I think this might have been our first stay at the Hotel Du Vin in Bristol. It was very good and friendly back then.
We tried the Bistro there on the first evening, taking dinner with Hil and Chris there.
On the Sunday, Hil & Chris threw a family barbecue for the holiday weekend/my birthday, which was all rather pleasant.
I wasn’t in the most celebratory mood that year, just a few weeks after dad’s death.
Still, the weather smiled on us and Hil laid on a pretty splendid barby, as one might expect.
We also enjoyed the big Hotel Du Vin breakfast, I seem to remember. And the big bath in the room we had chosen.