I'm not sure why the Kings Arms has slipped through Spy's fingers over the many years we've done the site, but it has. Perhaps its because we've always tended to settle over a fine pint of beer in the back garden, which has some fine views over the fields behind it and when anybody fancied a bit of nosh we, for one reason or another, declined.

The last time we visited - some seven years ago, we had a very pleasant, undemanding meal sitting outside looking out over the wonderful views from the beer garden.

The OXO Tower has an interesting history, first constructed as a power station, then converted by the manufacturers of OXO into a cold store and finally, substantially refurbished for its current mixed use.

The west coast of Scotland with deep lochs, isles and mountainous scenery must be the best sailing in Europe. But finding a place to eat well in the evening is a bit difficult, frozen packet meals , rubber chicken and frozen pizza seem to be regarded as high cuisine in these parts.

With startling views over Cuckmere Haven and the Seven Sisters Country Park, the Golden Galleon pub is a day trip draw for families, large groups, bikers and so on near Seaford in East Sussex. The pub's history harkens back to the smuggling days, as testified by the many small blackboards littering the cavernous inside area, refurbished in 2003, and this, with the sprawling outside areas, means that on any given day hundreds of meals can be served.

BadOtter on Positano's best kept secret.

The following report is the reason why I rarely visit Italian restaurants in the UK, which I find overpriced, most stuck in a sixties timewarp(veal in marsala anyone?) and pale imitations of the establishments, like this, still in existence in many regions of Italy.

Mark Hix had recently left Caprice Holdings (owners of J Sheeky, Caprice and the Ivy) to establish two of his own restaurants’. The first being Hix’s Oyster and Chop House and the second established in his native Dorset. Though I have heard that he does not cook at this restaurant, only oversees at the weekend.