Claire Potter
Claire is a freelance writer who is always looking for unusual places to go and things to do. She has written for publications like The Guardian (Family section) and The Green Parent and has been a winner in both The Observer's and The Guardian's travel writing competitions.
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The horse’s is light and fatty, the yak’s is crunchy and the Canadian seal’s has to be ordered in advance. Apparently.
The 1930s hairdressers-turned-café where you get your own private room.
Waiters in pyjamas, squashy sofas, cartoons on the box and hundreds of cereal concoctions.
Sleep so close to the sea so that the whoosh of the breaking waves fills your head and you dream your bed is floating on the water…
Claire Potter gets a shock in a Japanese restaurant.
Walking into this café feels a bit like you’ve tripped up and fallen down Alice’s rabbit hole.
Fancy a caravan holiday without having to worry about weather, damp or nasty chemical toilets? How about an indoor caravan site.
Bathing in water is so last year. Why not immerse yourself in a warm tub of red wine, coffee, sake, green tea or even…noodles?
Tramps aside, few would gladly bed down in a disused concrete sewage pipe. But slime, stench and rats are nowhere to be seen at this unique hotel.
We’ve all experienced a dog begging for titbits at the table. But a giraffe…?