Best Breakfast at a B&B

If I'm in the UK I'm looking for a full cooked breakfast! I want eggs, bacon, toast, mushrooms, tomato etc. It's always a trip down memory lane if there's a little bit of fried bread. I can give the baked beans a miss. Oh, and I can't live without orange juice and tea. ; ) Fresh fruit is wonderful. This meal can usually last until dinner time! My dad on the other hand wants porridge / oat meal and kippers. Pam

Pamela, I'm with you regarding a full breakfast, I think Diane is likely looking for a B&B that will provide just what she is looking for, making allowances for differences such as between you and your father as to what constitutes "best breakfast". How about it, any B&B's recommended out there for a breakfast that can't be beat?

I'm sorry but I love my Weetabix. Also toast and tea. I even got a box of Weetabix for Christmas. I think it was a 'gag' gift. It really tastes better in Scotland/England. Just like Cadbury tastes better over there.

I can't answer your question, but I just wanted to say that I think the previous posters were missing the point. I take it that you want the NAMES (sorry, don't mean to shout) of B&B's, not what they might like for breakfast. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

Hi Andrea, Yes, thank you. That's what I'm looking for. Perhaps I should have worded my post something like this: "I love a full breakfast, ie; all the fixins'. What B&B would you recommend that serves the best of this type of breakfast". I guess I was concerned that the folks who prefer simple, light breakfast, would post their favorite B&B's and I would be ultimately disappointed. Yes folks, names of B&B's, please. Atmposhere & wonderful hosts/hostesses a plus!

Last July we spent a wonderful night at the Warwick Lodge in Carlisle after going on the Settle-Carlisle Railway. Carlisle is an hour north of the Lake District and just a few miles south of Scotland. The breakfast was amazing: eggs, sausage, bacon, mushrooms, baked beans, fried tomatos, fried mushrooms, toast, jam, coffee and tea (plus a fresh fruit salad and yoghurts to start with while the hot breakfast cooked). The Warwick Lodge is a ten minute walk from the train station on a very pretty treelined street. In addition to having amazing breakfasts, with advance request they will cook an amazing dinner: for 15GBP the two of us enjoyed a casserole of Cottage Pie (like shepherds pie but with beef instead of lamb), a casserole of assorted steamed vegetables, and (strange but delicious) a large bowl of steamed shredded cabbage. The portions were extremely generous and very very good. We still remember this as one of our best meals in the UK. After this absolutely fantastic homecooked meal, we were given instructions on how to find the nearby golf course and we enjoyed a beautiful post dinner walk along the Eden River. The accomodations were very lovely, and the owners of the B&B were the perfect mix of friendly but professional. Check out the website at www.warwicklodgecarlisle.co.uk.

I don't understand Diane's quest. Does she mean she will go to any town or city in N. England or Scotland for a good breakfast? It's not location, location, location, but breakfast, breakfast, breakfast. And what of the day's other two meals? Will she just grab a bite on the fly as she hastens to the next B&B with an outstanding morning meal? It is a puzzlement.

Norma, I like staying in B&B's. I like a full breakfast. No, I will not seek out a B&B regardless of where it is located, solely upon it's breakfast! I have no itinerary planned as yet, there's lots of territory I have yet to discover! What does it matter what other meals of the day I may/or may not eat? My question is asking about breakfast, a full breakfast, not other meals. What puzzlement is there to that? Besides, I have others in mind when asking my question, as I'd like to believe others might enjoy the replies and apply it to their travels as well. After all, isn't that part of what this forum is all about? Think of this as a general question, Norma, which in return would have general answers, not black or white, and try not to overthink it......it's just breakfast for heavens sake! :o) lol

Aha. I thought maybe you were compiling a list of such places for a magazine article or a guide book of Scotland and northern England, which makes a lot more sense (to me) than your explanation.