710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
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710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
Well this weekend Muzette had one of her particularly irritating friends around and Mrs Muz suggested that me & Jr might like to disappear for the weekend. No sooner said than done
Anyone who has watched the recent Hairy Bikers series on TV will remember the Anstruther Fish Bar as the ultimate chippy. We thought we should check it out
Up the M6 to Carlisle then across the border on the A7 to Edinburgh
Couldn’t resist this on the way to Galashiels
Haggis machines
Whilst in Edinburgh you have to stop at Lupe Pinto’s for those essential “Friday afternoon” groceries
The rather impressive Fettes College in Edinburgh
Unfortunately the Forth Bridge was undergoing some maintenance, perhaps unsurprising for a 120-year-old structure....
....but the scaffolding makes you wonder how they did it all those years ago
Eight hours later, we’re at the hallowed Anstruther Fish Bar....
....where the fish & chips also had a hint of haggis, not sure how that happened
....although the chips were absolutely scrum-diddly-umptious
And then to Lower Largo....
....birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe
I’ve been looking for a bunch of daffs like this for ages
I think this has been on the forum before, this taken outside its home in Methil, Fife.
Now, think of Cowdenbeath Football Club, Scottish Second Division side. You’ve probably heard James Alexander-Gordon reeling off the results for years now and wondered how tiddly teams like that survive....
Well, look at the Google Maps satellite image of their ground....
....deploy your pace-car in the 18-yard box....
....a recovery truck on the goal line....
....the winner’s podium in the centre circle....
....and have banger-racing after the game
Ever wondered what happens to old minis
....or old Sierras:
To liven things up, why not have two classes on track at once, racing in opposite directions – Genius!
The only thing to top that would be to have the football match on at the same time as well
Time for a classy tea at the Shimla Palace, right outside the stadium.
When we were there in 2007 the roof was dodgy....
....and they’ve just got round to doing something about it now
After a night wild-camping at an unspecified location in Clackmannanshire, off round the east coast for breakfast....
....fording through Pease Bay, Berwickshire....
....to Giacopazzis in Eyemouth. But we didn’t have time to wait, we had to be somewhere else before the tide came in....
....Lindisfarne....
....with Lindisfarne castle....
....and Priory.
Then off to Jedburgh Abbey....
....and the Abbey chippy....
....for another haggis-tinged fish & chips. Only in Scotland
Hey Ewe, how many lambs did you have?
Back to England over Carter Bar to Corbridge, Northumberland.
Anyone who has watched the recent Hairy Bikers series on TV will remember the Anstruther Fish Bar as the ultimate chippy. We thought we should check it out
Up the M6 to Carlisle then across the border on the A7 to Edinburgh
Couldn’t resist this on the way to Galashiels
Haggis machines
Whilst in Edinburgh you have to stop at Lupe Pinto’s for those essential “Friday afternoon” groceries
The rather impressive Fettes College in Edinburgh
Unfortunately the Forth Bridge was undergoing some maintenance, perhaps unsurprising for a 120-year-old structure....
....but the scaffolding makes you wonder how they did it all those years ago
Eight hours later, we’re at the hallowed Anstruther Fish Bar....
....where the fish & chips also had a hint of haggis, not sure how that happened
....although the chips were absolutely scrum-diddly-umptious
And then to Lower Largo....
....birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe
I’ve been looking for a bunch of daffs like this for ages
I think this has been on the forum before, this taken outside its home in Methil, Fife.
Now, think of Cowdenbeath Football Club, Scottish Second Division side. You’ve probably heard James Alexander-Gordon reeling off the results for years now and wondered how tiddly teams like that survive....
Well, look at the Google Maps satellite image of their ground....
....deploy your pace-car in the 18-yard box....
....a recovery truck on the goal line....
....the winner’s podium in the centre circle....
....and have banger-racing after the game
Ever wondered what happens to old minis
....or old Sierras:
To liven things up, why not have two classes on track at once, racing in opposite directions – Genius!
The only thing to top that would be to have the football match on at the same time as well
Time for a classy tea at the Shimla Palace, right outside the stadium.
