The Best Tea Room in the UK - The Blitz Tea Room, Kettering

While in Kettering today, we had the pleasure of visiting the tea room voted "Best in the UK" last year.
The Blitz Tea Room, is a magical trip back in time to war-time Britain, complete with taped windows, air raid sound effects, and menus designed like ration books.
It has a real period feel, and is a very nice place to spend time with family/friends, and enjoy afternoon tea, a light snack, or just a cup (or pot) of tea/coffee.
I hope the pictures do it justice, and I can only recommend a visit as an absolute must.
The staff are friendly, smiley and chatty, and the food is very good quality.
The coffee...  reason for this blog. I went for a large Mussolini cappuccino. Tasty blend, perfect strength, and nice froth. Happy Howard!
For more details follow this link: http://www.the-blitz.com/

 The tea-timer!! :

The Victorian Sweet Shop & Tea Rooms, Glazebury

It's always nice to come across a new cafe unexpectedly, and today was just one of those days.
By-passing our usual stopping point in the area, we came across this delightful place.
Parking right outside, a very inviting frontage, and pleasant, friendly and very helpful staff were all a very good start.
The totally delicious home-made pies (I had chicken, ham and leek, my wife had the meat and potato), and the lovely coffee made for two very happy faces.
An olde-style sweet shop area, where you can still order in ounces (as that is what the scales measured in) just about finished it off perfectly, and added a few pounds to the bill (and probably the waist-line, but who cares!).
I can only recommend a visit... soon!