Ye Old Six Bells

Drove up to Gatwick in 2 cars. Arrived Cumberland House within 10 mins of each other. A quick stroll down to Ye Olde Six Bells, a couple of pints or more and a meal, then a sleep!

 

Anniversary 2012

April 10th sees our 30th wedding anniversary arrive! To celebrate we're all off to Las Vegas. Flying on April 3rd, we're travelling to Gatwick the night before, staying at the Cumberland House hotel, probably eating at Ye Olde Six Bells.

 

 

Homeward bound... Saturday 30

J finished the packing thing and we were driving off Anna Maria Island at 11.00am. An easy drive saw us pulling into the Golden Corral at 1.00pm. Currently in Florida Mall heading for the airport. 7.00pm flight to JFK, then on to Heathrow, landing at about 11.00am.

Pool / Food - Friday 29

It looked quite breezy after breakfast so we decided to spend the morning by the plunge pool. That turned into a full day stay there. Drove out to THe Beach House restaurant for food. it is the larger sister restaurant to The Sandbar.

Absolutely rammed. an hour wait. Seated just as the sun went down. Lovely crabcakes for me. J had Flounder. watched another cowboy film set in Monument Valley, Fort Apache.... brill!!!

Pool / Premium Outlets

As we'd heard the weather might be thundery by lunchtime we headed for the beach early!

 No-one else there!!! The wind was coming off the water and after about an hour J had had enough of the sand blowing at her and we went back to the pool.

Nice and sheltered. Mid afternoon we drove to Ellington Outlets for bargains, but only a pair of flip flops were purchased! In Applebees by about 8.00pm. This is a nice place with a great menu. Home by 9.15pm......Dexter finale to come!!!

A ridiculously large quesidilla "for one! to start... which we shared. Then I had surf & turf and J had a plain steak. Mash was great. Broccoli could have fed the family, with some left over!!!

Longboat Key / Sandbar Beach - Wednesday 27

Sun again, but a variation on a theme.... we went to our pool in the morning.

We had it to ourselves. Really nice, really quiet. One man arrived at mid-day as did the pool man, so we moved over to the plunge pool on the other side of the cottage. Nice shade here, the water much warmer, more jacuzzi like. In the afternoon we decided to drive up to Anna Maria to go to the Sandbar beach.

When we arrived the wind was blowing strongly off the Gulf. Lots of people around, comparitively.

Just before sunset we drove to the City pier and had food.

We shared crab fishcakes to start then I had Nutty Grouper and J had the grilled fish, Mahi Mahi. Yum! Back home by about 8.30pm after a quick Publix fix for J. 8/9/10 of Dexter sorted!

Longboat Key / St Armand Circle - Tuesday 26

The walk from the beach to the cottage takes about 3 mins.

Same old same old.... another beach day followed by a short drive in the evening, south to St Armand Circle, a collection of shops and restaurants purpose built on a circular key, or island, in the bay off Bradenton.

Shops were touristy and we didn't fancy the eateries so a Publix bbq chicken it was once again!