So with hindsight (and as England didn't win it) I'm happy to say that was probably

[Sir C]

No, but I did have breakfast in Belvedere on Saturday, and went into a pub in Crayford. So my life isn't entirely free of adventure.

Belvedere? :shudder: Talk about barbaric!

[Ash]

Belvedere? :shudder: Talk about barbaric!

You'd have loved it. The caff was decked out with plastic England flags. Canned tomatoes, strong tea served by a lady with a purple face.

[Burney]

You'd have loved it. The caff was decked out with plastic England flags. Canned tomatoes, strong tea served by a lady with a purple face.

Canned tomatoes. There really is nothing more disgusting in a fry-up. Apart from beans, obviously.

[Ash]

Canned tomatoes. There really is nothing more disgusting in a fry-up. Apart from beans, obviously.

Well, mushrooms, basically - or as Headgear used to accurately describe them - the devil's cock-fungus.

[Sir C]

You'd have loved it. The caff was decked out with plastic England flags. Canned tomatoes, strong tea served by a lady with a purple face.

Yes, but Belvedere... was this somewhere on the spine road, where all the factories are?

I scarped the walls of a Marmite factory there when I first left school. Then I cleaned out a grain silo. Jesus H Christ, the filth in both those places was beyond human comprehension.

[Burney]

Yes, but Belvedere... was this somewhere on the spine road, where all the factories are?

I scarped the walls of a Marmite factory there when I first left school. Then I cleaned out a grain silo. Jesus H Christ, the filth in both those places was beyond human comprehension.

I scraped the walls of your mum's Marmite factory.


Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Ash]

Yes, but Belvedere... was this somewhere on the spine road, where all the factories are?

I scarped the walls of a Marmite factory there when I first left school. Then I cleaned out a grain silo. Jesus H Christ, the filth in both those places was beyond human comprehension.

It was on a little parade just north of the station. After brekky we turned east and headed to Erith. Are you sure your Marmite factory wasn't there? It's thrillingly industrial with a very modern focus on sustainability, due to the high concentration of metal recycling facilities. Which used to be called scrapyards.