• Chichester
  • Design Vintage, West Stoke, West Sussex

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    UPDATE: 22/02/2108 – see bottom of post Yippee, I’ve discovered a new favourite place whilst out cycling! Design Vintage is in a very small rural village called West Stoke, not far from the Kingley Vale car park and Lavant, West Sussex. I love West Sussex, I always have and I feel that I should live […]

  • Chichester
  • El Castizo, Chichester, West Sussex

    El Castizo, Chichester, West Sussex, tapas, tapas restaurant Chichester, Spanish tapas, Spanish Chichester, Spanish restaurant Chichester, tapas restaurant Chichester, Rioja, ivy wines, Emsworth, Anares Rioja reserve temperanilllo, Anares Rioja, PX sherry, Solomillo al pedro ximenez, Morcilla con padron, Montadito, Tortilla de patata, Chistorra, flamenco,

    Geoff and I visited El Castizo one Friday lunchtime at the beginning of May. We weren’t sure if we would be able to get a table so Geoff hovered in the car outside whilst I ran in to see. I liked James the owner straight away, he was friendly and helpful about parking and by calling […]

  • Chichester
  • The Bosham Inn, Bosham, West Sussex

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    We visited The Bosham Inn, on Main Road, Bosham in West Sussex for a special family birthday a couple of weeks ago. It’s part of the Vintage Inn group who have almost 200 places dotted around the country. I’ve not been to any others although I do recognise the names of a few of them having passed […]

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  • The Woodmancote Pub, West Sussex

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    We pass The Woodmancote Pub quite a bit on our cycle rides and although a little too close to home, we sometimes try to do a long and hilly loop before stopping there for coffee and sometimes cake. The Woodmancote is situated in the small country village of Woodmancote, West Sussex, just beyond Westbourne, near […]