Sherlock Holmes and Waterfalls In Switzerland

 When I read about a waterfall in Switzerland I wondered if that was the one associated with the Sherlock Holmes story. If you live in or visit London you are reminded of Sherlock Holmes when you pass through Baker Street station which has murals and stories about Sherlock Holmes on the walls of the platform.

Sherlock Holmes mural on the platform at Baker Street Station, London, England, UK. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Major Attraction Waterfall

Sherlock Holmes Waterfall - Reichenbach Falls

Sherlock Holmes Museum, Meiringen

The museum is in the church, originally built as the English church, reconstructed a few times. It now houses a reproduction of fictional Sherlock Holmes study. The museum was opened in 1990 by author Conan Doyle's daughter.

The Swiss Sherlock Holmes museum in Meiringen opens in the afternoon, 1-5 pm in summer, until the last day of October.  

Sherlock Holmes Museum in London, England

I know the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London near Baker Street underground station. A statue of Sherlock Holmes is on the pavement (sidewalk) outside one of the two station exits. 

Useful Websites about Sherlock Holmes and Swiss Waterfalls.

My trip to St Moritz goes by car through the Channel Tunnel across wine regions of France. Why? Because my husband is a wine writer and educator. 

We plan to go through the Champagne region, sparkling white is my thing. Onwards to Dijon. Also, through picturesque Alsace. Returning by a different route, we do the Burgundy red wine region of France.

Wish list World Heritage Sites

Lavaux is a region of terraced vineyards in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, stretching for around 30 km (19 mi) along the northern shore of Lake Geneva. Since July 2007, it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the formal name Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces.^[1]

Not on  this itinerary, being south west, but saved for later are the world heritage site vineyards at Layaux.

copyright free maps are on OpenStreetMap

Useful Websites on German Speaking Switzerland and Sherlock Holmes Switzerland and London

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Sherlock_Holmes,_London

https://www.risskov.com/themes/historical-hotels

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiringen

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Meiringen

https://www.notabletravels.com/the-sherlock-holmes-museum-meiringen-switzerland/#:~:text=Meiringen's%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20Museum%2C%20with,anniversary%20of%20Holmes'%20presumed%20death.

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Place Names in Asia named after famous people

Korean flag.

What connection do you and I have with Asia? Many of my clothes are made in China. Today I have eaten sushi from Japan and soy sauce from China. My Samsung phone is named after a Korean as I search for facts for my blog. Advertisements in the UK and USA newspapers are for martial arts from Asia.

Singapore Placenames

 I lived in Singapore for many years and in Singapore many landmarks, streets and squares and hotels are named after Raffles. Raffles Hotel. Also several areas and railway stations and streets are named after British people from earlier eras.  Raffles was buried in a church in Hendon, London.

You can buy a book on the origin of Singapore street names.

When Visiting Malaysia, from adjoining Singapore, I was told about the origins of names.

In the Philippines I was told that the country was named after Philip.

Indian Placenames

In India I noticed the Sassoon Docks in Bombay, which was renamed Mumbai. The docks were named after Sassoon who funded them. The Docks were his idea. The Sassoons were a famous family, who founded the Hong Kong an Shanghai Bank, HSBC. I remember reading Sassoon's poems about WWI and visiting the house and zoo associated with Sassoon in southern England.

That was just a tiny corner of India. Associated with the UK and worldwide through the Sassoon name.

Today, September 8th 2026, I used Ask Gemini for some more memorable place names in Asia. I find it is easier to remember names of cities or train stations if you associate them with the people they are named after. 

Many major cities, regions, and geographic landmarks across Asia are named after historical figures, monarchs, military leaders, explorers, and national heroes:

Up popped useful results from the Philippines, Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Malaysia and UAE.

Major Cities & Capitals

• Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam): Formerly named Saigon, the country's largest city was renamed in 1976 in honor of Hồ Chí Minh, the revolutionary leader and prime minister/president of North Vietnam.

• Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia): Renamed in 1924, the name translates to "Red Hero," chosen in honor of Damdin Sükhbaatar, the founding leader of the Mongolian Revolution and national hero.

• Faisalabad (Pakistan): Formerly Lyallpur (named after Sir James Lyall), the city was renamed in 1979 in honor of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, who had close ties to Pakistan.

• Islamabad (Pakistan): While meaning "City of Islam," several districts within the capital are named after famous historical leaders, such as the Faisal Mosque.

• Davao City (Philippines) / General Santos City (Philippines): General Santos City was named after General Paulino Santos, a former Commanding General of the Philippine Army who spearheaded settlement in the region.

• George Town (Penang, Malaysia): Capital of the state of Penang, named after King George III of Great Britain.

• Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India): Named in honor of Captain Archibald Blair of the British East India Company, who established a colony there in 1789.

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Provinces, States & Regions

• Rizal Province (Philippines): Named directly after José Rizal, the national hero, writer, and polymath of the Philippines.

• Quezon / Quezon City (Philippines): Named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second President of the Philippines, who established the city to replace Manila as the capital.

• Jharkand / Telangana (India): While many Indian states take indigenous or linguistic names, Victoria Terminus / Victoria in Mumbai and various historic districts honor historic figures like Chhatrapati Shivaji (e.g., Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, formerly Aurangabad, named after Aurangzeb and later Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj).

• Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh): A famous coastal town and long beach named after Captain Hiram Cox, an officer of the British East India Company who served as a diplomatic superintendent.

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Geographic Features & Islands

• Mount Everest (Nepal/China border): Named after Sir George Everest, a Welsh surveyor and Surveyor General of India who oversaw the initial mapping of the Indian subcontinent.

• K2 / Mount Godwin-Austen (Pakistan/China border): Also known historically as Mount Godwin-Austen, named in honor of Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, an early surveyor and explorer of the region.

• Sir Bani Yas (United Arab Emirates): An island named after Sheikh Yas, the founder and progenitor of the Bani Yas tribal confederation.

• Barents Sea / Bering Strait (North Asia/Russia): Sea and strait bordering northern and eastern Asia, named after explorers Willem Barentsz and Vitus Bering.

The Eclipse in August 2026 - and Preparing & Storing Solar Glasses For The Next Eclipse

 

Sharot family photo from a cruise ship.

My own photos of the eclipse are eclipsed by those from other people. The eclipse in August 2026 started conveniently early evening in the UK and Europe.

We were warned not to look at it directly because it can damage your eyes. Instead look through special glasses.

 Or see the reflection in a bowl of water

 Or create a reflection by creating a pinhole camera by making holes in two pieces of white paper, one held in front of the other. You stand with your back to the eclipse and the sunlight should shine through the pinhole in the nearest piece of paper. Creating a picture on the further piece.

I plan to check Wikipedia and Wikihow on creating a pinhole camera ready for next time.

 My whatsapp and Next Door apps were full of messages from people asking where to buy glasses enabling you to see the eclipse safely.

I am awash with eclipse photos from family and friends, in the UK and overseas, from all the people on a conference, everyone in my street whatsapp group. Including photos from my extended family from a cruise ship near Spain.

If you attend an event at a hotel or restaurant or cruise ship you are likely to have access to distributed free or on sale items. Or enough people for one of them to share instructions. Or to let you look through their glasses for a moment or two.

Alternatively, you can prepare for next time.

The next one seen in the UK will be in August 2027.

You can get a list of future eclipses seen around the world from websites such as time and date.

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|The Wikipedia article goes into detail about fake eclipse glasses, some reassurance about Amazon, how to identify a fake, and links to sources of information.

Is it worthwhile ordering glasses for the next eclipse so as to allow time for rearch and delivery, and not miss out, and to have them with you even if you are away on holiday where you cannot be sure of delivery?

