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Och! Who cares about the MB being a wee bit slow when you have such superb drama on the BBC and a dram or two of 12 year old malt tee wash it doun with? Hope you caught it Big Ron! Fantastic. Apologies for accent btw  |
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Here we're about to tuck in to fried anchovies, citrus-braised lamb shanks and Mystery Dessert à la Knoop.
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Here we're about to tuck in to fried anchovies, citrus-braised lamb shanks and Mystery Dessert à la Knoop.
Lamb shanks two nights running? Or was yesterday during the Foerster a dress rehearsal? Tommo It was the beginning of the cooking process.  Mark does Slow Food. The mystery dessert was more or less Chausson aux pommes.   I've been asked to point out it was actually mutton shanks. Thanks Mark. My goodness gracious me that was good... |
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« Reply #3034 on: 23:08:33, 19-12-2007 » |
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Och! Who cares about the MB being a wee bit slow when you have such superb drama on the BBC and a dram or two of 12 year old malt tee wash it doun with? Hope you caught it Big Ron! Fantastic. Apologies for accent btw Not at all bad, Anty! (I'd expect tae rather than tee, however; but bearing in mind the havoc Dafydd has wrought upon your dialect, we're no doubt even. I am more than a little worried to discover, though, that young Mr Ap Huw has a paternal cousin called Steffen....)  |
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« Reply #3035 on: 10:38:40, 20-12-2007 » |
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HAY! (That's hello in Lapland ) We came home last night after a superb time in the most beautiful snowy wilderness. My son will be downloading the pics from his camera on to my computer some time over the next few days so I'll post some on here. My favourite experience was the husky safari. It was pitch dark although only 4 p.m. but a lovely clear sky and a half moon. There was just my grandson and I on a dog sled, sitting on reindeer skins, with someone standing on the back guiding us. Those dogs go at an astonishing speed! 30 kms an hour on average. They took us through the pine forest and across a frozen lake and back through another pine forest for about 20 minutes at top speed. It isn't something for the faint-hearted! You have to hang on to each other for dear life round bends. The noise they make is wonderful! They're barking and squealing with delight the whole time. They absolutely love it! They can't wait to set off and they don't want to go home. We went to the husky farm and saw some puppies and drank hot berry juice in front of a log fire outside. Magical! We also had a reindeer-led ride, much more sedate. Again just the two of us but with another sleigh coming up quite close behind. I kept feeling a strange tapping on the back of my head and when I looked round, the reindeer behind was trying to eat my hat! When I moved so it couldn't, it kept bashing me with its antlers. It was absolutely hilarious. Little 'un loved all of it. He took part in all the snow sports. I had one go at snow tubing but I can truthfully say I've never been so scared in my life. It was a big climb for one so small and heavily booted and suited, to get up to the top of the slope to do it in the first place and because there had been no fresh snow for a few days, it was thick ice and very fast. I'd just seen two accidents. Two men - one had crashed at top speed into the safety netting and somersaulted many times before landing back on the slope and then the next one actually went through the net and crashed down the bank, landing face down. He lay there for a few seconds and I was starting to worry - but both men were only shaken up and grazed/bruised. They both laughed about it afterwards. All the same, it unnerved me so when I went up I was fearing the worst. I found out afterwards that the bigger and heavier you are the faster you go which is why the men always came a cropper. All the same when they pushed me off the top it was terrifying. I just spun and spun. I only did it once, but my son, his girlfriend and the child had many many goes. My son and his girlfriend loved the adult Skido racing round the mountain. I could go on about it all day but I'll stop now. Just to say for those of you with children and grandchildren, it is an experience well worth having, provided you possess something of an adventurous/pioneer spirit.  |
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« Reply #3036 on: 10:44:30, 20-12-2007 » |
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« Reply #3037 on: 11:02:27, 20-12-2007 » |
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Glad you had a good time, Milly. I must admit the "sports" sound like a bit of a nightmare to me! I'd have liked the snow and the reindeer.
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« Reply #3038 on: 14:31:08, 20-12-2007 » |
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That sounds so wonderful Milly! I'm sure your young'un will treasure the memories for many, many years to come. I had no idea huskies could move at such a lick, good for you hanging on tight. And the reindeer, trying for a hat-snack! Cheeky so-and-so's!
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We also met Santa! The REAL one! He gave little 'un a stocking with toy and sweets and me a warm scarf. It was all done so very well by the organisers. We were met at the airport by elves and these looked after us all the time, took us everywhere and nothing was too much trouble. The food was very good - especially if you like reindeer and elk. (The game stew on the first night was this). There was a lot of choice for veggies like me too. The rest of them had the reindeer meat and said it was delicious  How they could after meeting so many of them personally I'll never know!  Gorgeous things. |
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« Reply #3040 on: 23:09:29, 20-12-2007 » |
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Very happy that you had such a wonderful time, Milly. Looking forward to seeing some photos...
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« Reply #3041 on: 11:42:33, 21-12-2007 » |
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Right, beat this you suckers. It took me a mere hour and a half to get the bus to the shopping centre, buy 10 gifts, wrapping paper, cards, gift tags, some booze, go to the cash machine and get the bus home again. Oh, and there was time for an espresso at the stall next to Mothercare. <smug!>  |
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That's really very good going, Martle! The vast majority of my Christmas shopping is done for the year, though I still don't have a tree. I will need to sort that little issue out tomorrow. I am fortunate this year in that I have not had to do any food shopping, as I have left most of this to my mother (with a promise to split the bill). However I have promised to source some decent cheese, and a bottle of dessert wine to go with Christmas pud. It also occurred to me yesterday that I should get some goodies for Mum's dog and two cats I had a little unplanned shopping trip yesterday resulting in two extra gifts for Mum - a box of good Belgian chocs and some nice bath smellies |
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Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir
Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen,
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« Reply #3043 on: 12:06:45, 21-12-2007 » |
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Right, beat this you suckers. It took me a mere hour and a half to get the bus to the shopping centre, buy 10 gifts, wrapping paper, cards, gift tags, some booze, go to the cash machine and get the bus home again. Oh, and there was time for an espresso at the stall next to Mothercare. <smug!> Is that picture you after the coffee, or after the success of your speed? Either way, it's not green enough? By the way, based on this performance, I don't think I want to try your Turkey. Tommo |
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Right, beat this you suckers. It took me a mere hour and a half to get the bus to the shopping centre, buy 10 gifts, wrapping paper, cards, gift tags, some booze, go to the cash machine and get the bus home again. Oh, and there was time for an espresso at the stall next to Mothercare. <smug!> If any of that involved crossing the threshold of Churchill Square (central Brighton's dreadful main shopping mall, for the uninitiated), then you are a miracle worker indeed. We are not worthy ... |
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