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Sunday lunch at the Miners Sling

Sunday lunch at the Miners Sling Sadly the pub has closed We do like to go out for Sunday lunch and today we headed out to the Miners in Sling. It was a pretty little drive through the Forest of Dean and we were there very quickly. The buildings are attractive with plenty of parking and once inside it was …

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The best Fish and Chips

The best Fish and Chips in the area There is no doubt in my mind that the very best fish and chips in the forest of dean is Frydays Fish and Chip shop in Litledean . They use proper potatoes, not frozen bags and everything we have had there is the highest quality. You can tell how popular they are as …

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Cinderford – The foodie capital of the Forest of Dean ?

I see that Camerons have opened a new shop at their old premises. When we made the move down the street with the Cinderford butchers store we were adamant the old shop where it all began wasn’t going to turn into another takeaway shop, the idea was to turn it into a wet fish/seafood outlet and bring with it our …

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Enjoying local produce

Over the weekend we had some wonderful local food. Friday night we had a T bone steak from our local butcher with potatoes and beans from the garden. Naturally as always a bottle of wine was enjoyed with it. On Saturday the lovely Vanda cooed a Mousaka using aubergines and tomatoes from the garden and minced lamb, again from our …