Only if you can remember where you stored them. Possible solutions. Tape a packing list behind your wardrobe door. List on that the location of vital items such as passports , first aid kits, insect repellent, sting relief, and eclipse sunglasses. Email yourself a note. Keep one top or bottom drawer for foreign coins, passports, eclipse sunglasses. Keep one suitcase clearly marked and labelled, with labels which won't fall off, the contents, written large in felt tip pen. 

Check on the location of this suitcase the first or last weekend of every month, in case somebody else decides to put the suitcase in a top cupboard, to empty for a trip, store in in the attic, garden shed, garage, top cupboard, under the bed, behind gloshte s in a wardrobe, or in a store room.

Useful Websites About Solar Eclipse Sunglasses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_viewer

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=amazon+solar+eclipse+glasses

Fish Wallpaper at the Fishmongers' Hall

 I went to a wine tasting event organised by Goedhuis-Waddesdon at the Fishmongers' Hall.

I thought the fish theme wallpaper in the Ladies Powder Room was delightful. Only when I got home did I realise that fish was an appropriate motif for the building. 

Fish wallpaper at the Fishmongers' Hall in London. Photograph by Angela Lansbury.

The Fishmongers' Association offers guided tours of the building. Treasures and tradition.

https://fishmongers.org.uk/contact/

Kintsugi at Fishmongers' Hall

 The Fishmongers' Hall offers guided tours.

https://fishmongers.org.uk/contact/

Post box toppers in London

 

Post box topper in Long Elms, Harrow, north west London

 Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Post Box topper in Rowlands Avenue, Hatch End, north west London

You can buy post box toppers on Amazon, Ebay and Etsy. Craft groups attached to organizations such as Women's Institutes do them jointly producing a new one every season or every month. This is done in the UK and other countries. See my previous posts on this subject for more details and links.

Beautiful bus shelter murals on La Palma, tell you about the island

 

This bus stop shelter has the typical local orange tiles. So jolly. I love the colours. Curved tiles.

Lots of blue, like the sky and sea when the sun is up at mid-day, most of the year. 2026 was apparently unusual, with more rain until June. Abundant greenery on the lower slopes. Then tall pines. Finally shrubs, which are bushes less then 6 feet tall, then barren rock at the top. 

You can see a pedestrian path on the right with steps and a handrail. It is turning sharply, like the roads going up and downhill.

Blue is the Moroccan and Middle Eastern colour for protecting you, presumably from the devil. 

More practically, walls on three sides of this bus shelter protect you from the strong trade winds, which can blow you backwards when you try to climb up some of the mountain paths when hiking from a hilltop down to the lighthouse.

No advertisements, unlike bus shelters in London England, which don't even have benches nor seats, just ledges. Supposedly to stop people sleeping on the seats.

If people are sleeping on seats. There is a need for beds or shelters.

I like the welcoming, entertaining, artistic murals.

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Three chocolate Panettone near Milan

 In Brescia, an hour from Milan which is the capital of the Lombardy region, you can visit their shop, and see about ten flavours of panettone, different every year. After visiting the shop you could ask to see the factory in the afternoons when it is quiet and not operation. They can introduce you to wine, Franciacorta. 

In London they are looking for shops, restaurants and hotels, and to sell gifts for customers souvenirs, all year, not only Christmas. 

Some of the panettone last 4 months according to the expiry date, but they say it can last for more than 6 months, depending on the temperature, ambient not too hot nor too cold. 

Useful Website on Chocolate Panettone

www.marzoilpasticcere.it

Who Made The Postbox Topper?

 

Postbox Toppings

All over London, England, and many other cities in the UK and worldwide you can see seasonal postbox toppers. The artistic creations are changed to match seasonal themes and events, but seem to survive rain and all weathers. 

Knitting and Crochet Creators

Who creates them? I have always wondered. Here at last is a notification of the wonderful team who claim credit for this happy, colourful creation. The Women's Institute.

I found, on Etsy website, patterns for the base and season additions such as animals.

I have several photos on my blogs about others which I have seen.

