Showing posts with label Plymouth England. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plymouth England. Show all posts
Monday, March 26, 2018

THE BEER BEAT: England, or one man's heightened cholesterol panic is another man's nostalgic repast (2013).

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Having just now introduced an eager young student to the delightful concept of stargazy pie ...  ... with pilchard heads gloriously int...
Friday, April 07, 2017

THE BEER BEAT: The Dolphin, one of my favorite pubs in the world.

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Plymouth, England. The Hoe is an open green space situated atop a promontory facing south to the sea, where Sir Francis Drake is said to...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015

An American in Plymouth, and her guidebook.

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Regular readers may recall two recent visits by the Confidentials to Plymouth, a city (and region, including the counties of Devon and ne...
Friday, February 07, 2014

"Proper job! It's England that's cut off from Cornwall, not the other way round."

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My wife's cousin lives in Plymouth , and so when we visited her last summer, our route by train from London passed through Dawlish, s...
Monday, July 22, 2013

Tesco, cheap food and farmers markets.

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Tesco is ubiquitous in the UK. On our recent visit, there was one located two hundred yards away from Jennie's house in Plymouth, and im...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

ON THE AVENUES: Sunscreen, lube, and Dr. Tom's cabin.

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ON THE AVENUES: Sunscreen, lube, and Dr. Tom's cabin. A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor.  While shopping last Sunday afternoo...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Break's over. Back on my head.

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What was that? It's been raining in July? Here? That explains the knee-high grass. We returned last night from our holiday in over-h...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Plymouth Day 11: Garden detox.

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After the day-long pub crawl in Totnes on Saturday, Sunday was destined to be a very slow day. It was the time for repacking in preparati...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Plymouth Day 9: Plymouth Beer Festival 2013.

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Plymouth's basketball team plays at the Pavilions , and it has hosted numerous rock shows over the past quarter century, ...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Plymouth Day 6: Fortescue and Mutley Plain.

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In early afternoon, we grabbed a bus from our base in Honicknowle, which is a few miles north of Plymouth's city center, to Mut...
Monday, July 08, 2013

Plymouth Day 5: Cawsand and Edgcumbe.

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With weather still sunny and hot, Monday seemed an ideal day for a cool, breezy boat ride from Plymouth harbor to the tiny po...
Saturday, July 06, 2013

Plymouth Day 3: The Hoe and Barbican.

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In Plymouth, the Hoe lies atop a promontory facing the sea, and is the place where Sir Francis Drake famously chose to conclu...
Friday, July 05, 2013

Plymouth Day 2: Plympton.

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Plympton is to the east of Plymouth proper, and Jennie's mother lives there. There's a River Plym, as well. The older pa...
Thursday, July 04, 2013

Plymouth Day 1: Getting there.

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We arrived in Plymouth on July 4, and no fireworks awaited us. Much to my relief. Our hosts Jennie (D's cousin) and her friend To...