L'Enclume

L'Enclume (pronounced: [lɑ̃.klym], French for "the anvil") is a restaurant located in Cartmel, Cumbria, England. In 2008, the restaurant held one star in the Michelin Guide. In 2012, the restaurant held two stars in the Michelin Guide.

In the 2014 edition of the The Good Food Guide, L'Enclume was awarded a perfect 10 cooking score and topped the list of the UK's best restaurants.

The restaurant was founded in 2003 by chef-patron Simon Rogan, who trained under Marco Pierre White, and co-owner, Penny Tapsell. It is situated in an 800-year-old former smithy. From 2010 it was reported in 2009, all the food supplied will be expected to be from Rogan's nearby farm.

L'Enclume was featured in The Trip, a 2010 BBC comedy starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves doing a restaurant tour of northern England.

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Coordinates: 54°12′06″N 2°57′14″W / 54.2017°N 2.9539°W / 54.2017; -2.9539

Crozet Islands

The Crozet Islands (French: Îles Crozet; or, officially, Archipel Crozet) are a sub-antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

Geography

Not including minor islets or rock reefs etc., the Crozet group consists of six islands. From west to east:

⁽¹⁾ Group of two major islands (Grande Île—Big Island, and Petite Île—Little Island) and about 20 pinnacle rocks.

The Eastern and Western Groups are 94.5 kilometres (58.7 mi) apart (from Île des Pingouins to Île de la Possession)

The Crozet Islands are uninhabited, except for the research station Alfred Faure (Port Alfred) on the East side of Île de la Possession, which has been continuously manned since 1963. Previous scientific stations included La Grande Manchotière and La Petite Manchotière.

Geology

Analysis of magnetic anomalies on the sea floor indicates that the Crozet Plateau formed some 50 million years ago. The islands are of volcanic origin, and basalt. Rock samples indicate volcanic origins going back to at least 8.8 million years.