{"id":98772,"date":"2018-09-28T22:30:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-grange-over-sands-and-cartmel-ooh-alan-bennett\/"},"modified":"2018-09-28T23:03:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T16:03:24","slug":"lets-move-to-grange-over-sands-and-cartmel-ooh-alan-bennett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-grange-over-sands-and-cartmel-ooh-alan-bennett\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Grange-over-Sands and Cartmel: \u2018Ooh, Alan Bennett\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAn exotic destination for middle-aged elopersWhat\u2019s going for it? Grange-over-Sands is the kind of spot namechecked in Victoria Wood sketches, Alan Bennett scripts or classic Coronation Street as the epitome of posh, the exotic destination for middle-aged elopers, with its hedonistic cocktail of hushed hotels, vigorous (but not overly so) rambling and restaurants with starched napkins and potted shrimps on the menu. It\u2019s still a most pleasant place, if a little forgotten about. Whether you find it charmingly nostalgic or deadly dull depends on your penchant for secondhand bookshops, purveyors of hearing aids, chocolate boutiques and benches for gawping out across the squelchy plains of Morecambe Bay. It\u2019s my kind of place, though one fears for its future. Today\u2019s midlife elopers are more likely to opt for Cartmel, next door: nostalgic in its own, hipper way, with its cute, Instagrammable priory, boutique hotels, delicious food shops and A-list restaurants. Plus the prospect of a slice of the village\u2019s infamous sticky toffee pudding. Better than (middle-aged) sex. So I\u2019m told.The case against Tucked rather out of the way of the 21st century. That, of course, being the point. Quiet. Gentle pleasures. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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