How many times in the last few months, days or even hours have you muttered the phrase: I need a holiday?
In these bleak wintery months, it s on my mind constantly and not helped by reminders around the home.
The bottle opener fridge magnet bought in a little shop in Key West; a t-shirt from a restaurant beach shack in Anguilla; a mug from Berlin; and a colourful tagine bought in Marrakesh sitting sadly on our dining room table.
Little trinkets from big adventures which now really do feel like a lifetime ago and it s safe to say I m broody for.
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You’ve surely heard the one about heaven being a French cook, a German mechanic, an Italian lover, a Swiss banker and a British policeman. Hang on a minute: a policeman? So while the French are working culinary magic in the kitchen, the Germans are living life in the fast lane, the Swiss are totting up the francs and the Italians are busy in bed, all the Brits get is a lousy, booby-prize policeman?
It might be a tired cliché, but there’s a niggling truth in there somewhere and it is this: Brits have often felt that they have drawn the short straw when it comes to what Europe has to offer. And they have often looked, with dreamy, grass-is-greener, loved-up eyes to the other side of the Channel for romance, inspiration, landscapes, beaches, food, plonk, dolce vita, je ne sais quoi. Everything is better Over There. Or is it? And will those introspective months of
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Marlborough racing tips and best bets for Monday, January 4
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3 January 2021 • 7:00pm
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