Author Topic: Didcot (Read 167343 times)

andyoxon · « **Reply #625 on:** 24 April, 2014, 06:13:51 pm »

Word has it that in some of the restaurants in Didcot the service is poor atm following this...
http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/11062812.Illegal_workers_held_after_restaurant_raids/?ref=mr

4mls from Didcot (in Long Wittenham) is http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g504077-d2008553-Reviews-The_Vine_and_Spice-Abingdon_Oxfordshire_England.html

Supposed to be the best the best curry house in the Vale... described as being in Abingdon (though nearer to Didcot.

). Slightly on the pricey side though. Food Hygiene R of 5/5.

mattc · « **Reply #626 on:** 25 April, 2014, 07:13:06 am »

Ah, thanks Andy: you've reminded me about something at work yesterday.

A colleague's wife received astonishingly rude service from one of the Abingdon places after ordering a take-away. I'll try to confirm which one it was ... EDIT: forgot to ask, but I'm fairly sure it was Dil-Raj.

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #627 on:** 25 April, 2014, 01:20:33 pm »

Quote from: mattc on 24 April, 2014, 05:59:37 pm

Quote from: bikenrrd on 24 April, 2014, 05:36:09 pm
Dil Raj in Abingdon is the best curry house in Oxfordshire (probably).

I know Abingdon would LIKE to be called part of Didcot, but it ain't yet

I might have to report you to the Mods for such slander!

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #628 on:** 25 April, 2014, 01:21:38 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 24 April, 2014, 06:13:51 pm

Word has it that in some of the restaurants in Didcot the service is poor atm following this...
http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/11062812.Illegal_workers_held_after_restaurant_raids/?ref=mr

4mls from Didcot (in Long Wittenham) is http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g504077-d2008553-Reviews-The_Vine_and_Spice-Abingdon_Oxfordshire_England.html

Supposed to be the best the best curry house in the Vale... described as being in Abingdon (though nearer to Didcot. ). Slightly on the pricey side though. Food Hygiene R of 5/5.

Similar arrests in some Abingdon eateries as well a few weeks back.

andyoxon · « **Reply #629 on:** 30 April, 2014, 11:14:41 pm »

eeeeuuuh Tankers called in to bail out pumping station

“About 500 homes have been built at Great Western Park so far and as I understand it the homes have been linked to the existing sewerage system for the town...'

Nothing like some good infrastructure planning... in the midst of the developer's gold rush.

mattc · « **Reply #630 on:** 01 May, 2014, 01:25:06 pm »

Great Western Park is not my favourite place at the mo! See also:
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=68483.msg1676617#msg1676617

For Jaded: It's pissing down at the mo. I think this rain was forecast to stay a few miles south. Well they were wrong!

Has anyone mentioned the double-decker bike racks? I've been to look but have no idea how they work!
And there's a massive new sculpture in the town centre. Odd, but not unpleasant.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #631 on:** 01 May, 2014, 09:33:22 pm »

Went to the pub in Steventon in the end. Picked the rougher one of the two next door to each other.

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #632 on:** 01 May, 2014, 10:09:32 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 01 May, 2014, 09:33:22 pm

Went to the pub in Steventon in the end. Picked the rougher one of the two next door to each other.

You live a dangerous life ...

andyoxon · « **Reply #633 on:** 04 May, 2014, 11:29:08 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 01 May, 2014, 09:33:22 pm

Went to the pub in Steventon in the end. Picked the rougher one of the two next door to each other.

Not been to the Fox or Cherry tree for a while. Colleagues tend to favour the somewhat souless, car park-surrounded, opposite-the-station, Prince of Wales in Didcot, so they can get ratted and stagger home...

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #634 on:** 04 May, 2014, 04:03:03 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 04 May, 2014, 11:29:08 am

Quote from: rogerzilla on 01 May, 2014, 09:33:22 pm
Went to the pub in Steventon in the end. Picked the rougher one of the two next door to each other.

.... somewhat souless, car park-surrounded, opposite-the-station, Prince of Wales in Didcot, so they can get ratted and stagger home...

You say that like it's a bad thing!

andyoxon · « **Reply #635 on:** 04 May, 2014, 07:19:45 pm »

Quote from: Fab Foodie on 04 May, 2014, 04:03:03 pm

Quote from: andyoxon on 04 May, 2014, 11:29:08 am
Quote from: rogerzilla on 01 May, 2014, 09:33:22 pm
Went to the pub in Steventon in the end. Picked the rougher one of the two next door to each other.

.... somewhat souless, car park-surrounded, opposite-the-station, Prince of Wales in Didcot, so they can get ratted and stagger home...
You say that like it's a bad thing!

