What lovely weather for summer

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08-19-2019, 12:27 PM
Pat Vegas

What lovely weather for summer

it's ****ing awful,
08-19-2019, 12:33 PM
PSRB

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

it's ****ing awful,

Tell me about it, just back from 2 weeks of stunning weather in Portugal.....and it's pissing down

Mind you, they are saying the bank holiday should be nice
08-19-2019, 12:39 PM
IUFG

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Originally Posted by PSRB

Tell me about it, just back from 2 weeks of stunning weather in Portugal.....and it's pissing down

you're in fúcking Manchester, p, what do you expect?

:drizzle:
08-19-2019, 12:42 PM
PSRB

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Originally Posted by IUFG

you're in fúcking Manchester, p, what do you expect?

:drizzle:

Even for Manchester, this summer has been awful. Twice we've had Met Office severe weather warnings that exclusively covered Greater Manchester :hehe:
08-19-2019, 12:48 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by Pat Vegas

it's ****ing awful,

I wouldn't mind if we had wet days and dry days - but rain every swutting day! :shout:

I left to walk in this morning and it immediately started. Pfft, drizzle, I thought, and so it rained hard. I got on a bus and it stopped raining. Popped into the British Museum at lunch to gorp at the Rothschild collection and as i came out down it came.

Luckily I had the last laugh because by the time it was monsooning it down I was safely back in the office. :hehe: :driving: :vsign:
08-19-2019, 12:57 PM
Pat Vegas

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Originally Posted by Ash

I wouldn't mind if we had wet days and dry days - but rain every swutting day! :shout:

I left to walk in this morning and it immediately started. Pfft, drizzle, I thought, and so it rained hard. I got on a bus and it stopped raining. Popped into the British Museum at lunch to gorp at the Rothschild collection and as i came out down it came.

Luckily I had the last laugh because by the time it was monsooning it down I was safely back in the office. :hehe: :driving: :vsign:

April showers style.
though one positive is the temperature is low at night so I can get a decent kip.
08-19-2019, 01:27 PM
Luis Anaconda

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Originally Posted by Ash

I wouldn't mind if we had wet days and dry days - but rain every swutting day! :shout:

I left to walk in this morning and it immediately started. Pfft, drizzle, I thought, and so it rained hard. I got on a bus and it stopped raining. Popped into the British Museum at lunch to gorp at the Rothschild collection and as i came out down it came.

Luckily I had the last laugh because by the time it was monsooning it down I was safely back in the office. :hehe: :driving: :vsign:

Rob McKenna - is that you?
08-19-2019, 01:56 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda

Rob McKenna - is that you?

:hehe: Indeed.

Had friends down from the North at the weekend. Managed to take them to six Highgate pubs, including The Spaniards. Prince of Wales was rocking on Saturday night - Steve Diggle from the Buzzcocks is a regular, by the look of it. He must have sold more records than I thought.

Our guests weren't so impressed with the £20 roasts in the Red Lion and Sun the next day. Especially the £8 service for slapping down a couple of plates. Table service indeed. Hmmph.
08-19-2019, 02:24 PM
WES

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Originally Posted by Ash

:hehe: Indeed.

Had friends down from the North at the weekend. Managed to take them to six Highgate pubs, including The Spaniards. Prince of Wales was rocking on Saturday night - Steve Diggle from the Buzzcocks is a regular, by the look of it. He must have sold more records than I thought.

Our guests weren't so impressed with the £20 roasts in the Red Lion and Sun the next day. Especially the £8 service for slapping down a couple of plates. Table service indeed. Hmmph.

I know northerners love to go on about the prices down south but when I'm in the Lakes the pubs and restaurants all seem to be charging London prices. :shrug:
08-19-2019, 02:27 PM
PSRB

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Originally Posted by WES

I know northerners love to go on about the prices down south but when I'm in the Lakes the pubs and restaurants all seem to be charging London prices. :shrug:

Manchester local pubs, you're looking at £3-3.80 for lager, £2.20-£3.00 for a bitter, clearly city centre will be more expensive and Wetherspoons cheaper.
08-19-2019, 02:29 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by WES

I know northerners love to go on about the prices down south but when I'm in the Lakes the pubs and restaurants all seem to be charging London prices. :shrug:

Not quite Highgate prices, I find. Though you might attend more upmarket establishments than me in t'Lakes.
08-19-2019, 02:52 PM
Luis Anaconda

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Originally Posted by Ash

:hehe: Indeed.

