Early Risers.

[Andrew P]

1 minute ago, leopardml2341 said:

Oi!

 

Just cos you've become a soft southerner.........

I always was, I used to wear me thermals in Swad, even in the Summer.

[laurenceb]

Nesh

[Dunsignalling]

11 hours ago, pH said:

Ah, but do they do ‘scraps’?

'Gribbles'

[jonny777]

A cold and bright morning in North Somerset, with frost early but cloud must have come over later in the night as my temperature graph shows a slight rise towards dawn. 
 

Fish and chips? I buy fillets of hake from the fish man and make my own batter. It is really just flour salt pepper and water (sparkling if I have any) with a spoonful of cornflour to lighten it up a bit. Occasionally I use beer instead of fizzy water, but can’t say I notice much taste change. 
 

Home deep fat frying means that I can use beef dripping, which brings back memories of 1950s chip shops. 
 

Despite all the faff with the fish, I tend to use frozen chunky chips and shallow fry them. All very unhealthy no doubt, and I warm up a small can of Harry Ramsdens mushy peas for a nod to dietary fibre. 
 

 

[AndyB]

29 minutes ago, Andrew P said:

Snowing in Cowplain, I'll send it up country, we don't want it.

 

And he did. First flakes here now.

A walk has been specified by the Authority.

 

Andy, are you going sledging on Butser?

 

[AndyB]

I liked the idea of black pudding as a super food as much as a basic fry up. No nicer way to start the day.

 

I took the basic idea and adapted it.

 Adding raisins,  banana and porridge made with red top, but leaving out the black pudding to avoid cultural approbation. 

 

[Andrew P]

8 minutes ago, AndyB said:

 

And he did. First flakes here now.

A walk has been specified by the Authority.

 

Andy, are you going sledging on Butser?

 

Naa, No Sledging, the Suns out here now, I need to find my Bikini and shades.

[Erichill16]

Snow has arrived here and may effect today’s plans. Couple of inches but still snowing. I think deliveries are going to be challenging this week and of course there’s going to be a lot due to the holidays. My van is rear wheel drive so not ideal for helping out. 
More importantly will the chippy be open?

Robert

[Andrew P]

1 minute ago, Erichill16 said:

Snow has arrived here and may effect today’s plans. Couple of inches but still snowing. I think deliveries are going to be challenging this week and of course there’s going to be a lot due to the holidays. My van is rear wheel drive so not ideal for helping out. 
More importantly will the chippy be open?

Robert

Where's Here?

[Erichill16]

1 minute ago, Andrew P said:

Where's Here?

Barnsley (the one in Yorkshire)

[Dave Hunt]

North Hipposhire is also turning white. Thanks Andy!

 

Not a lot else to report as the management has declared that the main activity Chez Nous for today is house cleaning. To borrow the highly appropriate Baz-ism - Pah!

 

Dave

[chrisf]

44 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

I would argue that Tikka Masala is too “soft” to manage gammon. I think that you would need a slightly acidic sauce to cut through the fattiness of the Gammon. The original Vindaloo (adopted in Southern India from the Portuguese) contains vinegar - which balances out the richness of the pork (incidentally, vindaloo doesn’t have to be mouth scorchingly hot. The original. authentic, recipe is relatively mild...).

I shall bear that in mind if ever I find myself again with 300 grammes of leftover gammon joint.  If only I had had the presence of mind to telephone you for advice from the sauces aisle of the supermarket yesterday morning!  I can only imagine the scene in the Holiday Hovel if the peace and quiet that you enjoy there had been interrupted by the plaintive cry of a ringing mobile phone ...

 

Chris

[tigerburnie]

Morning, still naw snaw 'ere, bright blue skies, but it is Baltic, which is hardly surprising because due east from here is exactly where the Baltic is.............................enjoy your day we may go for another walk on the beach later.

[BoD]

58 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

'Gribbles'

Bless you.

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

It’s not snowing, but there is still a little bit leftover from yesterday, mainly on the roof of the workshop and shed and a few near by houses. We both had a bit of a lie-in this morning, we must have needed the kip. Anyway, breakfast is now a thing of the past and I’ll shortly head downstairs to the cellar and carry on working on the turntable control panel wiring. I’m hoping to get the switch wiring in today and maybe connected up too, but that may be pushing it a bit. 

