We could start a Common Market, and invite them to join?
Good idea Merv!!! And instead of swanning off to Strasburg once a month to stock up on fancy wines they could have a charabanc up to Newcastle for a few pints of Newcy Broon Ale and a few links of Bury Black Pudding on the way home!!!
You should go a little further afield if you like real black pudding Foxy… Clonakilty (Irish) black pudding is worth going that extra mile for.
And if you would like a beer with a difference then look no further than 'Jubel'
That being said I do enjoy a Newcy Broon when in the mood
We could start a Common Market, and invite them to join?
Good idea Merv!!! And instead of swanning off to Strasburg once a month to stock up on fancy wines they could have a charabanc up to Newcastle for a few pints of Newcy Broon Ale and a few links of Bury Black Pudding on the way home!!!
You should go a little further afield if you like real black pudding Foxy… Clonakilty (Irish) black pudding is worth going that extra mile for.
And if you would like a beer with a difference then look no further than 'Jubel'
That being said I do enjoy a Newcy Broon when in the mood
Being from Cork myself Clonakilty black pudding is right up there.
Good idea Merv!!! And instead of swanning off to Strasburg once a month to stock up on fancy wines they could have a charabanc up to Newcastle for a few pints of Newcy Broon Ale and a few links of Bury Black Pudding on the way home!!!
You should go a little further afield if you like real black pudding Foxy… Clonakilty (Irish) black pudding is worth going that extra mile for.
And if you would like a beer with a difference then look no further than 'Jubel'
That being said I do enjoy a Newcy Broon when in the mood
Being from Cork myself Clonakilty black pudding is right up there.
Ireland, one place I want visit one day. A night out in the local with a pint or three of the real black stuff while listening to a live band sounds right up my street
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You should go a little further afield if you like real black pudding Foxy… Clonakilty (Irish) black pudding is worth going that extra mile for.
And if you would like a beer with a difference then look no further than 'Jubel'
That being said I do enjoy a Newcy Broon when in the mood
Being from Cork myself Clonakilty black pudding is right up there.
Ireland, one place I want visit one day. A night out in the local with a pint or three of the real black stuff while listening to a live band sounds right up my street
Cobh is a decent option for a tourist ... chose a pub where a barrel only lasts one day and the air is thick with rebel songs else visit the Storehouse in Dublin.
On the subject of black pudding we sometimes had a ride over to Rawtenstall for a ride on the East Lancs Railway down to Bury. We then had a meander around the town and into the market for a black pudding. Have you ever tried eating black pudding on a paper plate, stood up with a plastic fork? Not easy! I once bought some extra extra strong Lancashire cheese from the market. I like strong cheese but this stuff would strip paint. By heck it was strong!!! Good selection of cheeses there though.
Looks like the EC are getting flak from all quarters but they have made some grave blunders and their Irish blunder seems to have topped the lot. Meanwhile we have ordered another 40m doses of vaccine from the French pharmaceutical company Valneva according to BBC News. Now that we have left I wonder how long it will be before other countries follow suit?
Visited NI twice, both times was shot at ,in no hurry to go back.
I did a bit of work in NI in the 80’s and it wasn’t pleasant.
I’d imagine it’s much improved now.
I’ve also holidayed in Ireland and loved it but having said that, ridiculously expensive.
If it becomes united, the North will have a lot to consider before voting.
We had a holiday in N Ireland. The people were lovely but walking the walls in Londonderry there was plenty of evidence of the troubles and it was unnerving to say the leas. I don't know what it's like now but the police stations had more cameras and barbed wire around them than I know not what. Thankfully that is all behind them now and long may it last despite a few hotheads from time to time.
I was almost 20 when I joined in 71.
Being a Sapper, part of our roll was putting the protective screens etc around the Police stations, we were also part responsible for building the Peace line.
In 2008 we did a 20 day coach tour of the North and South of Ireland. Loved it but the most interesting part was perhaps when a Monk explained the ' troubles ' in simple terms to us while we were in (London)Derry
It was inevitable that the false border would cause trouble and has now proved to be so with threats to staff. May I suggest that given that it’s at Eu insistence, they supply the staff to check the goods coming in from the third world rat infested mainland.
That should work.
I was almost 20 when I joined in 71.
Being a Sapper, part of our roll was putting the protective screens etc around the Police stations, we were also part responsible for building the Peace line.
Arrived in Belfast on the ferry from Scotland not realizing it was interment day, road blocks by soldiers all the way along the motorway to Sligo. The boys were very friendly when they found we were on a fishing trip to the republic and the minibus was full of fishing gear.
We were camping and arrived at Strokestown to fish the loughs. With the TV showing the troubles in the north as we entered a pub, any concerns we had soon went as we were made welcome. We stayed a week before leaving via Dún Laoghaire, loverly friendly people.
I was almost 20 when I joined in 71.
Being a Sapper, part of our roll was putting the protective screens etc around the Police stations, we were also part responsible for building the Peace line.
Arrived in Belfast on the ferry from Scotland not realizing it was interment day, road blocks by soldiers all the way along the motorway to Sligo. The boys were very friendly when they found we were on a fishing trip to the republic and the minibus was full of fishing gear.
We were camping and arrived at Strokestown to fish the loughs. With the TV showing the troubles in the north as we entered a pub, any concerns we had soon went as we were made welcome. We stayed a week before leaving via Dún Laoghaire, loverly friendly people.
It looks as if the Beeb, and probably other media outlets, are gearing themselves up to proclaim another Boris failure. Yesterday I was reading an article about Covid vaccinations where they were calculating on average how many jabs would have to be given each day to achieve the 15 million target. Do they not listen? The target is to "invite" 15 million to have the jab not to actually give the jab.
Firstly 15 million is just a number - I doubt that there is exactly 15 million in the first four groups. Secondly there will be some who are invited who will not take up the "invitation". Thirdly there will be some who will not be able to have the jab for any number of reasons and lastly there will be some in those groups that will "fall through the net".
From what I have been reading the take-up has been fairly high but as we are essentially talking about the same group as have the flu jab which last year had a good year with about 80% having it I would say that the take up could be as high as 95%. So if there is something between 14 and 14.5 million jabs given I would say that the Government have achieved their target.
I can see now that on the 15th February that the media will be scouring the country to find the 10 people that have not been invited and declaring the vaccination program a failure.
And while I am having a rant - last night on the news was the comment "the vaccine will prevent deaths from Coronavirus"! No - the vaccine will reduce the deaths from Coronavirus (hopefully) as there will still be some who are vaccinated who will die. None of these vaccines claim to give 100% protection.
Sky News are just as bad David. What happened to the days when the media reported news. Nowadays they seem more intent on holding the government to account which is what the opposition parties were supposed to be doing. Their questions are loaded with the intention of trying to trip ministers up, something I find petty and sly.
And I am fed up with guttural, estuarial English as spoken by many in the media, usually spattered with words they have made up themselves or the result of poor grammar. TBH much of the time now I switch them off because they are just irritating.
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