I had a great Valentine’s treat this week-end, it was early I know but better early than not at all.

I was treated to a 3 course dinner at one of my favorite places The Lifeboat Inn at Thornham.

I have been there many times but never to eat so was a real treat for me.

In the restaurant they do a special 3 course dinner menu, a sample can be seen here

For starters we had,

 Platter of fruit with mascaponi cheese and honey and ginger syrup

Brancaster mussels steamed with lemongrass and ginger served with coconut milk

then main course,

Strudel of wild mushrooms, goat’s cheese and capsicums dressed with croquette potatoes, crispy spinach and a warm kumquat marmalade

Roasted sea bass served with pan fried vegetables and potatoes

and desserts were,

Cranberry and Ricotta cake with a cranberry and orange compote

Blackcurrant sorbet

all washed down by a bottle of saddle creek Semillon chardonnay, which has gone straight to the top of my favorite wine list.

The waitress was nice and friendly, the restaurant warm and cosy ,food delicious and  company fantastic, what more could a girl ask for…….

 As a very keen walker and member of the Ramblers association

 I would like to know why the Queen does not make a permissive path alongside or on the coastal defences on her Sandringham estate that runs along the Norfolk coast.

 At the moment it is impossible to walk (legally) the last bit of coast from Snettisham to Kings Lynn, without having to walk along the A149 , which may be one of the most scenic roads but it also has a very high accident rate too.

 “Roads in Norfolk that fell under the ‘one star’ listing – with a high accident rate – were the A149 (King’s Lynn) and the A12 (Lowestoft-Great Yarmouth).”

It is hard to see how this would affect her privacy or that of her pheasants. Perhaps the RA should start a campaign to open up the last bit of Norfolk coast to Ramblers.