Friday 10 November Nayland Weekend 2006

Andrew went to work as usual. I packed the car and drove to Gladwins Farm where we are staying in the Melford Suite, which is a medieval barn conversion. This has a four poster bed in the mezzanine floor overlooking the rest of the suite, and it's own private Jacuzzi. It's about 2¾ hours drive and I arrived in time to unpack and relax for a while before picking Andrew up from Colchester train station. We went back to the farm and got ready for the taxi to collect us and drive us to The White Hart which is a 15th century coaching house, now run as a wonderful restaurant by Michel Roux. It has a 2 Rosette rating, deservedly so, as the entire meal was stunning. I had goats cheese soufflé then steak, Andrew had gravadlax then lamb, all excellent, our puddings were chocolate fondant with baileys ice cream and lemon curd pottage, both exquisite! We shared a magnificent bottle of Baron de Rothschild Los Vascos 1992. Coffee and petite fours followed. We bought one of their Christmas puddings, then we returned to the Melford to retire for the night.