On Friday 7th December, I attended a lunch hosted by the local Camelot representatives, along with a few other local winners. The lunch was held at Perkins Family Restaurant in Plumtree, a place I hadn’t heard of before.
The food at the restaurant, boasting to be one of the Midlands leading restaurants, was first class and the service was excellent. For me, the interesting feature about the restaurant is that it is situated in the old Plumtree station on the Network Rail Old Dalby test track.
While we were there, diesel locomotive 47714 was running back and forth along the line. Apparently, it has had its wheels turned and was being tested.
For the record, I had a starter of local grouse terrine, followed by a belly pork main and a chocolate tart dessert. All three were superb.
Old Dalby Test Track (Wikipedia) | Perkins Family Restaurant