I somehow seem to be driving, and on one half a pint, and orange juice...

This last time they were chucking Jager-bomb plastic containers at each other...

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #636 on:** 04 May, 2014, 11:36:19 pm »

Quote from: andyoxon on 04 May, 2014, 07:19:45 pm

Quote from: Fab Foodie on 04 May, 2014, 04:03:03 pm
Quote from: andyoxon on 04 May, 2014, 11:29:08 am
Quote from: rogerzilla on 01 May, 2014, 09:33:22 pm
Went to the pub in Steventon in the end. Picked the rougher one of the two next door to each other.

.... somewhat souless, car park-surrounded, opposite-the-station, Prince of Wales in Didcot, so they can get ratted and stagger home...
You say that like it's a bad thing!

I somehow seem to be driving, and on one half a pint, and orange juice... This last time they were chucking Jager-bomb plastic containers at each other...

Peasants!

Jaded · « **Reply #637 on:** 05 May, 2014, 08:38:32 pm »

Was on the Arena programme on Spitting Image. I know it was a long time ago, but that's what time shifting is for.

Jaded · « **Reply #638 on:** 07 May, 2014, 09:55:53 am »

That's the best of the day gone.

...the grey clouds start.

Didcot Parkway.

Where the Engine of Hope meets the Buffers of Despair.

andyoxon · « **Reply #639 on:** 07 May, 2014, 11:14:05 am »

Off to Didcot for a curry tonight. Wish me luck.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #640 on:** 07 May, 2014, 10:53:09 pm »

Had one at The Blue Spice in Steventon tonight (no complaints) or might have seen you.

andyoxon · « **Reply #641 on:** 07 May, 2014, 11:14:54 pm »

We were at Indian Dream. Cobra on tap, service was good (not busy though), food was fine - no complaints either.

Jaded · « **Reply #642 on:** 08 May, 2014, 09:02:52 am »

1) Animal, vegetable or mineral? Mostly the last two.
2) Is it grey? Yes
3) Is it dull? Yes
4) Are there dancing girls with pompoms and glorious smiles? No
5) Is it Wolverhampton? No.
15 questions left.
6) Does it stand in splendour dominating its countryside? No
7) Does it sit brooding, like an over fed, scabby sharpei, scaring little children and causing fits in pensioners? Yes
It's Didcot, isn't it! Yes.

Riggers · « **Reply #643 on:** 08 May, 2014, 09:05:50 am »

A friend of mine's daughter lives in Didcot.

I have nothing else to add.

I'm sorry.

SteveC · « **Reply #644 on:** 24 May, 2014, 08:37:09 am »

I shall be in Harwell (which Apple Maps considers to be part of Didcot) this weekend.
Are there any precautions (apart from not going) I should take?

PaulF · « **Reply #645 on:** 24 May, 2014, 09:17:59 am »

Quote from: SteveC on 24 May, 2014, 08:37:09 am

I shall be in Harwell (which Apple Maps considers to be part of Didcot) this weekend.
Are there any precautions (apart from not going) I should take?

You should be OK, as Harwell's the right side of the A34, other than that from looking out of the window I'd suggest bringing a liferaft.

mattc · « **Reply #646 on:** 24 May, 2014, 11:51:10 am »

Quote from: PaulF on 24 May, 2014, 09:17:59 am

Quote from: SteveC on 24 May, 2014, 08:37:09 am
I shall be in Harwell (which Apple Maps considers to be part of Didcot) this weekend.
Are there any precautions (apart from not going) I should take?

You should be OK, as Harwell's the right side of the A34, other than that from looking out of the window I'd suggest bringing a liferaft.

Acksherly ...
I received a big lecture once about how Harwell spans both sides of the A34.

Be sure not to upset them, Steve!

[Sun now shining on Didcot - as usual

]

andyoxon · « **Reply #647 on:** 24 May, 2014, 12:14:37 pm »

Quote from: SteveC on 24 May, 2014, 08:37:09 am

I shall be in Harwell (which Apple Maps considers to be part of Didcot) this weekend.
Are there any precautions (apart from not going) I should take?

The White Hart (Now the Hart at harwell) use to do a good steak & ale pie, but I haven't been for a few years now...

Jaded · « **Reply #648 on:** 24 May, 2014, 01:56:47 pm »

Didcot was dull and grey both times yesterday.

So I didn't comment.

Fab Foodie · « **Reply #649 on:** 24 May, 2014, 04:24:52 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 24 May, 2014, 01:56:47 pm

Didcot was dull and grey both times yesterday.

So I didn't comment.

... until now ....