From Rethimno, the drive east along the highway is straightforward, and we decided to head well past Iraklion to enjoy brunch à la Crete in a tiny roadside place, Yiorgia's, in Tarmaros, not too far from Malia.

Today the conservatory serves as a private and lovely dining area for families to enjoy brunch whilst visiting their young student at D&E.

In Pound Ridge, the handsome Inn at Pound Ridge (764-5779) offers a stunning if limited garden view through the glass wall of the lower Garden Room, where patrons can enjoy lunch, dinner or brunch.

N Map As this is a great place to curl up on the sofas with the Sunday newspapers or enjoy brunch at the weekend, it's hardly surprising that many locals seem to have made BK their second living room.

L Map This New York-style café-bar with a terrace in one of the glassed-in arches of the Viaduc des Arts is an excellent spot to while away the early hours (though food is served noon to 11pm daily) and enjoy brunch (€22) from noon to 4pm on Sundays.

On Sunday, after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting, I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal.

In Red Bank, a town that bustles with art-gallery and antiques shoppers in winter and boaters and beachgoers in summer, the Riber's Edge Cafe gives good reasons for browsers to take time to slow down and enjoy a breakfast or brunch.

The following day, the five men did the one thing they forgot in 1956 - they followed Rudyard Kipling's instruction to "feed at Raffles" and enjoyed brunch at the Bar and Billiard Room and Singapore Slings at the Long Bar.