andrewheckford (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} andrewheckford) wrote,@ 2006-02-06 19:46:00 |
|
Beer and buns
Last weekend, a few of us went to visit Sarah, Aids, Joe and Alice in Bath.
The hotel we stayed in was very good. It was right next to the station, it had two bars, and they serve black-pudding with the full English breakfast (what more could you ask for? -- top marks to Lynda for booking!).
Friday night we went round to Sarah and Aids for dinner and we had lots of beer, curry and pizza. Joe seemed pleased that Chef was there so he could talk about Star Wars and Alice seemed quite entertained with Lynda’s reading of Dora the Explorer. Later on, the ‘big kids’ got the scale-electric set out and more alcohol was consumed until the early hours of the morning. We got back to the hotel at about 1:30ish to find some bloke shutting up the bar muttering that he only cleaned the place and couldn’t serve any drinks to us. Ho hum. It was probably wise to retire for the night anyway.
Saturday: Mikey, Chef, Sarah and Aids went off climbing and the rest of us mooched round town for a bit. We’d done the whole touristy thing last time so we did a bit of shopping in the morning including a stop at Sally Lunn’s tea shop. I decided to pass on the buns this time, as they’re just darn sweet for my taste and I had demolished a full English only an hour or so before. That afternoon, we found the local Odeon and saw Munich. Very good film, but quite long. It’s quite graphic and violent in places but does hold a mirror up-to the Palestinian-Isreali conflict and how it’s de-humanised people on both sides. Worth seeing, but not if you want a brain-in-neutral, end of the week, happy Friday night.
That evening, Sarah booked us a table at a restaurant called The Carpenter & Walrus. They started off purely veggie apparently, but have expanded to include all organic food. The food was really nice, (is that because it’s sans chemicals?) and we were all pretty stuffed by the end of it. A few of us went onto a local pub/bar afterwards but through a combination of being tired and well fed, we struggled through our pints.
Sunday: Chris, Melanie, Chef and Mikey left after breakfast. Louise, David, Lynda and I hung around Bath until lunchtime to catch our train. I got back to Cambridge in time to head out to Teriyaki for Crispin’s birthday that evening. I tried some sushi for the first time and I think I rather like it, particularly if it has that spicy washabi horseradish stuff with it.
I took Monday off work as a ‘pseudo-Sunday’ to do shopping and other things.
The weekend in Bath was also the first outing for my new camera. I took a few photos, and Chris borrowed it for a few more. I think he maybe coming down with a touch of camera envy ;-)
View photos
Last weekend, a few of us went to visit Sarah, Aids, Joe and Alice in Bath.
The hotel we stayed in was very good. It was right next to the station, it had two bars, and they serve black-pudding with the full English breakfast (what more could you ask for? -- top marks to Lynda for booking!).
Friday night we went round to Sarah and Aids for dinner and we had lots of beer, curry and pizza. Joe seemed pleased that Chef was there so he could talk about Star Wars and Alice seemed quite entertained with Lynda’s reading of Dora the Explorer. Later on, the ‘big kids’ got the scale-electric set out and more alcohol was consumed until the early hours of the morning. We got back to the hotel at about 1:30ish to find some bloke shutting up the bar muttering that he only cleaned the place and couldn’t serve any drinks to us. Ho hum. It was probably wise to retire for the night anyway.
Saturday: Mikey, Chef, Sarah and Aids went off climbing and the rest of us mooched round town for a bit. We’d done the whole touristy thing last time so we did a bit of shopping in the morning including a stop at Sally Lunn’s tea shop. I decided to pass on the buns this time, as they’re just darn sweet for my taste and I had demolished a full English only an hour or so before. That afternoon, we found the local Odeon and saw Munich. Very good film, but quite long. It’s quite graphic and violent in places but does hold a mirror up-to the Palestinian-Isreali conflict and how it’s de-humanised people on both sides. Worth seeing, but not if you want a brain-in-neutral, end of the week, happy Friday night.
That evening, Sarah booked us a table at a restaurant called The Carpenter & Walrus. They started off purely veggie apparently, but have expanded to include all organic food. The food was really nice, (is that because it’s sans chemicals?) and we were all pretty stuffed by the end of it. A few of us went onto a local pub/bar afterwards but through a combination of being tired and well fed, we struggled through our pints.
Sunday: Chris, Melanie, Chef and Mikey left after breakfast. Louise, David, Lynda and I hung around Bath until lunchtime to catch our train. I got back to Cambridge in time to head out to Teriyaki for Crispin’s birthday that evening. I tried some sushi for the first time and I think I rather like it, particularly if it has that spicy washabi horseradish stuff with it.
I took Monday off work as a ‘pseudo-Sunday’ to do shopping and other things.
The weekend in Bath was also the first outing for my new camera. I took a few photos, and Chris borrowed it for a few more. I think he maybe coming down with a touch of camera envy ;-)
View photos
