Love a List

I love lists – a young (old) friend Janine Burns reminded me we were making them together when she was still at School!!

I don’t like ‘The Best of …’ – too presumptuous.

I prefer ‘My Favourites’ – we all are entitled to our own.

Here’s a few to get the year started.

10 Favourite Places to Visit

The Lake District in Cumbria

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Marrakesh, Morocco

Oman

Castiglion del Bosco, Tuscany

Auckland, New Zealand

Aman, anywhere!!

The Yorkshire Dales

Carefree, Arizona

The Etihad Stadium, Manchester

12 Favourite Places to Eat

Agata e Romeo in Rome

Corrigan’s in Mayfair, London

Binkley’s in Carefree, Arizona

The FrenchCafé in Auckland

The WatersideInn in Bray, Berkshire

CiprianiDowntown in Soho, NYC

Holbeck Ghyll in Windermere, Cumbria

L’Enclume in Cartmel, Cumbria

The MusketRoom in Nolita, NYC

The Old StampHouse in Ambleside, Cumbria

Castigliondel Bosco in Tuscany (pictured above)

Euro in Auckland

12 Favourite Hotels

Castiglion del Bosco, Tuscany

The Bulgari – London, Milan, Bali

Royal Monceau, Paris

Emiliano, Sao Paolo

Shutters on the Beach, Santa Monica

Ritz Carlton, Fort Lauderdale

Amangiri, Utah

The Midland, Morecambe

The One & Only, Bahamas

La Samanna, St Maarten

Malmaison, Manchester

The Ritz, Paris