Quintin Jardine's blog

On Friday I went back thirty years in time. That’s how long it is since I last visited a hotel called the Devonport, in an appropriately-named hamlet  called Middleton One Row, just outside Darlington. Needing an overnight stop in that area, and having had some good times there, I booked us in, wondering how much it woud have changed over the years. The answer turned out to be ‘very little’. It’s under different management, but it remains a comfortable, welcoming place, with an excellent kitchen, a well-stocked bar, and a host who can’t do enough to make his clients feel at home.

Thanks, Anthony.