English Breakfast (the meal)

Fortunately, all our lodgings offered traditional English breakfast, so we were well fortified to begin our daily adventures. The London County Hall Premiere Inn has a beautiful breakfast buffet (optional, for an additional fee) that included baked beans, scrambled eggs, roasted tomatoes, hash brown triangles. If you wanted, you could also request an omelet. Granola with fruit, petite blueberry or chocolate chip muffins, a croissant, and assorted juices or water were also available. Coffee and tea, of course.

The breakfast buffet was a hustle and bustle of activity in morning, as excited travelers mapped out their destinations for the day and wait staff kept refilling the buffet line.

During our countryside journey we stayed at The Manor House Bed and Breakfast in Halford located in the Cotswolds. Our morning option included a variety of granola, yogurt and a beautiful crystal bowl filled with delicately cut and naturally sweet fresh fruit.

A large pot of hearty English tea was offered, and the traditional English breakfast with eggs, bacon, sausage, stewed mushrooms, roasted tomatoes and toast (with marmite or vegemite) was prepared to order. Cedar always turned his bacon, eggs, and toast into a breakfast sandwich. He was happy!

We stayed in Minehead near the Exmoor National Park in the southwest corner of England at the Glendower House owned and operated by a lovely British couple. The breakfast buffet included an assortment of fresh fruit, cereal, and pastries. Traditional English breakfast was again prepared to our request, including scrambled, over easy, or soft boiled eggs accompanied with beans, tomatoes, bacon and toast.

 Tea of course, and a lovely view outside from our breakfast nook.





















As we made our way back towards London, our final bed and breakfast was located in Warminster. Our overnight stay here, with the typical English breakfast was comfortable.

We spent our final night at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre London Heathrow situated near Heathrow Airport. With an early morning departure, we allowed sufficient time to pass thru security, spent the last of our British pounds, and enjoyed a pre-flight breakfast. Most of us ordered pancakes!