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Would Drake have beaten the Armada out of Plymouth if he’d been lounging around the tea rooms and coffee shops they have in town today?
Plymouth may have been virtually flattened in the Blitz, but it’s still got its Elizabethan tea rooms and the coffee isn’t bad either! I’d only ever been to Plymouth before for work events; the kind of visits where you see … Continue reading
Posted in Plymouth, The South - From Kent to Cornwall, UK visits
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Romans for roads; Italians for coffee; but tea is very English in Chichester
There’s a certain simplicity to central Chichester: chances are you’re in North Street; South Street; East Street; or West Street. And if not, then one of those streets is just round the corner, and you immediately know which direction you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Chichester, The South - From Kent to Cornwall, UK visits
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