The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.
So the title of this blog post is a bit disputed in the Cotswolds Bloggers Facebook group. If you’re in Stow on the Wold, then it’s Coach House Coffee, in Cheltenham it’s School House Cafe.…
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We had five days in Singapore as part of the first leg of our honeymoon and for our final night, my parents gifted us a stay at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. You might not…
View PostWe had five days in Singapore as part of the first leg of our honeymoon and for our final night, my parents gifted us a stay at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. You might not…
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It’s been a bit of busy time in the Friend Bartlett household; there’s the ongoing back garden project and in my day job, full of many award shindigs. However, my Mum, went to watch the…
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Really I thought I best get this post about Hidcote Garden up before it became too out of date. But really gardens never really ‘go out of date’ as there’s successional planting to make sure…
View PostReally I thought I best get this post about Hidcote Garden up before it became too out of date. But really gardens never really ‘go out of date’ as there’s successional planting to make sure…
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This year has very much been about gardens and gardening, including our own horticultural project which is ever on-going. Now our backyard looks like Glasto circa 2007 i.e. a mud bath. However, it does mean…
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As part of our honeymoon, we spent seven nights in Ubud, Bali’s self-confessed cultural capital. If you’ve watched Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love – and her tale of self-discovery – it’s likely that you’d…
View PostAs part of our honeymoon, we spent seven nights in Ubud, Bali’s self-confessed cultural capital. If you’ve watched Julia Roberts in Eat, Pray, Love – and her tale of self-discovery – it’s likely that you’d…
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