When we were there in 2007 the roof was dodgy....
....and they’ve just got round to doing something about it now
After a night wild-camping at an unspecified location in Clackmannanshire, off round the east coast for breakfast....
....fording through Pease Bay, Berwickshire....
....to Giacopazzis in Eyemouth. But we didn’t have time to wait, we had to be somewhere else before the tide came in....
....Lindisfarne....
....with Lindisfarne castle....
....and Priory.
Then off to Jedburgh Abbey....
....and the Abbey chippy....
....for another haggis-tinged fish & chips. Only in Scotland
Hey Ewe, how many lambs did you have?
Back to England over Carter Bar to Corbridge, Northumberland.
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
Thanks again Muz.
All the key points from a popping out to the chippy event without having to incur the expense & wear & tear of doing the trip yourself.
Hats off to you.
All the key points from a popping out to the chippy event without having to incur the expense & wear & tear of doing the trip yourself.
Hats off to you.
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
Fabulous Muz. Going to pick your brain for another trip around Northumberland sometime this year. You certainly take your fish and chips serious. Brilliant pics. Trish
Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
It would have been a bit cheaper to have some chips from the wagon at Pennington Flash I dont think they did haggis though!!
Great stuff Muz well done!!
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
your mad mate,just mad!!
was the food worth it though?
brill as ever,hope you had a great trip, and keep the pictures coming,i for one always enjoy your little trips out.
was the food worth it though?
brill as ever,hope you had a great trip, and keep the pictures coming,i for one always enjoy your little trips out.
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
Ady has summed it up perfectly. And your photography goes from stunning to stunninger (is that in Norway?). The Bongo with the dafs is maybe the best I;ve seen yet, the one going acros the ford (or is it fjord?) is almost as good.Northern Bongolow wrote:your mad mate,just mad!!
was the food worth it though?
brill as ever,hope you had a great trip,and keep the pictures coming,i for one always enjoy your little trips out.
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
Blimey - we've done less than that on a weeks holiday
Good for you tho, looks like you had a great time
Next time you fancy a search for gr8 fish n chips try the Start Bay Inn in Torcross (a few miles west of Dartmouth), should be plenty of wild camping locations there as well
Good for you tho, looks like you had a great time
Next time you fancy a search for gr8 fish n chips try the Start Bay Inn in Torcross (a few miles west of Dartmouth), should be plenty of wild camping locations there as well
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
muz now i can see why you have put over 130,000 miles and 6 yes 6 sets of tyres on yer bongo since you have owned it
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It's just a pity Bongos are so unreliableYou've Been Bongod wrote:muz now i can see why you have put over 130,000 miles and 6 yes 6 sets of tyres on yer bongo since you have owned it
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The fish was nice, possibly not the best ever but very nice, I think they were struggling for good sized haddock as everyone was getting one-and-a-half fish.Northern Bongolow wrote:was the food worth it though?
But the chips were without any doubt whatsoever the best I have had anywhere.
Next time you're passing through Fife....
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mikeonb4c wrote:The Bongo with the dafs is maybe the best I;ve seen yet,
Oddly enough, that was a Shell filling station between Leven and Methil, Fife
We were ahead of schedule so left the A1 in search of more interesring scenery. The ford was through the Pease Burn by a holiday park...mikeonb4c wrote:the one going acros the ford (or is it fjord?) is almost as good.
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
been the Muz they were ok but you should try whitby These will beat the one in Ansruther hands down and they do a fantascic gluten free fish for us funny buggers ..
http://www.fuscowhitby.com/index_QS_01.html
big portion, superb taste and brills service ... oh and spotless...
looks like another day out
http://www.fuscowhitby.com/index_QS_01.html
big portion, superb taste and brills service ... oh and spotless...
looks like another day out
Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
There's some photo trickery going on there, your Bongo looks clean
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Re: 710 mile round trip for fish & chips....
Stop ordering haggis with everything! You'r giving us Scots a bad name Now am aff tae batter a Mars fur ma supper