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.
Two weeks ago Tom and I visited the Acanthus Restaurant at the Randolph Hotel in Oxford. This was my first visit to the hotel since the fire it suffered in 2015, which ripped through its…
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We were invited to watch Rambert’s Ghost Dances at Oxford’s New Theatre. Tom and I couldn’t make it, so Helena and her beau took up the opportunity on behalf of the Weekend Tourist. Here’s what…
View PostWe were invited to watch Rambert’s Ghost Dances at Oxford’s New Theatre. Tom and I couldn’t make it, so Helena and her beau took up the opportunity on behalf of the Weekend Tourist. Here’s what…
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Last weekend we headed to Bath for a bit of R&R, enjoying our first day off of the year! And mainly to avoid not having to do any more decorating. When we were invited to…
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I’ll come clean right from the start, when Claire from the Cotswold Bloggers group messaged to say that there was an opportunity to review Evita at the New Theatre in Oxford – I’d replied in…
View PostI’ll come clean right from the start, when Claire from the Cotswold Bloggers group messaged to say that there was an opportunity to review Evita at the New Theatre in Oxford – I’d replied in…
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Only in middle England would you find two neighbouring villages with a pub going by the same name – and this is the case in Tysoe, where we live and it’s neighbour Oxhill, both are…
View PostOnly in middle England would you find two neighbouring villages with a pub going by the same name – and this is the case in Tysoe, where we live and it’s neighbour Oxhill, both are…
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As we waited for our suitcases to spin round on the luggage conveyor in the arrivals hall at Lisbon airport, a 6ft wide ad for the Oceanário de Lisboa was extremely enticing. Lisbon’s oceanarium, in…
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