Monday, 23 August 2010
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Best keep an eye on this those who live in the area.
Tagine
I mentioned purchasing a tagine? Well tonight I'm having chicken with preserved lemon and couscous. Have to keep practising.....
Summary of the cricket trip
Accommodation was superb and included free, off-road parking. It was in Christ Church University student accommodation but off campus and close to the city centre.
And now for the awards discussed and agreed on Saturday morning. Pub of the week was The Thomas Beckett in Best Lane. Smashing boozer with no music or TV but decent beer and good food. Beer of the week was Whitstable Brewery Oyster Stout at The West Gate Inn (Wetherspoon) and the Priory mild in The Old Buttermarket was jolly nice too. And so was the Whistable Brewery beer we had in the Old Brewery Tavern (can't remember the name of it - we only had a couple and it was gone when we called there on Friday night). The Old Brewery Tavern also had the best toilets and the best outside drinking area (off-street) and a nice TV for watching some of the test match on Wednesday afternoon. Best on-street outside drinking area is The Buttermarket. The worst pub by a distance was the Three Tuns. An olde world pub playing "house" music far too loud to a few customers who were all commenting that they didn't like it - it was obviously on for the staff rather than the clientèle. We entered between tracks or we'd not have gone in. Service (and the music) were so poor that people were leaving rather than waiting to be served in what must have been the least busy pub in Canterbury on Friday night. Coffee of the week was the latte in the Farmers Market at Canterbury West station.
We didn't have a "third day trip" this year but had two full days of cricket. We didn't have any cricket on Wednesday but did have rather a lot of beer. We've not yet planned next year but this year was a classic without a doubt.
The Buttermarket
This collection of photographs spans a couple of years and they are all taken in the Buttermarket in Canterbury.
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The lustered orb
Previously blogged in 2005 and here's an image to illustrate that post. Okay so you had to wait a few years......
Gorton
This will mean more to some than others.
Added later: My paternal grandfather had a reserved occupation during the war because he worked at "Gorton Tank"; more formally "Gorton Locomotive and Carriage & Wagon workshops and the Motive Power Depot". That's also where this engine was built. Sadly my grandfather died (of natural causes) during the war years. The workshops closed in 1963 and many of the men transferred to Crewe.
Added later: My paternal grandfather had a reserved occupation during the war because he worked at "Gorton Tank"; more formally "Gorton Locomotive and Carriage & Wagon workshops and the Motive Power Depot". That's also where this engine was built. Sadly my grandfather died (of natural causes) during the war years. The workshops closed in 1963 and many of the men transferred to Crewe.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
We're on the train!
Saturday, 14 August 2010
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Cinnabar moth caterpillar
Isn't this guy funky? I think it's on Jacobaea vulgaris (Ragwort) but if anyone knows any better please let me know.
Sunday, 8 August 2010
Saturday, 7 August 2010
Friday, 6 August 2010
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Blame the OU
I've just joined the RSPB and it's all the Open University's fault. Firstly I did T189 "Digital photography" and that led to spending a wad of change on new DSLR. I also started looking at iSpot which is a wonderful OU resource for identifying animals and stuff. Of course the camera needs more of a workout than snapping people standing in front of things so I've started hanging around nature reserves. They seemed an obvious place because iSpotters are so good at sorting out what a bird might be from the few half-decent photos I might capture. So there you go - instead of investing time and money in pubs I've been hanging around Dungeness and the raptor viewing area on Sheppey and it's all the OU's fault.
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