Actually it was Yes Tor, Oke Tor is another one. I had taken the day off today so left for a walk on the moors, a little more ambitious than the one on Sunday as it involved a reasonable amount of climbing. I only climbed two of four tors on the walk, though, and skirted […]
Grrrr
People who drink teabag tea – do they not realise actual tea does not taste like lightly caffeinated wet paper? Do they like this rubbish?
Over the moors
Well, I didn’t do as much work as I should have yesterday but walking is better than faffing, so after a slice of toast and some tea, I went off for a walk across the moors, with three objectives: a cream tea at Belstone, see the stone circle, and return alive. All three objectives were […]
Inglorious tumble
It was a hot day and I went along what is known as the Granite Way, thinking it would be more sheltered than the open moors. It probably was, but still a slight misjudgement as it’s a pukka cycle path, so the surface was glaring when the sun was very hot. Still, a very nice […]
In Devon
I am in Devon and sworn to have cream teas. I arrived today at around lunchtime, got myself some fish and chips and ate them in a park, then wandered around a bit, got groceries, and ended up at a tea room for my first cream tea. It was served by a blonde woman with […]
Visitor from afar
A visitor from afar arrived last night. I went to the airport to collect her. The airport and the way to the airport have evolved greatly over the years, such that they are virtually unrecognisable every time I pass through, at least the outside of the airport, but the inside is the same miserable beige […]
Fine fish
Had my blowout meal in Bangkok this evening, at one of the city’s best sushi places. It was very good, quite a delight, and plenty of things I’d not tried before, such as a baby snapper and seasonal squids and eels. I didn’t go for the premium omakase which cost half again as much though […]
More annoyances
I’m in a rather annoyed frame of mind today, easy to take offence and feeling persecuted by everything. At one of my work places, I got very prickly about a proposed piece related to Eid being shot down (Islamophobia! I growled to myself), and felt my experience and expertise was being undervalued. Not something that […]
City palaces
In the morning I went to Suan Pakkad, which is the home of a princely family, now turned into a sort of museum of their personal collections. It’s laid out in a series of Thai wooden stilt houses connected by walkways, and the houses were generally the best part of it as the collections themselves […]
Smashed
Nothing much to report today. I was out of food and a bit under the weather so went to get supplies and also went a bit further afield to what was reputed to be one of the best smash burger places in Bangkok. This was up a street I hadn’t yet been, one lined with […]