Afternoon tea is a charming way to spend quality time with a friend, with plenty of gaps for talking in-between bites of sandwiches and cakes. But like everything else prices have gone up.
You can expect to pay anything between £20 to £30 a head or even more if you add a glass of champagne. But a feast, accompanied by multiple cups of tea, doesn't have to cost the earth. At £10-a-head, the Boathouse Cafe's has to be one of -if not the most - affordable afternoon teas in Nottinghamshire. And the view's not bad either.
A photo on Facebook was enough to draw me to the riverside cafe at Beeston Marina, in the Rylands, a place more known for its bacon cobs than afternoon tea. A date was set - you have to give 48 hours notice, so don't expect to wander in off the towpath and start tucking in.
