Back on 4th April I wrote about the fact that many Restaurants quote Listed Building status as a reason not to have disabled access or facilities. Subsequently City of Westminster and English Heritage confirmed this should not be the case as ‘Heritage’ is for everyone and ‘creative solutions’ can be found for everything. So I decided…
Allyson Payne and her daughter went to the Birds of Prey Centre at Shuttleworth, Old Warden Park in Bedfordshire. Here’s her review on a day out with a difference: “Not only do they have a birds of prey centre there, including owls, condors, falcons, pelicans and storks plus other types of birds of prey but it…
The BBC’s Great British Menu,where top chefs compete to serve at a banquet for D-Day Veterans, is now long finished but we still had to review Scotland & Wales which has taken some time to investigate. For Scotland the judge was Jeremy Lee of Quo Vadis. It’s been reviewed before and is a stylish and accessible restaurant…
Jan 2016: Shrimpy’s is now closed but Bistrotheque lives on see below: To kill the holiday blues on my return I went to the new hip joint about town (London that is). Shrimpy’s is located in an old filling station I used to stop at for a loo break when journeying north in the…
For half term I went to Norfolk with the family. Choosing where to go was determined by whether a dog and a disabled person could be accommodated (I don’t think it was in that order??). My sister found a suitable hotel i.e. trendy and dog/ disabled friendly. We went to the Brancaster on the Norfolk…
London is so full of interesting museums and galleries that often, with the massive places like the Natural History Museum, The Science Museum and The Tate being so well known, it’s easy to overlook some of the smaller one’s. But there are so many other interesting specialist museums out there. We’ve compiled a list and…
The Shaftesbury is a Youngs pub between kew and Richmond. I’ve put this on my list as they have just refurbished and have made a good job of access and facilities. The food was OK and it’s a bit formulaic and there is a courtyard/garden. The Shaftesbury gets 1.5 BBS Ticks
Seven At Brixton is a tapas and cocktail bar located in Brixton Market. Timeout described it as a “vaguely Spanish-style bar”. The menu is very reasonably priced ( £3-£4 per tapas dish) and upstairs is a ‘free exhibition space for local artists. You can sit in amongst the art installations….’ Although Seven At Brixton doesn’t have…