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SIMPLE PLEASURES

Tillingham’s TILLINGHAM
dining room
is open to
guests and East Sussex
non-guests
alike 70 acres of meadows, pastures
and woodland sets the scene
for Tillingham, an East Sussex
vineyard and farm that wine
lovers will fall head over heels
for. Though the site has considerable
heritage, dating back to the 13th
century, it is also a testament to the
importance of progress. The winery
is biodynamic and sustainable, and The sumptuous
surroundings of
combines traditional knowledge one of the Feature
with scientific technique. We’re double rooms
most excited about the recent
transformation of the farmstead
into handsomely designed boutique BOOK IT Double rooms from
lodgings, which join the already £150 a night (tillingham.com)
popular restaurant and wine shop.

The rooms
are decorated
to reflect the
landscape
of Skye

KINLOCH LODGE

Isle of Skye

Our final destination takes us up
Art, antiques and
statement decor to bonny Scotland. Kinloch Lodge
create a feel of has stood proud since the 16th
immersive luxury century, when it was first built as abundant produce, with local seafood
at the Grove
a grand hunting lodge. It later and wild vegetables both specialities.
became a family home of the Gourmets can partake in guided
Macdonald clan, who still own foraging tours by local experts, who
and run it today. Set in spectacular share their knowledge of the best

seclusion on the Isle of Skye, the lodge places to scout out mushrooms,
has enviable views and a true sense sorrel, samphire and mussels.
of bucolic tranquillity. This is a place Kinloch can also arrange cookery
for culinary discovery. Lauded courses, fishing and wild walks.
chef Marcello Tully oversees the
destination restaurant, certainly BOOK IT Double rooms from
the best in Skye. His inventive £280 a night (kinloch-lodge.co.uk)
tasting menus draw from the island’s

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