivered their son in car park of Premier Inn  Harriet, 25, attended hospital in Grimsby but was told … Read more

Great British boltholes: A review of The Old Success Inn, Cornwall

Great British boltholes: The charming 17th Century beachside Cornish inn that’s upped its game with 10 glass-fronted bedrooms in a new two-storey annexe The Old Success Inn is a characterful 17th Century property in Sennen, Cornwall, opposite the beach In addition to 13 guest rooms, a modern two-storey building has just gone up with 10 glass-fronted … Read more

Premier Inn owner Whitbread axes 1,500 jobs as sales plunge due to coronavirus restrictions

Premier Inn owner Whitbread axes 1,500 jobs as sales plunge due to coronavirus restrictions – but it says cuts are less than expected By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:46 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 21:46 GMT, 14 January 2021 Whitbread has confirmed it has axed 1,500 jobs as sales … Read more

Hilton Garden Inn Faroe Islands becomes first internationally branded hotel on the archipelago

The first internationally branded hotel has opened in the Faroe Islands. A Hilton Garden Inn in Torshavn, the capital of the island of Streymoy – known for its grass-roofed buildings – is now welcoming guests. Many of its 130 rooms offer ‘scenic views of the Islands’ beautiful natural surroundings’ and facilities include one of the … Read more

How a luxury stay at Cape Cod’s boutique Chatham Inn is just the tonic in these troubled times

Never before has a vacation felt so vital. And never before has it been such a pain to organize, what with travel restrictions, state hotspot lists and quarantine rules to contend with. Fortunately, Massachusetts has made life easier in this respect. It has and continues to be very much open for business.  And what with … Read more

Great British boltholes: A review of The Pheasant Inn in Berkshire

Great British boltholes: A stay at a beautifully restored 400-year-old drovers’ inn that’s ‘a doorway to a differently delightful world’ The Pheasant Inn in Berkshire is a restored 400-year-old drovers’ inn close to Newbury racecourse Racehorse owners and jockeys, including the champion jumper A. P. McCoy, are regulars  The ground floor features a dining room, … Read more

Pub review: The Inspector stays at the Pear Tree Inn in Wiltshire

An Inspector calls… at the ‘heart-warmingly pretty’ Pear Tree Inn in Wiltshire where he enjoys the garden and an ‘excellent’ dinner (but he doesn’t approve of the knickknacks) The Pear Tree Inn is in the village of Whitley, north Wiltshire, not far from the National Trust’s Lacock Abbey The 17th-century building has eight rooms – four … Read more

Great British boltholes: A review of The Bull Inn, Totnes, Devon

Great British boltholes: The Bull Inn is an indulgent escape for the eco-traveller The Bull Inn, located in Little Totnes, Devon, is Geetie Singh-Watson’s fourth organic venture There are eight rooms adorned with modern and vintage furniture – bathrooms have organic waffle towels  Wake up to the sound of seagulls and breakfast on granola, lemon … Read more

A review of the Rock Point Inn – a pub with rooms in Lyme Regis, which sits on the Jurassic Coast

I was lost in the moment – hypnotised by the Pearl of Dorset twinkling gently in the gloaming. From my breathtaking vantage point my gaze drifted along the beach, past the pastel-coloured beach huts to the small harbour and the 13th-century Cobb that Meryl Streep stood dramatically at the end of in The French Lieutenant’s … Read more