Missing friends in lockdown

These are not easy times for any of us at the moment and I very much hope that, as you read this, hotels will be opening and life will be starting to return to what we will now think of as our new normal.

- Simon Franks

When I came to write this I was thinking about what was happening during lockdown and what I was missing. I am very lucky to be living on the edge of the moor and can get out and walk to the hotel on a daily basis, taking the long route via Fernworthy Reservoir and Scorhill if I am feeling particularly energetic.

What I miss most are friends and one person in particular, Will Guthrie. We worked together, for six years, at Buckland Manor. He is a proper chef, he loves to cook and he loves to eat. He has a great passion for food, always looking to refine his dishes. He also has a desire to use wonderful local ingredient but only when they are better than he can get elsewhere.