Penarth is literally just around the corner from Cardiff. Home to a famous pier and much else besides. The town itself has a pleasant promenade to walk along, and numerous eateries along the sea front. [more…]
One of the forty things to do when you’ve been married for forty years is to take a visit to Coniston. Although it is only about a 45 minute drive from my house neither Mrs. [more…]
As some of you may have noticed, I am a long-time resident of the evil tax dodging empire otherwise known as the Isle of Man. Apart from the beer guzzling, rubber burning hedonistic frenzy of [more…]
D’ye Ken John Peel Caldbeck is a small village with a population of around 900 or so people. It isn’t easy to get to from the West (Penrith end) but it is well worth a [more…]
(Part 3 of my walking series. Part 1 and part 2 also available.) Blorenge or sometimes The Blorenge is a prominent hill overlooking the valley of the River Usk in Monmouthshire, southeast Wales. It is [more…]
Kitzbühel (German pronunciation: [ˈkɪtsbyːl]) is a small medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbuhler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about 100 kilometers (62 mi) east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (Bezirk). Kitzbühel is a ski resort of [more…]
GP’S 2017 ADVENT CALENDAR OF CUISINE There are plenty of Christmas recipes on GP, so here’s one for leftover turkey that can add to the pile. If you aren’t having turkey, then substituting it with [more…]
GP’S 2017 ADVENT CALENDAR OF CUISINE OK everyone, it’s that time of year when you see *friends* and those *family* members you do not really like very much come round yours. To keep face, and [more…]
GP’s 2017 Advent Calendar of Cuisine If you are lucky enough to have access to pheasants this recipe is well worth a try. Makes a great meal and looks good enough for Boxing Day lunch [more…]
For six, unless you have to feed the eating machine which is my son. 2 lbs of cubed shoulder of venison 8 oz of bacon lardons 8 oz of peeled chestnuts 1 oz of dried [more…]
GP’S 2017 ADVENT CALENDAR OF CUISINE Sometimes Red Cabbage, boiled Brussels and frozen peas just don’t hit the spot. Try one or more of these vegetable dishes and “liven up” the Christmas Dinner Table; All [more…]
GP’S 2017 ADVENT CALENDAR OF CUISINE This another Christmas recipe that I have been making for years. We love it with Christmas pudding, apple struedl, clementine cake and more. It is lifted from Delia Smith [more…]
On Sunday 12th November we ventured out to do another one of those 40 things to do when you’ve been married forty years (12 down 28 to go before August 2018). So far none of [more…]
GP’s 2017 Advent Calendar of Cuisine Snert (pronounced like ‘Shnayrrt’ as much as anything) is a hearty pea soup traditionally eaten in Holland during the winter months. It is usually accompanied with a thick slice [more…]
Lifted from Delia Smith who lifted it from Hannah Glasse. I make this two or three weeks ahead of of time and put it in the freezer. Therefore, I do not have the turkey liver [more…]
GP’s 2017 Advent Calendar of Cuisine
A LONG WEEKEND IN THE LAKE DISTRICT, PART Four It’s Monday morning already. You’ve seen Grasmere, been over Kirkstone Pass, spent the day in Penrith, seen the Winter Droving and passed a pleasant afternoon at [more…]
A long Weekend in the Lake District, Part Three The Lakes Distillery Another of those 40 things to do when you’ve been married for forty years, which happened, by a quirk of Mrs Cross engineered [more…]
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