Useful Websites

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1580152326/postbox-topper-base-crochet-pattern-pdfhttps://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1297186187/crochet-pattern-for-post-box-topper

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St Patrick's Day balloons outside Wetherspoons Pub in London

 

St Patrick's Day Balloons outside Wetherspoons Pub. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Jolly balloons in green, white and orange, outside Wetherspoons pub in Hatch End, near Hatch End railway station, in NW London, England.

The colours of the balloons are the colour of the flag of Eire, the Republic of Ireland, the south, from Wikipedia which tells you more.

The main colour in the north is green, from the Emerald Isle. 

Green is the colour of the shamrock. 

Shamrocks 

St Patrick used the shamrock to convey the idea of the trinity, and you can see the shamrock on a stained glass window of St Patrick holding a shamrock, in a church. 

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Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day

Armagh, Northern Ireland, and St Patrick

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Armagh

Australian TimTam Chocolate Biscuits Reach England

 

TimTam in Tesco. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Australian TimTam biscuits have reached England.

What are they? Little square sandwiches of two biscuits with a cream chocolate filling, covered in solid chocolate. The smaller size biscuits therefore seem to have a generous amount of chocolate. Very more-ish.

I had them in Singapore at a wine tasting a few years ago. The person introducing them made such a fuss about them that I was expecting something unusual. What was the fuss about? They were just chocolate biscuits.

I had them at a Toastmasters club meeting last week. I had one. Two. I went back for a third. I had to walk away.

This week I saw them in Tesco. Surprise. White chocolate. I love white chocolate.

Today I looked at the photo. I thought, that's what I want. Timtam biscuits.

Regarding the spelling, the packets seem to run the two syllables together, as you would say them. However, websites list the word as two syllables.

The biscuits were invented by a man who saw Penguin biscuits in Britain and thought he could make something even better. He named his biscuit after Tim Tam, a  prize winning race horse in America. If you go to America, you can see Tim Tam listed in the Hall of Fame of racehorses in the National Museum of Racing.

National Museum of Racing. Photo from Wikipedia. 

The National Museum of Racing has an online shop selling books, tee-shirts, caps, a key ring, assorted bottles and glasses, but no TimTams. Maybe somebody should suggest it.

Useful Websites

Tesco online ordering

Tesco Shops locations

ebay Tim Tams

Wiki on Tim Tam history and flavours

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam

Tim Tim official website

https://www.arnotts.com/brands/tim-tam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame

https://www.racingmuseum.org/

https://racingmuseum.mybigcommerce.com/shop

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Feb 10th is Teddy Bear Day - With Museums and Statues Worldwide

 Teddy Bears And The USA

Teddy bears, named after President Teddy Roosevelt, who, one version of the legendary story goes, was on a bear hunt in 1902 in Mississippi, when he saw a baby bear and declined to shoot. This story has been disputed, but, as the saying goes, why let the truth get in the way of a good story.

In the USA I stayed at the Hotel Colorado, Colardo Springs, in the US state of Colorado, which is Spanish for coloured, where Teddy stayed in 1905 during the incident where he was given a toy bear.  

Paddington Bear in London

In London you can see a statue of Paddington Bear on Paddington station and be photographed alongside.

Photo by ScheWo in Wikipedia under Paddington Bear Statue.

In England you can visit the World Of bears shops.

Teddy Bear Museums

Teddy Bear Museum, Dorchester, Dorset, England

Stratford upon Avon, England, UK - moved elsewhere.

Useful Websites on Bears and Teddy Bears

https://www.milestonesmuseum.org.uk/your-visit/see-do/teddy-bear-museum

https://www.worldofbears.com/product-category/last-chance/?meta[_price

wiki

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_bear_museum

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=bear%20birthday

https://collectinsure.com/2024/05/30/guide-to-teddy-bear-museums-and-accessories-worldwide/

Teddy Bear, USA

https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/culture-and-society/teddy-bear/

Padding Bear, UK

https://paddington-experience.london-tickets.co.uk/

Pooh Bear, E Sussex, UK

https://www.poohcorner.co.uk/

https://www.emp.co.uk/fan-merch/winnie-pooh/

ebay - buy bears

Expect to see teddy bears in toy stores and museums of childhood.

