Window of whiskey.
#england #uk #scotch #whiskey (at Bamburgh, Northumberland)
Beer.
#uk #england #beer #brewery #redherring (at The Ship Inn, Low Newton)
Rural life.
#england #uk #northumberland #walkingholiday (at Newton By The Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom)
Bring it.
#england #uk #seafood #lobster (at The Ship Inn, Low Newton)
English coast.
#england #uk #northumberland #walkingholiday (at Newton By The Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom)
Gray summer day.
#england #uk #northumberland #perfectweatherforhiking (at Warkworth, Northumberland)
Gray summer day on the northern England coast.
#england #uk #northumberland #perfectweatherforhiking #legsstiffasfuck (at Alnwick Beach)
Local fare.
#england #uk #northumberland #localfood (at Embleton, Northumberland)
Wheat.
#england #uk #northumberland #perfectweatherforhiking (at Lesbury)
The hope of fish n'chips and a local ale on the horizon.
#england #uk #northumberland #perfectweatherforhiking (at Alnmouth)
Summer day on the northern English coast.
#england #uk #northumberland #perfectweatherforhiking (at Warkworth, Northumberland)
Building of St. Lawrence Church, dedicated to Lawrence of Rome, began in 1132; it was constructed not only as a holy place but also as a sanctuary for the villagers in dangerous times, with substantial walls and narrow, high windows.
#england #uk #northumberland (at St Lawrence)
The northern British city of Newcastle’s coat of arms… the seahorses represent the two fishermen who led the battle to defend the city from the invading Scots in the 1600s.
#england #uk #newcastle #seahorse (at Newcastle upon Tyne)
Asparagus, breaded burrata balls, smoked river eel purée, duck egg, fried kale.
#england #lunch #britishfood (at Peace and Loaf Jesmond)
A proper Sunday lunch
in a proper British hotel
in the northern part
of a northern isle
where the weather changes
at the drop
of a milliner’s creation.
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Roast chicken
succulent and fair,
nested on
potatoes cooked in
the fat of wild duck
rendering the tater’s edges
copper and crunchy;
emerald cabbage leaves
steamed to the texture
of a Tom Brady pigskin;
Halloween-orange yarns
of spaghetti squash
as delicate
as the finest British wool;
chicken gravy
the burnished mahogany of
clubby wood paneling
poured from a proper
Ironstone pitcher
glistens
on carrots, rutabaga, parsnips
like verdure Royal Jewels;
and the British crown,
a popover
drizzled with salted butter and
thick honey
recalls the holiday meals
of a New England childhood.
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Seated at finely laid tables
generations of families
dressed in ties, jackets,
elaborate hats
gossip, eat, nuzzle babies;
shy little boys in seersucker shorts
and ginger-headed girls
in frilly pink dresses
and tiny matching shoes
doted on by smiling servers
in black suits
with lapel pins,
the dining room din
at a proper British level,
in which to celebrate
family
food
Sunday.
#england #uk #sundayroast #properbritishfood
(at Newcastle upon Tyne)
“A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.”
Chef Marco Pierre White (at Newcastle upon Tyne)
Mint tea in a beer town.
#layover #refreshment #hydration (at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)
Barolo.
#italy #piedmont #vineyard
(at Enoteca Regionale Del Barolo)
Barolo.
#italy #piedmont #geranium (at Barolo, Piedmont)
Tomato 🍅.
#italy #piedmont #tomatoes #summerfruit (at San Benedetto Belbo, Italy)