Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

[Llasi]

 

[Jolipapa]

Yep, it's always best to be self-contained with British railways Barrett. I'd like to tell you that kind of announcement is rare, but it really isn't Sometimes it's the driver who has boarded the wrong train! The food and beverages are rotten and ridiculously over-priced, so I try and take my own whenever possible. The 'British Rail sandwich' used to be a national joke here, to the extent that, decades after they abolished British Rail, people still reference the sandwiches. I heard someone make just such a joke yesterday!

I'm afraid we have the same problem this side of the Channel...

 

[Jack Black]

I'm afraid we have the same problem this side of the Channel...

Really JP? That's a shame Have you ever been on the Spanish Talgo? Not particularly fast for a long-distance train, but I have always found the buffet car quaint and pleasant

 

[Jolipapa]

When I was young, twice a year with my Grand parents we took a Pullmann in the Orient-Express to Budapest or Belgrad. The CIWL restaurant car WAS a restaurant.

 

[Buzzbait]

I'm hanging around the house on staycation this week, so I pulled out some thing special while I drink beer and cook garlic parmesan chicken wings on the grill

 

[Jack Black]

When I was young, twice a year with my Grand parents we took a Pullmann in the Orient-Express to Budapest or Belgrad. The CIWL restaurant car WAS a restaurant.

Wow, fantastic memories JP

 

[Jolipapa]

Wow, fantastic memories JP

I remember the attendant passing in the cars with a bell to call to the restaurant, where you sat at a real table with white cloth. That was the time when SNCF trains never were late and the cows would set their watches when the train was passing.

 

[difeasy]

 

[Buzzbait]

I'm doing my usual thing. Grilling corn and hamburgers on the Weber, while I relax and pop open a cold one on the porch.

 

[Pàdruig]

Something different this evening. I do not drink a lot of wine, but sometimes, especially when cooler weather starts to set in, I like to imbibe. I'm particularly fond of deep dark reds like cabernets and pinot noirs but this dark red blend is very rich and drinkable.

I think it pairs nicely with this blood red #25.

 

[TheFactor]

A great way to start out the weekend / vacation

 

[tmd_87]

My go to Mexican Cerveza

 

[donn]

A pint of Yate's Brewery Islander 4%. Being enjoyed in the Bugle Coaching Inn, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, UK.

 

[Jack Black]

Happy Birthday Charlie @waynorth

 

[rockman0]

Enjoying 8% abv red ale from Finch's of Chicago while admiring a few old barlows.

 

[WhittlinAway]

Jack, LOL!

Chores being finished it's r&r time:

This is the third beer I've tried from Alpine and they've all been very good. The Grinling and I are about to have our first whittling session together.

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[Burnt Stag]

Spent the last 9 days in the Yellowstone and the Tetons.
Had to try a local brew.

 

[screened porch]

Happy Birthday Charlie @waynorth

Viking! That explains the zoomorphic interlacing. If it tastes as good as it looks, I may have to find some.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, LOL!

Chores being finished it's r&r time:

This is the third beer I've tried from Alpine and they've all been very good. The Grinling and I are about to have our first whittling session together.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Hope you had a great whittling session my friend

Viking! That explains the zoomorphic interlacing. If it tastes as good as it looks, I may have to find some.

Yeah, they've gone to town with the Viking imagery! I guess, since it's from Orkney, it's not misplaced Though I like the Islay malts most of all, Highland Park is a long-time favourite of mine, and often surprisingly good value here. I generally dislike the idea of all these new marketed malt blends, but this one is certainly a tasty tipple

 

[screened porch]

Islays are the peatier ones?
But I must stop chatterboxing and get out my indian clubs before I gain back my lost weight.