Had friends down from the North at the weekend. Managed to take them to six Highgate pubs, including The Spaniards. Prince of Wales was rocking on Saturday night - Steve Diggle from the Buzzcocks is a regular, by the look of it. He must have sold more records than I thought.

Our guests weren't so impressed with the £20 roasts in the Red Lion and Sun the next day. Especially the £8 service for slapping down a couple of plates. Table service indeed. Hmmph.

Yeah - Red Lion was never the cheapest. Nice to know the Prince is doing well though. May even get back to London before the end of the year
08-19-2019, 02:55 PM
Sir C

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Originally Posted by Ash

Not quite Highgate prices, I find. Though you might attend more upmarket establishments than me in t'Lakes.

:nod: £3.00 a pint in the Newfield Inn, for example.
08-19-2019, 02:57 PM
IUFG

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Originally Posted by Sir C

:nod: £3.00 a pint in the Newfield Inn, for example.

£5.75 for a pint of Peroni in my local.

taking the fúcking rise, imo...
08-19-2019, 03:05 PM
WES

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Originally Posted by Ash

Not quite Highgate prices, I find. Though you might attend more upmarket establishments than me in t'Lakes.

A good food place in t'Lakes seems about the same as in Surrey; I'm actually out of touch with London prices. Beer a bit cheaper but not miles. A good ale in the Drunken Duck was just over 4 quid, I think. Lager slightly more.

Which is pretty much what my local in Surrey charges.
08-19-2019, 03:09 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by IUFG

£5.75 for a pint of Peroni in my local.

taking the fúcking rise, imo...

Wages should be index linked to beer prices imo.
08-19-2019, 03:11 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by Ash

Wages should be index linked to beer prices imo.

EDIT : And I'm no longer surprised to be charged north of six quid for a larger.
08-19-2019, 03:14 PM
IUFG

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Originally Posted by Ash

EDIT : And I'm no longer surprised to be charged north of six quid for a larger.

Last time i was in O'Neills on Euston Road (probably two years ago) Peroni was £6.05 a pint.

What a fúcking awkward price too.
08-19-2019, 03:18 PM
PSRB

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Originally Posted by IUFG

Last time i was in O'Neills on Euston Road (probably two years ago) Peroni was £6.05 a pint.

What a fúcking awkward price too.

£5.50 for a pint of Estrella in a bar near me, I was paying under €2 for it in Portugal last week
08-19-2019, 03:20 PM
IUFG

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Originally Posted by PSRB

£5.50 for a pint of Estrella in a bar near me, I was paying under €2 for it in Portugal last week

Estrella? Barcelona filth imo.

Sagres / Superbock a betterer choice, no?
08-19-2019, 03:20 PM
WES

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Originally Posted by Ash

Not quite Highgate prices, I find. Though you might attend more upmarket establishments than me in t'Lakes.

https://www.oldstamphouse.com/

Last time I was oop I ate here - very good but prices were what I would expect to pay in Surrey
08-19-2019, 03:31 PM
PSRB

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Originally Posted by IUFG

Estrella? Barcelona filth imo.

Sagres / Superbock a betterer choice, no?

For some reason the local sports bar only does Estrella in various guises in pints. Sagres/SuperBock we have back at the apartment or if visiting other bars. I have no issue with any of them, all cheap and very pleasant lagers
08-19-2019, 03:57 PM
Ash

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Originally Posted by WES

https://www.oldstamphouse.com/

Last time I was oop I ate here - very good but prices were what I would expect to pay in Surrey

Yup. Looks way past my station.

The kind of place where I'd have to go out and find some chips afterwards to top up the smears and gestures on the plate pretending to be a meal. :-)
08-19-2019, 04:24 PM
IUFG

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Originally Posted by Ash

Yup. Looks way past my station.

£9 for a slither of cheesecake and ice-cream?

In the North?

Fúck that.

Hardly dining at the Burj al Arab, is it?

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