Salisbury Life

Salisbury Life celebrates the best of city living. Published every three weeks, it includes the very latest on property, arts, dining and shopping, in Salisbury.

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THIS MONTH in salisbury

Issue 99

A bicycle made for two

“I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike, I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like.” So sang Freddie Mercury, with the rest of Queen doubtless nodding their heads in acquiescence (cycling being something of a popular pastime among the rock fraternity, you know) and anything that’s good enough for royalty, albeit of the glam rock variety rather than your actual orb, sceptre and “orf with his head” kind, is good enough for us.

So in this issue of Salisbury Life we’ve had something of a cycling frenzy, with an Out and About packed to its gills with useful info on where to go on two wheels, how to get said wheels and even how to ride them in a safe and proper fashion.

Elsewhere, we have a particular decadent recipe, we go in hunt of celebrity in our restaurant review and we continue the summer festival theme of recent issues by previewing the Larmer Tree Festival. Did you know the inspiration for the Larmer Tree was an Augustus Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers, a Victorian soldier who became known as the father of British archaeology? No, neither did we; just goes to show the truth behind that old adage: you learn something new every day. He also had magnificent whickers, which is something else to be admired.

Cheerio,

Joe

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LATEST ISSUE

Issue 99

In this issue...

• It’s the month for festivals
• A mid-Victorian house within walking distance of the city centre
• Plenty to keep you busy when the sun shines, and when it doesn’t
• Joe Woodward sings the praises of the Larmer Tree Festival
• Alex Potts gets on his bike to see what Salisbury has to offer the amateur cyclist
• We’re feeling blue
• Stuck for wedding attire inspiration? Kate Authers thinks we should take our cue from Ascot
• We take a look inside the biggest antiques centre in the South West
• We try out what’s rumoured to be Guy Ritchie’s local – The King John Inn
• Chris Archambault cooks up lobster spaghetti
• Alistair Peebles takes a look at Sauvignon Blanc
• Kate Authers puts the pleasure/pain theory to the test at Parkwood Health & Fitness
• A family adventure in the land of the Pharaohs
• The latest from Salisbury’s professionals
• Golf, scouts and red wine, we talk to the Mayor of Wilton