Little Eye On The Provinces

[Cudzoziemiec]

It doesn't actually take off from the plastic sheeting or whatever it is, it's on the grass. So not a helipad. And not smooth anymore either.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Welcome to Mr Tesco's House of Toothy Comestibles. Literally.

"It looks a bit like a mushroom anyway so I think I just missed it."

[mrcharly-YHT]

Surrey cyclists describes himself as "amateur bikepacker"

Fair.  His sellotaping-all-your-touring-stuff-to-random-bits-of-the-bike technique clearly needs work.

Hang on.

In a time when travel is restricted due to disease, he's going to ride all around the country to raise awareness of another disease?

That trailer looks really uncomfortable to sleep in.

[Mr Larrington]

Met a chap with a similar sleeping/luggage trailer in Teslin YT a couple of years ago.  He was walking the Alaska Highway And he was spending that night in a motel…

[Cudzoziemiec]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/secret-cocktail-bar-disguised-bookshop-5341124

One of Bristol's best steak restaurants is launching a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

So you think there's a new bookshop, but then it turns out to be another cocktail bar. How disappointing.

[Vernon]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/secret-cocktail-bar-disguised-bookshop-5341124

One of Bristol's best steak restaurants is launching a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

So you think there's a new bookshop, but then it turns out to be another cocktail bar. How disappointing.

Whereas what we really want is a readeasy hidden out the back of a cocktail bar.

[Cudzoziemiec]

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/secret-cocktail-bar-disguised-bookshop-5341124

One of Bristol's best steak restaurants is launching a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

So you think there's a new bookshop, but then it turns out to be another cocktail bar. How disappointing.

Whereas what we really want is a readeasy hidden out the back of a cocktail bar.

[Regulator]

Surrey cyclists describes himself as "amateur bikepacker"

Fair.  His sellotaping-all-your-touring-stuff-to-random-bits-of-the-bike technique clearly needs work.

Hang on.

In a time when travel is restricted due to disease, he's going to ride all around the country to raise awareness of another disease?

That trailer looks really uncomfortable to sleep in.

Yebbut.... it's for charidee.

[andrewc]

https://twitter.com/theeyecollector/status/1387423501284433922?s=20


Compact & bijou.       I doubt the decor would suit Johnson & Carrie Antoinette.

[Moleman76]

a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

In some of the parts of That Florida which cater to college students on holiday, there are bars named "The Library" or similar.

Done, it is said, so that when parents asked their child "where did you go during your break between class sessions?" the answer would be "I spent all my time at The Library".

also the rationale for some places known as "The Office", etc.

[TimC]

a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

In some of the parts of That Florida which cater to college students on holiday, there are bars named "The Library" or similar.

Done, it is said, so that when parents asked their child "where did you go during your break between class sessions?" the answer would be "I spent all my time at The Library".

also the rationale for some places known as "The Office", etc.

Our crewroom in the Falklands was called Moderation. I only drank there. But to excess, of course.

[ian]

In Florida, I once made a full-size 'snowman' out of mashed potato.

[rafletcher]

A Bristol special...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-56943732

[Kim]

Cornholme erotic books note attacks 'cesspit' Hebden Bridge

I've never actually been to Hebden Bridge, but it sounds like a nice place.

[Mr Larrington]

The Great Cornholmio?

[Jaded]

A Bristol special...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-56943732

Nah, that's Yate!

[Mr Larrington]

A Bristol special...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-56943732

Nah, that's Yate!

The kind of town that referees come from.

[rogerzilla]

Pronounced "Yah-tay" by Bristolians who think Yate residents are snobs.

[citoyen]

a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

In some of the parts of That Florida which cater to college students on holiday, there are bars named "The Library" or similar.

Done, it is said, so that when parents asked their child "where did you go during your break between class sessions?" the answer would be "I spent all my time at The Library".

Yeah, there's a bar called The Library in Leeds, next to the uni (across the road from the Mech Eng building, to be precise). It opened when I was a student in the early 90s, but I believe it is still going strong.

I think, to be fair, the rationale in this case is that the building was a library in a former life.

[Salvatore]

a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

In some of the parts of That Florida which cater to college students on holiday, there are bars named "The Library" or similar.

Done, it is said, so that when parents asked their child "where did you go during your break between class sessions?" the answer would be "I spent all my time at The Library".

also the rationale for some places known as "The Office", etc.

When I was a PSO in Manchester in the 1970, one of my housemates* was from Norn Irn. On Sunday lunchtime he insisted we should go to a pub called The Church (not the nearest, but not too far away), so that he could truthfully tell his mother where we'd all been.

*Later a top civil servant in NI. About 15 years ago he showed me his office (more a suite of rooms) at Stormont. The previous occupant had been Martin McGuinness.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Pronounced "Yah-tay" by Bristolians who think Yate residents are snobs.

I've only heard that pronunciation from Yate residents themselves. But on this evidence it's definitely the Florida of the West of England, if not the whole UK. Poor man wanted chicken nuggets and only got a McMuffin...

[ian]

a secret cocktail bar that will be disguised as an antique bookshop.

In some of the parts of That Florida which cater to college students on holiday, there are bars named "The Library" or similar.

Done, it is said, so that when parents asked their child "where did you go during your break between class sessions?" the answer would be "I spent all my time at The Library".

Yeah, there's a bar called The Library in Leeds, next to the uni (across the road from the Mech Eng building, to be precise). It opened when I was a student in the early 90s, but I believe it is still going strong.

I think, to be fair, the rationale in this case is that the building was a library in a former life.

There's a Library Alehouse in Santa Monica (well, between Santa Monica and Venice), where I have previously spent several hours in deep study.

[Guy]

New celebrity in York

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-56993465

[Kim]

Swan found with sock on head in 'mindless prank'

Police looking for suspect with broken arm...

[Mr Larrington]

I just found the other sock halfway up the stairs.  Now I'm going to have to check all the cupboards for angry swans.