Tuesday to Friday

Tuesday 27 February 2024

A day at home today. Reading and relaxing, with a soaking bath at 4 pm.

Wednesday 28 February 2004

Planning for Cornwall tomorrow, so some shopping required. Currently waiting on Bob the Log to deliver more firewood.

Thursday 29 February

Drove to Barnstaple on the coast west of us in rain mostly but arrived in Barnstaple to the Ebberley Pub for the night. A pint of London Pride and a gin and tonic before we walked to a few other bars for drinks. Almost the start of a pub crawl.

We found what was allegedly the best Indian restaurant in town and it was pretty good.

For those of you desperate for food photos, here are some of the last few days.

Friday 1 March 2024

We had a full (almost) English breakfast in the pub for five quid, which was pretty good. Then we walked around in the rain, so Lady P could get her coffee fix, then to the opp shops looking for a dinner suit. Well you could tickle my arse with a feather, we found a very smart one for ten pounds. It may need some slight alteration in Dorking to accommodate Flashy’s sporting frame, but it is in excellent condition. 

To top it off, we also got a couple of skivvies and a “muck about” polo top for Flashy to save the wear and tear on his good woolen jumper while chopping wood, carting coal, cooking meals etc. Then we drove to Goran Haven, a little seaside town near St Austell and Padstow in Cornwall. 

Lady P had arranged a really great house almost on the beach, through Air BnB, so once the fire was set we went for a walk to discover the general store, where we purchased cheese, clotted cream, a cheap bottle of Chilean plonk a large fresh chicken to take home and roast.

Then we discovered that the little tent thingy beside the store was the Friday night bar. Well, as it had started raining, we had a pint of the local brew, then walked the short distance home.

The fire glows. The gin is warming the body (as is the fire) and some photos follow.

I Take Lady P out on a pub crawl in her dead sexy shoes!









Doves on our lawn. Be good in a red wine sauce!
English winter weather
Just to the right of the rear view mirror is Stonehenge. Just stuck in the middle of the paddock. Been there done that.






Good beer on the way to Barnstaple for lunch

















Even better pizza
In our pub in Barnstaple with an English GnT in a big wine glass.


Good Indian tucker. Actually very good.
Must have potatoes
The condiments supplied with our English breakfast. The Wosti and malt vinegar are hidden behind the very big bottles of sauce





Comments

  1. Anonymous1 March 2024 at 14:17

    I went to Stonehenge in 1986 and again in 2014, I should have saved my 30 quid, it was still just a bunch of stones in the middle of a soggy paddock. (Apologies to any Druid's reading this blog) . Graeme

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  2. Andrew2 March 2024 at 13:42

    Are you heading to Padstowe and Rick stein's restaurant?

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