For a bear theme birthday party, DIY, Amazon sells bear balloons, bear paper bags for going home goodies and presents, paper plates and banners with bear themes and cake toppers. 

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Kilburn Station's beautiful bridge

 

Kilburn station railway bridge over the road. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

The letters spell out Metropolitan Railway. The date is 1914. 

More information from

Websites on Kilburn Station

London Transport

Wikipedia

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Colourful Costumes, Visual Appeal, Music And Dancing Delights & Jewellery At the World Travel Market

 At the World Travel Market, in London November 2025. 

The lanyards are plant based silk.  The personalized card you printed, when WTM emailed approved registration, is framed by a brown card frame without a plastic window.

Europe

Costumes

Spain, featuring wine and Roman Remains

SE Asia 

Indonesia, a lady selling inexpensive ear-rings.

The next big show for the trade is in Berlin, Germany in 17-18 Feb 2026. B2B (Business to Business.)

ITB Asia is in October 21-23 in Singapore.

Useful Websites

itb-asia.com

itb-china.com

itb-india.com

itb-americas.com

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Henley pictures, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK

 

Henley

Leander Club signs in Leander Hotel

Displays of the rowing club at the Leander Hotel, Henley.

Rowing club displays. Leander Hotel. Henley.

Photos from Sharot family. Copyright.

 Henley Royal Regatta in 2026 will be June 3- to July 6th.

Online you can buy caps with big front brims, knitted beanie hats, a woolly hat with a pompom on top, and boaters with brims. If money is no object, a teddy bear costing 250 pounds sterling.

The name Henley means high wood or clearing. It is often referred to just as Henley. But there is another Henley, Henley-in-Arden in Warwickshire, as well as places called Henley in Australia and New Zealand.

I was wondering which one is in and which one is on. Then I realised that, like a boat, you are on a river, or river bank. But you are in, or within, and area.

Useful Websites on Henley

https://wikitravel.org/en/Henley-on-Thames#:~:text=Henley%20is%20the%20terminus%20of,times%20taking%20about%2045%20minutes.

Henley Royal Regatta

https://www.hrr.co.uk/

Souvenirs Hats and Bear

https://shop.hrr.co.uk/product/caps-classic/

Henley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley-on-Thames

Updated Oct 24 2025.

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Henley On The River - Leander Rowing Club Hotel

The Oxford and Cambridge rowing race is world famous. Where can you get a feel for the atmosphere the rest of the year? Some of my family went to Henley for the weekend. Suits and Sailing outfits. Posh.

 Not the most expensive. But very smart.

A rowing theme hotel.

Leander Rowing Club's home, the Leander hotel. Henley-on-Thames.

Useful Websites on Henley

https://wikitravel.org/en/Henley-on-Thames#:~:text=Henley%20is%20the%20terminus%20of,times%20taking%20about%2045%20minutes.

Henley Royal Regatta

https://www.hrr.co.uk/

Souvenirs Hats and Bear

https://shop.hrr.co.uk/product/caps-classic/

Henley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henley-on-Thames

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Post Box Toppers - Mail box topper Halloween pumpkin

 

Post box in north west London. Yarn topper. Pumpkin. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

This post box  was in Long Elmes by the H14 bus stop to Harrow. September 27th 2025.

Post box toppers have been around since 2012. 

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Identifying Photo Locations & Dates From Clothes

 

Please label all your photos with the names of the people, the place, and the date. This is esily done at the time. When you retire and want to write your life story, or a family history fro your grandchildren, or a company hsitory, it is invaluable. 

You can use a combination of clothes and backgrounds to date a photo later. The above photo was taken at the Alumni meeting, 2025, Friday September 19th, indoors without windows so no clues as to time of day, but from recent memory and the saved event programme I know it was  before lunch.

