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But Nota Bene Dear Reader: this blog is NOT limited to my recipe and restaurant ramblings alone! I shall also take it upon myself to decribe my various other encounters and experiences in this wonderful world we all share. Expect recommendations of excellent service received, for example, and lively discussions on a variety of exhilerating sublects like as Fashion, Art, Education, Religion and Fitness my word. Not forgetting my regular Favourite Albums of the Month / Year feature. Are you ready? Then enter Freunde, Étranger, Stranger…

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Dough Eyed Pizza – A Sensation, York
Picture the scene, we are en route to Bishop Wilton, and have decided to stop halfway. We have cycled alongside the river on the way into work and are met with a spectacular picture of York Minster. The restaurant we want to go to is closed so we do a quick search on...
Ripon Cathedral – Exquisite Holy Place
On our travels we decided to visit Ripon Cathedral before breakfast. This was one of the highlights of our trip, for me. I do love Yorkshire and would go to Ripon frequently when I lived in Knaresborough. The cathedral was always a place I would want to go to but...
Five Favourites – August 2021
Moving into August with my five favourite album covers, we have some cracking ones for you below. Let's lunge right in, as Lady C often says. Fela Kuti and the Afrika 70 - Gentleman - 1973 I mean come on. This is superb. I advise you to listen to the track ahead of...
Oliver’s Pantry – Best Breakfast Ripon
Our penultimate day of travel, from Ripon to Bishop Wilton, saw us stop for breakfast at Oliver's Pantry. I recall Nick asking me if we could go to some lesser cafe because there was a statuette of Tin Tin in the window. I did away with his Aryan proclivity and put my...
Knaresborough Castle – Cycling Down Memory Lane
Knaresborough Castle is not on the route for the Way of The Roses. However, the ride from Grassington to Ripon was not challenging enough for me so I undertook to ride to Knaresborough and back, partly to bulk up the mileage and partly to revisit the town where I...
Issac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul – AOTM July 2021
Four tracks, 45 minutes 30 seconds. This is as close to prog soul as can be. Elongated jam sessions by the Bar-Kays (The Bar-Kays are an American soul, R&B, and funk group formed in 1966) contribute to making this one of the most astonishing soul / funk albums...