Stop yer moaning! Just enter the lard eating compition.
You mean my first marriage?
I am still owe either you or Techy a banana from last year (I was nearly ready to eat the floorboards at one point, but a bit of fasting is probably a good thing).
Maybe nobody will invest, due to fears as to exactly what the HS2 project will bring (I believe Rixton/Glazebrook is in or very near to the path of the planned railway). Spirits may need to be summoned, to keep the developers at bay....
A burger or sandwich van would've been besieged. The venue itself could easily sell 50 plates of sarnies.
It was the bit about the proximity to Warrington and Manchester that put me off. What kind of hell is that?
It's not about constant snacking. The problem is that there is no food to be had. No cafes, bakeries, corner shops, delis, supermarkets, burger vans, fast food outlets, pizzerias, nothing. Nada.
There's only one thing to do then;It's not about constant snacking. The problem is that there is no food to be had. No cafes, bakeries, corner shops, delis, supermarkets, burger vans, fast food outlets, pizzerias, nothing. Nada.
It's a tiny village so you wouldn't expect much, but nothing at all is a different proposition.
First time, we'd taken supermarket sarnies and snacks in case we fancied a nibble between the event catering and our anticipated Saturday evening sumptuous pub dinner.
Turned out, that's all we had to eat. Nothing was available until breakfast next morning; lunchtime Saturday to 8am Sunday.
The pub we stayed at doesn't even do bar food like sarnies or pies.
OK, we could have driven off somewhere for food but that's not how it's supposed to work. When you get together with old and new Fortean friends you want to sit together and eat, drink and chat. It'd've been nice to be able to hear everyone over the rumbling of stomachs.
We definitely wouldn't go again if we had to travel there by public transport and couldn't carry food or go looking for it.
This year we'll be either ordering pizza/curry or if that's no good, popping out to Tesco for tea, and possibly taking orders for people without cars.
It's that or the nearby cemetery, can't be too fussy. I may take a shovel.
The UFOs meet-up is held at the seaside where there's plenty of choice for food.
In fact, I seem to remember Techy overdoing the Carvery and going a bit green, which caused a minor flap in the conference hall.
Warrington and Manchester are not so bad , it's Widnes thats strikes me down with terror.
The old Widnes to Runcorn bridge certainly did that to me.
A relation of mine who seems to have mild undiagnosed epilepsy worked as a BR guard along the Scouse Line.
No pasties are available. Not even for ready money.
It's a lovely area. We keep meaning to go cycling around there, hopefully taking in some Manchester Ship Canal locks.
Excellent question, Grashopper.
I often walk past the Pasty Shop at Euston and consider taking home some crusty Cornish goodness for Techy.
It's in Dublin this year?
Really?.. I’ve not seen any in Tesco round my way. Ginsters yes but I’d put them in the ‘OK in a hurry if there’s nothing else around’ bag. I’d struggle to call them ‘nice’. Are there others?I often walk past the Pasty Shop at Euston and consider taking home some crusty Cornish goodness for Techy.
Then I remember their pasties are £7-odd and there are nice ones in Tesco.
How much!!!I often walk past the Pasty Shop at Euston and consider taking home some crusty Cornish goodness for Techy.
Then I remember their pasties are £7-odd and there are nice ones in Tesco.
£7 and pence. If you want their meal deal, add a small cold drink (juice or water) for just under £2 more.
I'd want a two week holiday in Barbados and 20 woodbines for that!