I was able to label photos of my late parents with the location, because my father identified a prominent building such as a castle, confirmed by another photo of her outside a hotel which had its name prominently.  Another dozen photos of my mother wearing the same yellow suit with different blouses were from the same holiday, giving us the date and location, and as I knew my mother's birthday I could work out her age using the time of year, before or after her birthday, using the background foliage,  background foliage, and signs about events.

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University or Sussex Alumni, official meeting photos and figures

 Alumnus is singu

Luch for the alumni in the University of Sussex Refectory.Official Event photo. The architectural style, which some call Brutalism, featured visible brickwork.

Angela Lansbury, left, chatting to a teacher of languages over the buffet. The buffet included meat balls, salads, hummus, chocolate desserts. Official event photo.

Angela Lansbury beside alumnus Trevor Sharot at the alumni lunch in the former refectory still used for meals but with an upgraded name. Official event photo.

Trevor, alumnus, and statistician, at question time, asks about the number of students nowadays, He has been given a roving microphone.  Official event photo.

lar, masculine. Alumni, is plural masculine. It means former pupils or members of a school or university. Meetups are for alumni. A picture of one person is of an alumnus. For women only it would be alumna, singular, and alumnae, plural..

Here are some official photos of the alumni meeting at the University of Sussex.

The uni is on a big tree-filled hillside campus of multiple brick buildings, brick and concrete. The buildings are housing the library, students' union building, and departments. And a multi-storey car park.

The distinctive circular building is the Meeting house. It is a non-denominational chapel.  

A supermarket or two, enable self-catering and special diets. The student and postgrad accommodation is sufficient to house all the students on site. But more students are overseas in China.

We saw these buildings on a walking tour after our alumni lunch for the decades of 1960s and 1970s. 

The total numbers at last year's count for the year which runs authum to autumn, 2023-2024 was about 17-19,000 students, according to which source you take.

Photos

The people attending the event were all sent about seventy photos taken by the official photographer. My husband selected the ones showing himself and me and forwarded them to me.  

Fourth And Church restaurant, Brighton England

The restaurant symbol on the door, and bottles inside, at the glass front entrance of Fourth and Church Restaurant. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

 Our Brighton friends chose this restaurant because it has a good wine vibe, with bottles on the walls behind our table. (We were stying at the Hotel du Vin.)

The restaurant is in Hove, which is indistinguishable from Brighton, being west along the coast. Although the address says Hove, the postcode has the inital and two letters of Brighton. Why does the restaurant location in its name have two streets, not just one? It's like New York. The street it is on is so long that you add the name of the nearest cross street, which tells you how far down to walk. The second street name also tells you the nearest street approach when driving there.

The restaurant name comes from the street names in the location. Fourth, not Forth. And Church.

The initials F and C for Fourth and Church are on the menu.  Opposite the front door is the church. Turn the menu sideways and the letters F and C are cleverly designed in the outline of a wine glass.

Photo by Angela Lansbuty. Copyright.

Look back at my picture of the front door. You see the symbol showing the wine glass. I noticed neither at the time, only when looking at the menu two days later.

The same symbol is on the back of their business card.

The toilets are down a few steps. I managed to do without an excursion. 

They brought up bread and oil to start. 

Wines

In the wall rack behind us. On the menu, no less than 9 sparkling white wines from England. That's the beneficial effect of global warming. England now has 300 or more vineyards, and more are in Wales going west in the UK.  

On the menu, also you can read about their long list of reds from warmer climes in Europe and around the world.

Starters & Main Courses

When you have a proper chef who changes the menu monthly weekly or even from one day to the next according to what is in season locally or readily available, it is hard to recommend. Our local friends said the menu had changed since their last visit. By the time you read this, the menu will have changed again.

Afters - Desserts & Cheese

Our small cosy group of four, two couples, opted for the cheese platter. Several unfamilar choices to choose from, plus crunchy tasty wafers and a sweet jelly/compote contrast.

They are on Facebook.

Website, Address of Fourth & Church Restaurant / Wines

www,fourthandchurch.co.uk

84 Church Road, Hove BN3 2EB

tel 01273 72470

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