It’s been a good while since I visited a coffee shop – excluding an airport act of desperation that resulted in a horrible cup of Nescafe -…… Read more “Books and Beans”
Author: Aleks Jurczak
A freelance journalist, reviewer and video producer. Huge Formula One fan!
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MacBeans Coffee & Tea
As planned and promised, I went to MacBeans for a chat over coffee with its owner to find out a bit more about this single local bean…… Read more “MacBeans Coffee & Tea”
First tastes of Aberdeen
It’s been a long week of unpacking and scrubbing floors, dusting… and drinking old coffee, as among the moving-in-to-Aberdeen malarky I had no time for proper shopping,…… Read more “First tastes of Aberdeen”
Cafe Italia
Windermere For a while I thought Cafe Italia was another example of the extent of the economic crisis as it stood closed for most of the winter;…… Read more “Cafe Italia”
Brambles Tea Room
Windermere This is a fairly new place, as far as cafes go in Windermere (making a clear distinction from Bowness-on-Windermere here). I remember when I discovered it…… Read more “Brambles Tea Room”
The Apple Pie
Ambleside One of my first jobs in the Lakes required travelling to Grasmere and back a few times a week; thankfully, I was usually driven by car…… Read more “The Apple Pie”
A Black Spot 