The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.
It’s certainly beginning to feel very festive, as I sit here in bed, with red Scandi-pattern bedsheets and twinkling fairy lights wrapped around the bed’s headboard. But our lanterns pale into insignificance when you think…
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It was with some surprise that I heard a familiar voice of on this year’s amateur Masterchef, and not just the twang of John Torode and Greg Wallace, but that of an ol’ school chum,…
View PostIt was with some surprise that I heard a familiar voice of on this year’s amateur Masterchef, and not just the twang of John Torode and Greg Wallace, but that of an ol’ school chum,…
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No Cornish weekend would be complete without a visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, especially if you’re engaged to a gardener by trade. But the Lost Gardens of Heligan are no ordinary veg plot,…
View PostNo Cornish weekend would be complete without a visit to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, especially if you’re engaged to a gardener by trade. But the Lost Gardens of Heligan are no ordinary veg plot,…
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I’m going to come right out with it… I am a Rick Stein groupie. My favourite bits on Saturday Kitchen are the Stein segments and I’ve got a whole shelf dedicated to Stein’s cookery books,…
View PostI’m going to come right out with it… I am a Rick Stein groupie. My favourite bits on Saturday Kitchen are the Stein segments and I’ve got a whole shelf dedicated to Stein’s cookery books,…
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The ruins of Tintagel Castle lie just up the coast from Port Isaac. Run by the English Heritage, it is one of their top five attractions in the UK. As you descend towards the beach…
View PostThe ruins of Tintagel Castle lie just up the coast from Port Isaac. Run by the English Heritage, it is one of their top five attractions in the UK. As you descend towards the beach…
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Wadebridge makes a good base for exploring the North Cornish coast, just 20 minutes from Padstow, 25 to Port Isaac and maybe 45 up to Tintagel. With this in mind, Tom and I set off…
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