There is a certain commonality between New England and North Norfolk. This is well illustrated in Old Hunstanton where The Neptune offers English coastal tradition in large measure, with white clapboard walls, scale model boats, Lloyd Loom sofas and chairs, pictures of things coastal, all backed up with a roaring fire, fresh flowers, wooden polished floors and modern British food.

Ha! I hear you say, I wondered when you were getting round to that. Well, we are not but Chef Kevin Mangeolles most certainly is, and he is often not looking far for his sources, in fact his carbon footprints are commendably minute and the restaurant has also been awarded 3 AA rosettes.

The menu could open with beetroot risotto and salmon, walnuts and black pepper cream or grilled mackerel, crab salad and compressed watermelon, before going on to Gressingham duck breast with praline, butternut squash puree and dauphine potatoes, or plaice, Thornham mussels, squid, fresh peas and chicken jus.

Venezuelan chocolate mousse is served with liquorice blueberries, but for sheer perfection go for the lemon vanilla custard with lemon grass ice cream and vanilla lemonade.

Without doubt this is total relaxation in a part of England that exudes a very special sort of appeal.