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# The hideaway office
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2014/01/the_hideaway_office/
- Published: 2014-01-13T20:48:34.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:09:54.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: coffee shops, office of the day, starbucks

[![Starbucks, Holmbush](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/01/next-starbucks-holmbush-thumb-640xauto-3446.jpg?resize=640%2C396)](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets%5Fc/2014/01/next-starbucks-holmbush-3446.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)I have a “dirty secret” office. And it’s a Starbucks.

Up at the top end of Shoreham by Sea, there’s an out of town retail area with an M&S, a Tesco’s – and a Next. And in that Next, there’s a Starbucks. I like to go there when I need some brain space. Becasue it’s hidden away in a shop and only really accessible by car, it feels far more hidden away than the avargae coffee shop on the high street. It create an odd, nest-like, hidden ambiance that I rather like for certain writing and thinking tasks.

I wasn’t there looking for [Next’s blogger fashion](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2014/01/do%5Fyou%5Faspire%5Fto%5Fdress%5Flike%5Fa%5Fblogger.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). Honest.