Had a quiet evening out last week and some excellent food at the Maenllwyd Inn outside of Caerphilly. The aderdeen angus lasagne was very eatable (I can't verify whether the cows were indeed Scottish though).
On a related topic, I was at a corporate event last week where the lunchtime buffet was entirely "locally sourced" - as opposed to sauced. Caerphilly cheese, Monmouthshire smoked chicken, Glamorgan sausages, Menai Straits crab. Brecon Carreg water as well, but I think the coffee was imported.
Travel notes of the week
Enjoyable - When I asked what time the last train home from Cardiff was on Saturday night I got the answer from the ticket salesman person followed by "but I wouldn't catch that one, it's a bloody zoo".
Enjoyable II - Travelling home I overheard 2 couples talking. The one guy, an ex-soldier, was regaling them on all the battles he had fought across the world. The problem is, they all seem to have happened in pubs.
Rugby note of the week
Saw the Ireland/Italy game in Walkabout. Seemed pretty clear to me that Italy were robbed by a couple of poor decisions by the English ref. It wasn't as though they were the usual sort of "split second" decisions. Rather they were both about grounding the ball for tries. The ref was too arrogant/stupid to refer to the 4th official, and so Italy were denied a historic win to bookend Scotland's great win.
Squirrel notes
Squirrels and crows continue to dominate the pecking order on the bird table at No. 1. When the squirrels have finished trying to destroy the table in some woodland version of Brainiac, a goodly selection of loveable birdage can be seen.
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