 

Stay safe, stay sane, enjoy whatever you have planned for the day, back later. 

 

Brian

[iL Dottore]

20 minutes ago, chrisf said:

 I can only imagine the scene in the Holiday Hovel if the peace and quiet that you enjoy there had been interrupted by the plaintive cry of a ringing mobile phone ...Chris

And my reply would have been “great to hear from you Chris...” and I would have settled down to a good chin-wag

[Erichill16]

21 minutes ago, chrisf said:

I shall bear that in mind if ever I find myself again with 300 grammes of leftover gammon joint.  If only I had had the presence of mind to telephone you for advice from the sauces aisle of the supermarket yesterday morning!  I can only imagine the scene in the Holiday Hovel if the peace and quiet that you enjoy there had been interrupted by the plaintive cry of a ringing mobile phone ...

 

Chris

Reminds me of the scene from Father Ted when Father Ted rings Father Noel Furlong (Graham Norton) who’s busy down hill skiing. Needless to say Father Ted doesn’t get through and Father Furlong ends up needing hospital.

treatment.

[PeterBB]

2 hours ago, leopardml2341 said:

Morning all!

 

No snow in S Derbyshire, well not this bit. I'm a bit ambivalent about it tbh, it looks pretty but it makes travel difficult because of the c@ckwombles who don't know what driving technique s to employ; a 4x4 simply becomes a bigger & heavier sledge. Providing no one's hurt, there is a certain perverse  smugness when driving past a bright shiny one in a ditch in the snow  as long as it isn't pride before a fall

 

On that note, breakfast.

 

Enjoy your day, whatever you're (planning to be) doing.

I think you spoke too soon on this one and of course the local 'hill' down the A444 becomes difficult.  While on the subject of the A444 - the Admiral F&C shop in Overseas also offers excellent F&C. 

 

I see that you rescinded that comment in a later post.

Edited December 29, 2020 by PeterBB
Updated info from leopard

[Simon G]

Morning all,

A longer than usual walk was had yesterday, along with some friends whose son passed away a few years back after a long and still undiagnosed illness.  Usually on the 28 December, Tom's friends and school colleagues would have a memorial rugby match of St Bees School former pupils against Egremont, as he played for both.  Obviously no rugby was possible yesterday, so instead people undertook to have a good walk instead.  It was all for the Calvert Trust, a charitable organisation based in Keswick, who helped look after Tom during his illness.  Our walk brought back some great memories of Tom, who was the best friend of our younger son.  Last time I looked, over £1800 had been donated to the Calvert Trust as a result.

 

No snow here today, but there is ice on the ground, so we may see if it warms up slightly before going out.

Edited December 29, 2020 by Simon G
Typo

[iL Dottore]

For those currently bereft of the stuff, this is what we call ein bißchen schnee!

By Alpine Redoubt (tm) standards, just a light dusting...

[leopardml2341]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

I always was, I used to wear me thermals in Swad, even in the Summer.

 

1 hour ago, laurenceb said:

Nesh

Yeah, I've just been out in shorts. Only to the local shop mind......

[leopardml2341]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

Naa, No Sledging, the Suns out here now, I need to find my Bikini and shades.

Thanks!

 

There are some things one just cannot 'unthink'

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

I need to find my Bikini and shades.

That vision I did NOT need!

[iL Dottore]

39 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

....when Father Ted rings Father Noel Furlong (Graham Norton) who’s busy down hill skiing..,

Captain Cynical does NOT “do” Winter Sports ‘cos Captain Cynical knows too many orthopaedic surgeons who have learnt their craft by operating on the hapless fools who think that they can take on the Alps and win. By the time a Swiss orthopaedic surgeon has finished his/her surgical residency on the Swiss Alps, he/she has learnt to treat anything - including those bizarre injuries  that elsewhere are only seen in textbooks!

 

Captain Cynical (tm) has come to an “accommodation” with Alps: “I don’t ski or sled on them, they don’t avalanche on me”

[Coombe Barton]

Snow here outs8de.

Soon to be snow, or white anyway, as I'm on with the plastering.