Early Risers.

[leopardml2341]

1 hour ago, Erichill16 said:

Barnsley (the one in Yorkshire)

Please don't tell me there's more than one 'Barnsley'

[Barry O]

@iL Dottore Yorkshire Tea.. the greatest tea in the world.. which comes from a company called Taylors of Harrogate who also own the Bettys Tea Shop chain.   Yorkshire Tea   and the coffee  Taylors   and  Bettys in Harrogate  .. the yorkshire Rascals are to die for!!

 

@jonny777  Hake? in Fish and Chips?????  Haddock .. yes.... Skate wings.... yes.. Cod.. only if there is nothing else...but Hake??? Her indoors would probably try to mix it up to make glue with it being a proud Grimbarian...

 

Baz

[jamie92208]

2 hours ago, Andrew P said:

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

 

2 hours ago, Andrew P said:

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

Definitely  a double dose of TMI there Andrew.

 

No snow hear and so far the treatened liquid sunshine has not arrived. 

 

Jamie

[iL Dottore]

15 minutes ago, Barry O said:

@iL Dottore Yorkshire Tea.. the greatest tea in the world.. which comes from a company called Taylors of Harrogate

I didn’t notice the Harrogate Tea Fields either, Baz 

[iL Dottore]

A light dusting of snow on a local hill....

[Barry O]

1 minute ago, iL Dottore said:

I didn’t notice the Harrogate Tea Fields either, Baz 

no because they own plantations more suited to were tea can thrive  and they pay sensible wages too...

 

At least we can blend proper tea unlike the Swiss..

 

Baz

[PhilJ W]

Hello again from Estuary-Land. 

2 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

 

That’s a misnomer if there ever was one (or did I miss the famous Leeds’ Tea Plantations when I was there last?)

Good bit of marketing though (but why Yorkshire? Why not Lancashire tea or Essex tea?)

 

You can get Cornish tea, they sell it in the Eden Project shop. Its quite possible to grow certain crops in the UK and not just because of global warming. Churchill suggested that we grow tea here in the UK as a wartime measure to save shipping space. The only thing that prevented that from going ahead was it takes five years for a tea bush (camellia sinensis) to mature. I've tasted Cornish tea, not bad but not strong enough for my taste. Many years ago an old chap in Essex grew his own tobacco.

1 hour 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

When I was young we often had the remains of a Christmas gammon joint. Mum used to mince it up, add a few whisked eggs and chopped onion and put it in a flan case and bake.

54 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

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

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

You only had one job on the layout and that was to plant some trees.

Edited December 29, 2020 by PhilJ W

[iL Dottore]

19 minutes ago, Barry O said:

..,At least we can blend proper tea unlike the Swiss..

Baz

Sadly, I know, and not just Switzerland, pretty much all of Europe. Continental “tea” is teabag placed next to a glass of (if you’re lucky) lukewarm water. You are expected to dunk your own teabag. This lack of “steeping awareness” also extends to their own krautertee - which can be decent if made properly 

 

Now coffee, on the other hand.... (and we’re not talking St**muck’s either)

 

p.s. the most commonly available “tea” tea in Swiss supermarkets are Lipton and Twinings - even so, the Swiss still can’t make tea properly.

Edited December 29, 2020 by iL Dottore
Forgot text

[Grizz]

Is / was anyone else aware that, with only 7 days notice, the UK GOV announced that by 14th December all domestic fowl like chickens etc, no matter if you keep 10,000 or 1 must be kept indoors due to outbreaks of avian flu across the UK. Only one small article on national news and then no other mention......the gits!

 

So our 3 chooks, who normally have the freedom and right to roam in our garden, and the veg garden if they can manage to get in, had to be closed in.....much to their Dischuffment!!!!! 
 

And just like covid there is no indication when this is going to be lifted either.
 

So we were faced with 7 days to build something to keep them in and the wild birds out. Not Normally a problem as I can usually build pretty much most things from scratch but to complicate things Mrs Grizz and the kids and my mum had all moved into shielding isolation for 14 days so that I could come home for Christmas, after 9 months living shielding by myself.

 

Then Mrs Grizz had one of her lightbulb moments and suggest a Polytunnel.......genius! Ordered up within 10 minutes and it arrived with within 3 days. Putting it up took nearly and hour and a half but that’s another story. They now have their chook house within a tent, with loads of straw kindly donated by Mrs Grizz’s field ornaments, but I think that the novelty has definitely worn off for them. They want out! 
 

So today was my turn in mucking them out. 2 wheel barrows of straw to the compost heap and a crane bag full of new straw in. Trying to keep them in at the same time as borrowing out wasn’t easy. But at least they are still laying eggs. ‘Solar’ on the right of the photo had just noticed that the entrance flap wasn’t completely shut and was about to make a run for it! 
 

