So this summer has turned out to be more reliable than most for those looking to eat outside and enjoy the warm evening air. No better an example of this recently rare British weathering was brought to us in some style at Moorish in Wiveliscombe where we celebrated a birthday around a long white table clothed table in a balmy courtyard scented with herbs and squeaking with swallows with exquisite food, service and atmosphere. Occasionally all those nice things come together and become etched into the summer calendar when all agree that there is no better place to be - but only provided the weather ...
Just glorious to be in England when the weather is good and we just caught enough of the waves before the real high pressure flattened the sea. At Portcothan the heated sand brought a warmth to the sea and made for a great time on the beach.
So this is where the discerning Dorset folk cluster of an evening away from the crowds and with BBQ apparatus and large pebbles as breadboards the farm produce is consumed washed down with juiced up Elderflower and occasional vino shipped from the uncles estate in southern climes.
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