I know the British summer is notoriously fickle but today takes the biscuit. It’s been so cold and wet that Husb and I went to the Continental Cafe for a full roast dinner at lunchtime, and lashings of hot tea, wrapped in layers of jumpers and raincoats. And now this evening there’s a storm going on outside with gale force winds and torrential rain. It’s the school holidays and summer festival season – Download and Hay-On-Wye have started and they’re getting washed out. Awful!
Anyway, here’s a couple of people also eating winter fodder in the Continental earlier. The chap, a policeman, had an interesting way of holding his fork in front of his face while he chewed . He had his summer uniform on. It’s a popular cafe, good, unpretentious food at very reasonable prices, very old school, always full. It’s been there a long time. You can’t beat it really, especially in the sort of climate when you might need comfort food at any time. Like we do.
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“lashings of hot tea, wrapped in layers of jumpers and raincoats.”. We’re lucky to have a tea cosy on ours!
hahaha – it were THAT cold 😉
Nothing better than a little comfort food when the weather is crap outside.
That’s true, but the weather shouldn’t be so crap – it’s June!!!! But the weather’s like October and I should be eating salads and losing weight, not scoffing bacon sandwiches and getting fat 🙂 Never mind, I thought I saw a ray of sunshine just now, through the grey gloom.
I love the Continental Cafe too! It’s a favourite dinner-time haunt of the gallery assistants… last time I was there I stuffed my face with faggots and peas!
And yes, I’ve been dreaming of bbqs as well – and dreams they will stay 😦
It’s brilliant isn’t it? I don’t think I’ve tried their faggots – must give ’em a go. Their liver, bacon and onions is sublime.
It’s grim isn’t it.. pouring with rain here in Cambs too
Dreadful and no sign of letting up 😦
We too are experiencing a chilly spring. Rain with some sun poking through. 10 degrees cooler than normal. Comfort food sounds lovely, but I think I’ll do a BBQ tonight before the rain returns!
oh a BBQ – I can only dream……