All for a mere pounds 2.60.Polly Tea-Rooms 26 High Street, Malborough (01672 512 146) This pretty, old-fashioned tea shop is a popular haunt. Go for a long walk in Malborough forest and then undo all the good with a cream tea: pounds 4.10 for three scones smothered in cream and jam with a pot of tea or coffee and a slice of cake. On Saturdays and Wednesdays the market is in full swing.De Greys Broadgate, Ludlow (0158 872 764) Traditional service (all the waitress wear black dresses with starched white aprons). Cream teas include bread and butter, scones with jam and cream, a choice of cream cake and a pot of tea.
They have a cake shop next door stacked with all sorts of calorific treats.NORTH 1) Betty's Cafe Tea Rooms, 1 Parliament Street, Harrogate, Tel: 01423 502 746 Traditional Yorkshire afternoon tea demands a big appetite so skip lunch and spend the day being as energetic as possible so you can take full advantage of what pounds 8.00 will get you: Roast ham or corn-fed chicken sandwich, sultana scone with the usual trimmings and a Yorkshire curd tart to finish off. If this sounds too much there is a scaled down version with scones and a pot of tea.2) Shepherd's Kitchen, Hadraw, nr Hawes, N Yorks. Tel: 01969 667 679 Hadraw is famous for its spectacular single drop waterfall which is the highest in England and starred in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. The Shepherd's kitchen is just opposite the waterfall and a popular re-fuelling point for hungry hikers. All the food is homebaked on an Aga and a cream tea is a bargain pounds 2.353) De Greys, Broadgate, Ludlow Tel: 0158 872 764 You can expect a very traditional kind of service at De Greys, all the waitress wear black dresses with starched white aprons and they serve toasted tea cakes on silver dishes. Cream teas include bread and butter, scones with jam and cream, a choice of cream cake and a pot of tea.
If you still feel hungry and want something for the journey home then they have a cake shop next door stacked with all sorts of calorific treats.4) Chirk Castle, Chirk, Clwyd, nr Wrexham, N. Wales Tel: 01691 773 279 Spend the day at the National Trust's 14th Century Castle (entry is pounds 4.00 for adults. free for members) Once inside there is a knot garden and spectacular topiary to see before you take tea in the vaulted tower tea rooms. Pot of tea, two scones with cream and jam for pounds 2.95 or you can try the Welsh tea which includes home made Bara Brith - a local speciality.5) Wallington, Jedburgh Road off B6342, Northumberland Tel: 01670 774 274 The 13,500 acre estate is perfect for long walks and there are several established routes which take in views of the Cheviot hills. The village of Cambo was built on the estate in 1740 is half a mile from the Clockhouse restaurant and is worth exploring before your traditional cream tea pounds 2.95.6) Caledonian Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh Tel: 0131 225 2433 The large colonial style tea lounge looks out on Princes Street Gardens and the castle. Round off a day's serious shopping or an afternoon at the Scottish National Gallery with the Celebration Tea for pounds 14.00 is worth the expense as it includes a glass of Champagne.. Miles Croston, 28, from Bucks and Paul Ridout, 26, from Dorset, and Rhys Partridge, 27,from Suffolk, were kidnapped in New Delhi, India, by the Muslim extremist group Al-Hadad on 22 October 1994.
The three Britons were released on 1 November 1994, after being held for ten days. Mark Slater, 28, from London, was captured by Khmer Rouge guerrillas with two other young tourists, Australian David Wilson, 29, and Frenchman Jean Michel Braquet, 27, on 26 July 1994 in a train ambush in which 13 people died. The men were held for two months in Kampot province, 90 miles south of Phnom Penh while the rebels demanded a ransom of pounds 100,000. This was later dropped in favour of a demand to France, Australia and the US to end military aid to Cambodia. The men were believed to have been shot dead in September 1995, although no bodies have been recovered. Kim Housego, 16, and David Mackie, 36, both from London, were taken from a group of foreign tourists herded together by 20 militants along a well-known trekking route in Kashmir on 6 June 1994.
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