Combe Grove Manor, Bath

There’s a strange sort of magic that hangs over Combe Grove Manor. Winding your way down the lengthy drive under a leafy canopy, you cannot help but feel a strong sense of nostalgia, especially when greeted by a moss-shrouded arch that looks as if it’s wandered straight out of Perrault’s Sleeping Beauty.

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The Seaside Boarding House, Burton Bradstock, Dorset

Last Friday, being Good Friday, I was lucky enough to have been taken for lunch at the idyllic Seaside Boarding House – for my boyfriend’s sister’s birthday if you were wondering!

Not only is the building itself serene but the location is utterly blissful. Being situated on the world heritage site of Dorset’s Jurassic coast overlooking the wide expanse of Lyme Bay and the sweeping eighteen miles of Chesil Beach, many would be surprised, especially on a day like Good Friday was with clear skies and beautiful sunshine, that you remain on old Blighty’s shores!

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