Bristol

Whilst the kids were on holiday with The Other Two (details available on request) we took ourselves off to Bristol for a weekend. We wanted to go somewhere we had not fully experienced before and Bristol fitted the bill. We are really glad we went. Bristol is a fabulous city with so much to experience. Its history is immense and it offers a lot in the way of gastronomical delights. Before we went we booked a meal at a restaurant called The Fishworks which was excellent. I tried skate wings for the first time and really enjoyed them, and the mussels were fantastic too. We also ate at a great tapas bar, whose name escapes me, but the real find of the weekend was a microbrewery/bar called Zero Degrees that brews five beers on the premises: a pilsner, a wheat ale, a pale ale, a dark lager and a seasonal brew, which whilst we were there was a superb mango beer. They also produce 5 litre kegs for takeaways so I struggled home with a keg of wheat ale in my backpack. Needless to say it didn't last the week.

We need another weekend there to do it anything like justice!