 

 

 

 

[simontaylor484]

26 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

I didn’t notice the Harrogate Tea Fields either, Baz 

Thats because its picked on the hills above Huddersfield 

 

 

The other Barnsley is in Gloucestershire 

[Coombe Barton]

The snow that is falling may be the highlight of 2020.

[Winslow Boy]

2 hours ago, Andrew P said:

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

No pictures please- well certainly not before nine o'clock please- as we don't want to upset the live stock.

[iL Dottore]

Something for those who think classical ballet is boring and po faced

One of the most enjoyable dances in the classical repertoire (music, IIRC, by Delibes)

Edited December 29, 2020 by iL Dottore
Typo

[leopardml2341]

24 minutes ago, Grizz said:

Is / was anyone else aware that, with only 7 days notice, the UK GOV announced that by 14th December all domestic fowl like chickens etc, no matter if you keep 10,000 or 1 must be kept indoors due to outbreaks of avian flu across the UK. Only one small article on national news and then no other mention......the gits!

 

There's big road signs around here informing me that 'You ere entering an Avian Flu control area' must be a high incidence........

[leopardml2341]

Despite their 'tea inadequacies' the Europeans don't half do chocolate, question is - Swiss or Belgian?

[iL Dottore]

4 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

Despite their 'tea inadequacies' the Europeans don't half do chocolate, question is - Swiss or Belgian?

Both - in abundance!

[Erichill16]

1 hour ago, leopardml2341 said:

Please don't tell me there's more than one 'Barnsley'

There certainly is, one in Gloucestershire!

Never been but can’t be as picturesque as my home town.

[Winslow Boy]

6 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Both - in abundance!

Yes but its not 'proper' chocolate.

 

There may be a case for some divergence from European standards.

 

Perhaps we should add cocoa plantations to the tea fields above Huddersfield.

[iL Dottore]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

no because they own plantations more suited to were tea can thrive  and they pay sensible wages too...

It’s good to learn of a company that properly recompenses those workers (and small businesses) who provide the raw materials, Too many companies don’t (and too many consumers don’t give a damn about that or about humane and enlightened animal husbandry - as long as they can get “whatever” cheap)

You’ve piqued my curiosity I’ll have to learn more about the company (and see if can acquire a box of Yorkshire Tea, I want to see what the brew-ha-ha is all about )

[Winslow Boy]

5 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

It’s good to learn of a company that properly recompenses those workers (and small businesses) who provide the raw materials, Too many companies don’t (and too many consumers don’t give a damn about that or about humane and enlightened animal husbandry - as long as they can get “whatever” cheap)

You’ve piqued my curiosity I’ll have to learn more about the company (and see if can acquire a box of Yorkshire Tea, I want to see what the brew-ha-ha is all about )

Sorry iL Dottore its not available for export. If you purchase any off the black market make certain its correctly marked ' produce of Yorkshire'

Edited December 29, 2020 by Winslow Boy
BL...dy autocorrect.

[leopardml2341]

9 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Sorry iL Dottore its not available for export..........

A bit like Henderson's Relish (for those in the know)

[PhilJ W]

I use leaf tea, with an infuser it is just as convenient as tea bags. Unfortunately few if any supermarkets stock the large leaf tea for infusers only the fine stuff that clogs up the infuser. With that in mind I purchase my tea in bulk from the Wee Tea Company https://www.weeteacompany.com/ which was recommended to me by Mal, late of this parish.

Mention has been made of sausages, a bit of bad news all down to BREXIT:-

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-ban-british-sausage-makers-23232052#source=push

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, iL Dottore said:

I didn’t notice the Harrogate Tea Fields either, Baz 

They're situated on the fields above the Jam Butty mines and next to the Broken Biscuit repair factory.

 

On another note, it appears that the Covid super spreading ski party has now done a moonlight flit from Verbier and headed for France. I hope that they have the correct attestations. I can't see the Gendarmarie  being very sympathetic.

 

Jamie

 

 

[leopardml2341]

34 minutes ago, Erichill16 said:

.......

Never been but can’t be as picturesque as my home town.

The only place I know that had 4 different bus routes out; to Rotherham (my home town) of all places. Even Sheffield could only manage 3

 

Thus proving that 'Rotherham Envy' is rampant

 

Edited December 29, 2020 by leopardml2341

[The Lurker]

46 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Something for those who think classical ballet is boring and po faced

One of the most enjoyable dances in the classical repertoire (music, IIRC, by Delibes)

I was taken to see that ad a child. It was part of my parents’ attempt to educate my sister and I in all things classical, which culminated in them leaving the Nutcracker halfway through because we would not sit still. Some bloke chundered on the train on the long journey back from Waterloo East to Paddock Wood and I remember that as much as the ballet. I remain a cultural philistine!