Dining Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/dining/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:39:05 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Dining Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/dining/ 32 32 2696646 A Valentine’s Surprise: Sunday Lunch at Penmaenuchaf Hall https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/a-valentines-surprise-sunday-lunch-at-penmaenuchaf-hall/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/a-valentines-surprise-sunday-lunch-at-penmaenuchaf-hall/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:39:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=44967 We don’t usually do much for Valentine’s Day. However, this year, Anna bought me a chocolate banana from M&S! Then, I received an email from Penmaenuchaf Hall saying they had finished some of their renovations and were open again. I took it as a sign, so I decided to reciprocate and asked Anna if she...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/a-valentines-surprise-sunday-lunch-at-penmaenuchaf-hall/feed/ 1 44967 The Stubborn Duckling https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/09/the-stubborn-duckling/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/09/the-stubborn-duckling/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:33:20 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=43507 Anna and I had a lovely evening out (for Anna’s birthday) on Saturday. We’d been meaning to go to the Stubborn Duckling in Aberaeron for a while and finally had an excuse to do so – there are some advantages to getting older! So, after a couple of days in the hills I headed home,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/09/the-stubborn-duckling/feed/ 0 43507 Penmaenuchaf Hall https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/07/penmaenuchaf-hall/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/07/penmaenuchaf-hall/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:44:04 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=43224 Our 20th-anniversary celebrations continued at the weekend with a mini-break at Penamenuchaf Hall. It’s not far away from us but we hadn’t been there before so it was the ideal place for a little treat and a night away. We left just after lunch on Friday and had intended to go for a stroll somewhere...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/07/penmaenuchaf-hall/feed/ 2 43224 A Weekend in Pembrokeshire – Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/09/a-weekend-in-pembrokeshire-day-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/09/a-weekend-in-pembrokeshire-day-2/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:26:35 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=40627 Happy Birthday Anna!! Not a bad room to wake up to on your birthday after a good nights sleep at Boulston Manor. We had a lazy start as we had said we’d have breakfast at 8:30am – that’s late for us, but we were on a mini-break so why not take it easy! I was...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/09/a-weekend-in-pembrokeshire-day-2/feed/ 1 40627 Anniversary Lunch at Libanus https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/anniversary-lunch-at-libanus/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/anniversary-lunch-at-libanus/#respond Wed, 06 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37793 We usually have a day out for our anniversary but I had a chest infection this year so we didn’t. We did drive into Borth and have a little stroll through the village to Libanus where we had Sunday lunch though. Very nice it was too. We then strolled back and chilled at home. Not...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/07/anniversary-lunch-at-libanus/feed/ 0 37793 SY23 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/02/sy23/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/02/sy23/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:17:22 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37265 It was Morgan’s 17th birthday last week – yep, watch out, that means he’s on the roads of Aberystwyth having driving lessons! I took him for a drive in Ynyslas at the weekend too so that he could try out his L-plates and our car. Not the new car obviously!!! We didn’t have a party...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/10/pale-hall-hotel/feed/ 2 36764 Gourmet Dining in Lockdown https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/gourmet-dining-in-lockdown/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/gourmet-dining-in-lockdown/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:28:47 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=35861 Our (now not so) recent culinary experiences at River Cottage and Ynyshir Hall had us inspired to visit some other top UK restaurants. We had planned to visit L’enclume in the Lake District but lockdown put an end to that for a while. We’ve had a few gourmet dining experiences thanks to Ynyshir Hall takeways...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/03/gourmet-dining-in-lockdown/feed/ 2 35861 Saturday Night Feast at River Cottage HQ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/02/saturday-night-feast-at-river-cottage-hq/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2019/02/saturday-night-feast-at-river-cottage-hq/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:01:23 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=28827 Anna really enjoyed her Cheese-making course at River Cottage HQ a couple of years ago. So much so that I decided to buy her another trip there as a Christmas Present. It was a Christmas present that benefitted me as well as she wouldn’t want to go on her own, so I’d just have to...

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