IT can be trying to find the right place to stay in London; too corporate, too poky, too faceless. But there is one place that seems to encourage a head nod of universal approval: The Goring. A quick straw poll elicited enthusiasm from everyone to whom the name was mentioned.…
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The Duncombe Arms: a proper sporting pit stop
ON a dreich evening, what better than the lights of a decent pub, and even more so when that pub offers everything required of a proper sporting pit stop. Charming and unfussy, The Duncombe Arms is the type of establishment all those ‘olde English inns’ yearn to imitate with little…
Kirnan Estate: a bespoke sporting bolthole
THERE are some reasons to turn left when you get to Glasgow, and eschew the well-trodden A9 north. Keep driving west, skirt Loch Fyne and keep the coast in sight, up and over the old bridge at Inveraray, and you finally reach a corner of Argyllshire that can lay claim…
Hambleton Hall: a country house hotel that feels like home
The Editor spends the night at Hambleton Hall in Rutland, and finds an elegant country house hotel where chef director Aaron Patterson has a passion for game, which is reflected on the menu. Alexandra Henton makes a sporting pit stop at SCHLOSS Roxburghe, somewhere that holds fieldsports and feel-good in…
SCHLOSS Roxburghe – a sporting pit stop
A sporting pit stop that holds fieldsports and a feel-good atmosphere in equal measure making it an essential destination for likeminded sporting enthusiasts. Read below for further details. SCHLOSS ROXBURGHE The planning before a trip north is usually quite simple; west coast or east coast. The former tends to play…




