The Weekend Tourist

ABOUT ME

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.

Elvis Lives, the King in Memphis – Hey Y’all #5
17
Apr 2015
Elvis Lives, the King in Memphis – Hey Y’all #5

Elvis Lives, the King in Memphis – Hey Y’all #5

Travel

Before we set off for Memphis, we fortified ourselves with a ‘f*#ked up’ stack of French toast from the Lipstick Lounge in Five Points, E. Nashville. Wearing Easter bunny ears, our filled plates were laid…

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Elvis Lives, the King in Memphis – Hey Y’all #5

Travel

Before we set off for Memphis, we fortified ourselves with a ‘f*#ked up’ stack of French toast from the Lipstick Lounge in Five Points, E. Nashville. Wearing Easter bunny ears, our filled plates were laid…

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NashTrash in Nashville – Hey Y’all #4
NashTrash in Nashville – Hey Y’all #4
07
Apr 2015

NashTrash in Nashville – Hey Y’all #4

Travel

For Dolly in her teen years getting to Nashville was her primary concern, in fact she up sticks from Pigeon Forge the day she graduated by from college. When early Scottish, Irish and English immigrants…

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NashTrash in Nashville – Hey Y’all #4

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For Dolly in her teen years getting to Nashville was her primary concern, in fact she up sticks from Pigeon Forge the day she graduated by from college. When early Scottish, Irish and English immigrants…

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Dollywood is shut on Tuesdays -Hey Y’all #3
Dollywood is shut on Tuesdays -Hey Y’all #3
06
Apr 2015

Dollywood is shut on Tuesdays -Hey Y’all #3

Travel

Now our plan for our few days in Gatlinburg had been to visit the theme park dedicated and built by the patron saint of Tennessee, Dolly Parton, on Tuesday. However as we drove down Dollywood…

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Dollywood is shut on Tuesdays -Hey Y’all #3

Travel

Now our plan for our few days in Gatlinburg had been to visit the theme park dedicated and built by the patron saint of Tennessee, Dolly Parton, on Tuesday. However as we drove down Dollywood…

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Auto-touring in Great Smoky Mountains – Hey Y’all! #2
05
Apr 2015
Auto-touring in Great Smoky Mountains – Hey Y’all! #2

Auto-touring in Great Smoky Mountains – Hey Y’all! #2

Travel

In 1916, the US-based Society of Automobile Engineers defined a touring car as: “an open car seating four or more with direct entrance to tonneau”. Now I won’t pretend to know what a tonneau is…

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Auto-touring in Great Smoky Mountains – Hey Y’all! #2

Travel

In 1916, the US-based Society of Automobile Engineers defined a touring car as: “an open car seating four or more with direct entrance to tonneau”. Now I won’t pretend to know what a tonneau is…

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Enjoy southern hospitality in Atlanta – Hey Y’all! #1
01
Apr 2015
Enjoy southern hospitality in Atlanta – Hey Y’all! #1

Enjoy southern hospitality in Atlanta – Hey Y’all! #1

Travel

To say that the beginning of our holiday didn’t go quite according to plan, would be a minor understatement. First of all, at the luggage carousel it soon became clear, as Tom and I were…

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Enjoy southern hospitality in Atlanta – Hey Y’all! #1

Travel

To say that the beginning of our holiday didn’t go quite according to plan, would be a minor understatement. First of all, at the luggage carousel it soon became clear, as Tom and I were…

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Best Greek in the Cotswolds – The Stag’s Head, Swalcliffe
Best Greek in the Cotswolds – The Stag’s Head, Swalcliffe
19
Mar 2015

Best Greek in the Cotswolds – The Stag’s Head, Swalcliffe

The Cotswolds

Are you dreaming of sunnier, Mediterranean climes with this slightly, milder weather? I certainly am, but there is a far more local way of getting your fill of Med flavours at the Stag’s Head in…

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Best Greek in the Cotswolds – The Stag’s Head, Swalcliffe

The Cotswolds

Are you dreaming of sunnier, Mediterranean climes with this slightly, milder weather? I certainly am, but there is a far more local way of getting your fill of Med flavours at the Stag’s Head in…

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