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Order your churros (sort of long doughnuts), watch them being fried, and eat them on the hoof. Much better than a slice of toast and coffee.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13796 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13795
Buy your food from the little shops that line the corridor; sausages and roast pork; olives; cheese spread and stuffed peppers. Remember, the bread comes from the bakery, the butter from the delicatessen!

Then queue up to pay for your beer, and collect your receipt. Next, grab a mug and finally, present it for filling at the tap. Then relax and enjoy!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13795 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13008
Try the 'cidre artisanal'. If you want something stronger, there's 'eau de vie de cidre' - which can only be called Calvados if it comes from that departement.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13008 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13007
In winter, the floodlights shining through the huge Gothic windows give the church an eerie moonlit feeling. In summer, it's your chance to see the church for a few minutes devoid of tourists. And the singing is usually good.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13007 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13006 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13006 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12945 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12945 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12540 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/12540 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11858 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11858 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11707
You look past the green lawns and Palladian architecture below, across the Thames, past the Dome and Canary Wharf, to the whole of north London spread out on its hills above the metropolis. Nowhere else do you get this feeling of the sheer scale of the city, and binding it all together, the sluggish grey ribbon of the river.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11707 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11706
The hills lie in a single north-south bumpy ridge, like walking along a dragon's back. To the left, you can see to the Welsh border, and the Brecon Beacons; on the east, the low lying valley of the Severn. I've seen it flooded, the whole plain below reflecting silver in the light; or dusted with snow. You can see as far as the edge of the Cotswolds, and there's only the rounded, low Bredon Hill with its patchwork of hedges and fields between you and Oxfordshire.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11706 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11705
High Cup Nick is like an axe blow cloven into the moorland. The land falls away below you; the Eden valley stretches out towards the horizon, a patchwork of green fields. To the side, basalt crags tower, like the spires of a primitive cathedral. Climb down into the Nick and the wind suddenly stops; you're poised above the world.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11705 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11637 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11637 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11636 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11636 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11633 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/11633 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8601 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8601 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8600 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/8600