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simonp

LEL - Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« on: 22 July, 2009, 05:07:58 pm »
Important information: where can I get a decent haggis supper then?

Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #1 on: 22 July, 2009, 05:16:09 pm »
No idea about decent, but I remember one chippy on the main street in Longtown.

[EDIT] Of course, that's still just in England. :)

Given there's nigh on bugger all in between the border and Dalkeith (except stunning scenery) I'm guessing you've got a choice of Innerleithen and the outskirts of Edinburgh/Dalkeith.
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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #2 on: 22 July, 2009, 05:25:54 pm »
The Traquair Arms Hotel in Innerleithen does good pub food. I don't know about the chip shop but i imagine it's fine.

Really Ancien

Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #3 on: 22 July, 2009, 05:30:10 pm »
Important information: where can I get a decent haggis supper then?

The Chippy in Alston does Haggis, but it's in Cumbria like Longtown
There's the Loon Chen takeaway in Langholm and there's a chip shop in Innerleithen.
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eck

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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #4 on: 22 July, 2009, 05:45:43 pm »
No shortage at the northern end! 
http://www.zettai.net/find/dalkeith/fish-and-chip-shops/
There used to be a good one in Bonnyrigg, about 2k from the Dalkeith control. It had a plastic parrot on a perch.  ;D

PS Mrs eck is going out with her pal tonight.  Hmm, I feel a haggis supper from our excellent local chippie coming on. Thanks for the idea.  :thumbsup:
Sadly, for you but not for me, we are about 100k north of the Dalkeith control.
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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #5 on: 22 July, 2009, 05:50:06 pm »
Given there's nigh on bugger all in between the border and Dalkeith (except stunning scenery) I'm guessing you've got a choice of Innerleithen and the outskirts of Edinburgh/Dalkeith.

I had a very bad "curry" from a take-away in Innerleithen a couple of years ago - their main thing was pizzas if I remember.  All their food looked bad but it was the only thing open at the time.
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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #6 on: 22 July, 2009, 10:49:10 pm »
The pub at Coxwold does take away fish and chips but you may have to wait a while and it's not open 24/7
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Hummers

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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #7 on: 22 July, 2009, 11:02:53 pm »
Important information: where can I get a decent haggis supper then?


Hold on.

Everybody is taking this at face value but is the term 'haggis supper' a coloquism for some unspeakable act of filth between adults?

Hmmmmmmm?

H

simonp

Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #8 on: 22 July, 2009, 11:10:28 pm »
Which part of the haggis did you expect, H?



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Hummers

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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #9 on: 22 July, 2009, 11:15:41 pm »
That's too rich for my tastes, sweetie.  :-*

H

LEL

Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #10 on: 23 July, 2009, 12:05:26 am »
With that photo, its no wonder some foreign riders have been known to askf or their food to be identified before they eat it...... :sick:

Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #11 on: 23 July, 2009, 02:49:22 pm »
oh my god, is that an abscess?

From Wiki:
An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters or bullet wounds). It is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of infectious materials to other parts of the body

Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #12 on: 23 July, 2009, 02:56:23 pm »
That's making me hungry!

border-rider

Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #13 on: 23 July, 2009, 02:56:27 pm »
An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters or bullet wounds). It is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of infectious materials to other parts of the body

That's not a bad description of a British chipshop sausage.

A haggis is a much rarer beast.

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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #14 on: 23 July, 2009, 10:02:35 pm »


Hold on.

Everybody is taking this at face value but is the term 'haggis supper' a coloquism for some unspeakable act of filth between adults?

Hmmmmmmm?

H
Well, we weren't going to tell you until you got here, but it's actually a Pictish initiation rite involving various parts of a sheep, a couple of wenches and a very large caber.
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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #15 on: 23 July, 2009, 10:26:15 pm »
I nearly replied thus:

Well, we weren't going to tell you until you got here, but it's actually a Pictish initiation rite involving various parts of a sheep, a couple of wenches and a very large caber.

"I'm game.  When are you free?"

But I stopped myself in the nick of time.

Eccentrica Gallumbits

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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #16 on: 23 July, 2009, 10:57:08 pm »
I made a typo. It's not wenches, it's wrenches.
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Re: Best Chippies in Scotland on/near the Route
« Reply #17 on: 24 July, 2009, 12:00:58 am »
I made a typo. It's not wenches, it's wrenches.

Bugger.

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