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Out & About

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Events

Author: Philippa Ratcliffe

Monty Bojangles Saunters into Reigate

If you have a sweet tooth or enjoy a truffle of two you’ll be delighted to hear that award winning Surrey based Fine Confectioners Monty Bojangles are opening in Reigate. “Scrumptious and sassy fine French luxury truffles with raspberry Marc de Champagne finished with a generous dusting of exquisite...

Steakstones – Hot Stones Hot Stuff?

Some of you will have experienced the thrill of a chef skillfully chopping and cooking your food in front of your eyes at restaurants such as at Benihana. With Steakstones, “The Home of Hot Stone Cooking” you unfortunately don’t get the chef, but you do get to cook your...

Reigate Market to Relaunch on a Saturday

Given the amount of public interest to improve Reigate Farmer’s Market, local Councillors stepped in to support the campaign and raised the issue at Reigate and Banstead Borough Council‘s full council meeting last night (13th Feb 2014). Huge supporter and advocate of all things local Cllr Graeme Crome arranged...

Waffley Nice – Cherry’s Dessert Parlour

Waffles, shakes, crêpes and more gelato flavours than you can shake a stick at are now available in Reigate. Nestled along Bell Street you can enter Cherry’s Dessert Parlour’s funky new home. Decked out with a shiny black & red interior you can choose from a plethora of sweet and...

‘Two Many Cooks’ certainly don’t spoil the broth.

I paid a whistle stop visit to the newly opened Two Many Cooks on Lesbourne Road today and all I can say is that the shop/cafe is a welcome addition to the Reigate foodie fold. The shop is airy, well laid out with a very friendly, warm atmosphere. The...

Reigate Market…worthwhile? Your Opinions – Survey Results

“Calling a couple of stalls a market is a bit like calling my driveway a car park”     Two weeks ago I wrote a post on the current Farmer’s Market that takes place in Reigate on the fourth Friday of the month in Tunnel Road. You can read that...

‘Sorry, we’re full, says Reigate Farmers Market’….Really?

‘Sorry we’re full’, is not what you’d expect to hear said about Reigate Farmers Market When looking around Reigate to move here I was delighted when I saw a sign that said there was a ‘Farmers Market’ in Tunnel Road every fourth Friday of the month. However, the first...

Coyote Point Park, California

Just ten minutes drive from our base in Foster City, San Mateo is Coyote Point Park and last Sunday we decided to go and check it out. The distinctive point, covered by a grove of trees, can be seen from airplanes approaching San Francisco International Airport It was a lovely sunny...

Big Icy Balls – Making Baileys Cool

On my arrival back to Foster City, California from the UK, the other half excitedly told me that he’d got me a present from Williams-Sonoma …in truth he’d got himself a present. Ice Sphere Moulds! They are in fact really rather cool (ahem…I know). They are designed to create...

UK Military Veterans Have a Voice | Veterans Radio

We have all heard of the cut backs in the UK military and along with this comes the increasing numbers of UK military veterans having to make the transition from military life to civvy street. This can be very traumatic and stressful particularly if there are other issues relating...