This year my partner celebrated a milestone birthday and I promised him there would be lots of celebrations and treats to lift him out of his depression in now being officially middle-aged. Unfortunately his birthday fell on Good Friday this year, and that put paid to my plans to take him away for the weekend. The cost of holiday rentals during Easter week are sky high, so we reached a compromise of a meal out on his actual birthday followed by a weekend away after the Easter silly price season ended. We ended up renting a cottage in the tiny village of Winfrith Newburgh* in the heart of ...
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