The Ocean Bay Restaurant, Swanage

On Saturday I took Louanne (my wife) out for a meal to celebrate Valentine's Day. Louanne came down to Swanage on Saturday and we booked a table in the Ocean Bay Restaurant, which is a short walk from The Castleton Hotel, where we were staying.
The Ocean Bay is right on the beach. A beautiful setting for a beautiful restaurant and the food is an extension of the setting. Louanne and I had a starter of Calves Liver Parfait with Slow Gin Jelly and Fat Toast Fingers With Thyme Butter. Louanne had a main of Slow Roast Belly Pork, Thyme Braised Fondant Potatoes, Wilted Organic Spinach, Sauté Beets and Solar Power Purbeck Ale Jus and I had Chargrilled Loin Of Purbeck Venison, Fat Game Chips with Caramelised Roots, Béarnaise Sauce and Pan Syrup; is your mouth watering yet because it should be.
We should have been full by now but it seemed rude not to finish what we had started. To finish Louanne had Chefs Crumble of the Moment with Clotted Cream and I had Classic Dorset Apple Flan with Dorset Clotted Cream and Cinnamon Crème Anglaise.
I cannot rave enough about the food, it was the best meal I have had in a long time and I will certainly be visiting this restaurant again. If you decide to give it a go then ensure you ring and book as it is very popular as you can imagine

Salisbury City FC v Weymouth FC

Salisbury were in action away to Weymouth this week. The weather was much better than the football; from a Salisbury point of view. Salisbury fell to only there second defeat of the season going down 2-0 to The Terras.

Their next match is away to Halesowen and I am sure the lads will want to get back to winning ways very quickly

The Castleton Hotel, Swanage

Last Friday I was in Swanage shooting a hotel for their promotional material. The hotel is the Castleton, on Highcliffe Road, a 4* hotel just a short walk from the beach.

I was commissioned to photograph the bedrooms and communal rooms for their website. I stayed at the hotel on Friday night as I had to photograph Salisbury City FC's match against Weymouth on Saturday. I love Swanage, my wife and I stayed there for our honeymoon 25 years ago and have been back many times since.  If you are thinking of staying in Swanage I would suggest you give Maggie and Julian a ring to see if they have space; you will not be disappointed.