![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Firle and Lewes
Last weekend, for the first time, Dom and I went away for a weekend leaving the duo behind at home. We had arranged to spend two nights away at The Ram Inn which is in Firle, close to Lewes.
I hadn't stayed there before and had picked the place from the internet. However, it turned out to be good. Here's a picture of our room (The Bo Peep Room). It had a separate bathroom just down the corridor.
We checked in around 4pm then, because it was a gorgeous warm day, decided to go for a walk. It was supposed to take just over an hour and instead was two. Worth it for the scenery though.
We had dinner that evening in the inn. We chose a sharing board as a starter - baked Camembert. We were a bit shocked to discovered it turned out to be a whole cheese (I mean a round packet-worth)! The mains were also lovely - I had guinea fowl. And we had the dessert sharing board - and shared three mini desserts (we were running out of room - but the desserts looked great). We then waddled off to bed. I thoroughly recommend their food.
On Saturday it was rather cloudy. However, this wasn't too bad as we headed into Lewes. We went to the castle.
We also went to Anne of Cleeve's house, some nearby gardens and a craft display. We had lunch at a Thai restaurant and headed home once the rain started in earnest.
In the evening, we simply had another sharing board and some chips - that was enough food! Although we did also have a cocktail each, the Marmalade Mule which I thoroughly recommend.
The following day was bright and sunny, but it was also time to head home. This time we could both manage cooked things from their extensive breakfast menu. I went for smashed avocado with scrambled eggs on flint owl toast with bacon. It was great.
And then back home. The duo had survived and were pleased to see us.
I hadn't stayed there before and had picked the place from the internet. However, it turned out to be good. Here's a picture of our room (The Bo Peep Room). It had a separate bathroom just down the corridor.
We checked in around 4pm then, because it was a gorgeous warm day, decided to go for a walk. It was supposed to take just over an hour and instead was two. Worth it for the scenery though.
We had dinner that evening in the inn. We chose a sharing board as a starter - baked Camembert. We were a bit shocked to discovered it turned out to be a whole cheese (I mean a round packet-worth)! The mains were also lovely - I had guinea fowl. And we had the dessert sharing board - and shared three mini desserts (we were running out of room - but the desserts looked great). We then waddled off to bed. I thoroughly recommend their food.
On Saturday it was rather cloudy. However, this wasn't too bad as we headed into Lewes. We went to the castle.
We also went to Anne of Cleeve's house, some nearby gardens and a craft display. We had lunch at a Thai restaurant and headed home once the rain started in earnest.
In the evening, we simply had another sharing board and some chips - that was enough food! Although we did also have a cocktail each, the Marmalade Mule which I thoroughly recommend.
The following day was bright and sunny, but it was also time to head home. This time we could both manage cooked things from their extensive breakfast menu. I went for smashed avocado with scrambled eggs on flint owl toast with bacon. It was great.
And then back home. The duo had survived and were pleased to see us.