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Sandbanks menu

Been sent the Sandbanks restaurant (fancy new restaurant at the Pavilion) menu, so here you go. Sounds ambitious but is apparently great, review to follow.STARTERS Creamed Sweetcorn Soup with a Poached Hen EggFour Pounds Ninety Pence Carpaccio of ...
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No lunch for me thanks

Blee, it's our "rumble in the jungle" fun day at work and they've just completed their bushtucker trial type thing. Brains, tongue, testicles, scorpions, all sorts. Couldn't really get close enough to take any pictures or shoot any video but I will c...

Portchester weekender

Spent a smashing weekend in Portchester as it was Mum's birthday yesterday. Headed over Friday afternoon on the train, meeting up with Andy on the way in The Golden Lion. Not a great pub but a good evening anyway and some nice pints of HSB and a chat...

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Vegan skills at The Hermitage!

New vegan option on the menu at The Hermitage, I will be down to check it out asap:Lunch 3-course menu �14.95 22nd June 2008 - From 12pm until 3pm Starters: Avocado Proven�ale (vegan) Or Garlic Prawns Or Duck liver pat� de maisonMain C...

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Canterbury, yesterday

Went to Canterbury yesterday, ate lunch, came home. That was about it really. Got some Thai food in The Hobgoblin. My jungle curry was pretty good, very hot too, but Clare didn't like her Pad Thai chicken.Yeah, not the most interesting thing for you ...
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Nice pub, nice location

Bit pricey though I think. Maybe I don't put my hand in my pocket often enough, but three quid for a pint of bitter and one pound eighty for a diet coke seems a bit excessive to me.Lovely to sit out in there garden though, it's the only place within ...
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Great live music at The Good Intent, John Street, Rochester.

Great gig at the Good Intent, John Street, Rochester, yesterday lunchtime, Sunday 1st June.A wonderful welcome from Karen and the guvnor, and two long sets from Andy Smythe, singer songwriter on vocal, guitar and piano, accompanied by Barry Targett o...
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Where'd the weekend go?

In fact where did the week go since I last had something to write about? Had plenty going on, I put it down to trying to learn the guitar, and the tips of my fingers are in far too much pain to type, so sorry if I go a bit slowly.If anyone has any go...

Vegan lasagne

Who'd have thought you could make vegan lasagne? Went for a dinner party last night, very sophisticated, round at Dom and Jen's. Dom and Dean made lasagne for the main course for everybody, with a vegan friendly roast vegetable lasagne for me, and it...
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Wedding video and new jeans

Had a slightly rum Saturday night out but then a lovely Sunday afternoon to follow. Felt a bit queasy on Saturday so although we went out to Folkestone in the day, and had lunch at The Whole World Cafe (felty queasy before we went there, certainly no...
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Sunday lunch at the Hermitage

I think this is a new development, I just got an email:Winner of the KM award for good foodThe Hermitage 15 Cheriton Place Folkestone Kent Tel:01303 251 251 Website Menus: www.thehermitagerestaurant.com new! New! ...

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Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!

Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w...

Yesterday's house hunt

A trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h...

House hunt

Two houses today in Canterbury, different parts of town, but with things in common. For starters, both too expensive really at 250k each. If the market really is tumbling we might be able to make a cheeky offer on just about anything we see now thoug...

Google / Yahoo MERGER!

Well, no actually, not at all but Google are serving ads on some of Yahoo's pages. What about Yahoo serving ads in Google's "slots" (like the ones on this page)? I want more different ads served up here, so more people are likely to click on them and...

Mighty Easter weekender, with The Cure

Hope you've all had as good an extended weekend as I have. As is usual when I've been off for a few days and not written up just went on immediately, I'm starting to forget it all. We're up now, on the last day of our five day break and I have a few ...

RE: The New Inn, Etchinghill

I absolutely agree with Chris about the New Inn. My girlfriend and I have only been there on a Sunday, but they do a great Sunday lunch. The service is friendly, the atmosphere is relaxed and the food is very good. It makes a pleasant change to see a...

Easter events at The Hermitage

The Hermitage has some easter events, including gourmet night on Thursday 20th:�19.95 per person inclusive ( wine is extra)Starters: Salmon Fum� Cocktail (Smoked Salmo...

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Caffe Uno - bit poor

I previously promised to write up a recent visit to Caffe Uno:... the lunch not so. We did Caffe Uno, only because we'd like to have an informed opinion on everywhere, I really wasn't expecting much from it and it didn't disappoint.It was Mother's Da...
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Good weekend, rubbish episode of Lost

Nice weekend, Emma was visiting, we sat about quite a lot, and went to Chambers (via a very brief look in at The Bank Bar) on the Saturday night. Did not eat out all weekend (cue "but if you don't owt you'll die!"), can't remember the last time I had...

Canterbury, but not house hunting

Not a bad weekend. Started on a bum note, with a death, my sister's ma-in-law passed away unexpectedly on Friday, so thoughts with all the families involved obviously. Saturday we stayed local, didn't go to Canterbury as Clare was having lunch with h...

Mothers day update from The George in Rye

Mothers Day is nearly here. If you haven't sorted anything out yet, fear not: we're hosting a Mothering Sunday Lunch at The George in Rye.Your mum will feel like royalty and you can all enjoy a lovely menu from our head chef Rod, full of the promises...

Pasta and sauce confusion

Got some pasta and sauce to microwave for lunch, really had nothing else left. Instructions say:1 Place 400ml of cold water and the contents of the packet into a non metallic bowl and stir2 Cover and microwave on full power for 5 1/2 minutes3 Halfway...

Quiet few days

Had a lovely weekend, disastrous in terms of house hunting, but great in every other ways. We didn't get to see any houses this weekend, there don't seem to be any on the market really that fit our requirements. We saw a couple of new houses online t...

Another house hunting trip to Canterbury

Saw three places today, first one before lunch was at Forty Acres Road, Canterbury and was a three bedroom (just about) but with plenty of room downstairs. Good sized lounge, downstairs bathroom, and a nice kitchen that was open to a big conservatory...

Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!

Great weekend, bailed out of work slightly early and got the train to Mum and Dad's, for a nice long relaxing weekend. As previously mentioned, Clare was in London drinking and dancing with her friends, and definitely not lighting fires, and I was he...

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Beer and rugby

Got a good weekend lined up I think, not going to Canterbury this week, though I will be in a Canterbury frame of mind as I'm seeing a mortgage advisor Saturday morning to see what we can do. Then, it's Dover beer festival, either going there at lunc...
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Two completely different properties this week

Saw two houses yesterday in Canterbury, wildly different, and they highlight the fact that we want somewhere exactly in between, which is something that does not exist, at least within our budget...First house was in Vernon Place, and though we're id...
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Four tables, four prices

Hmm I suspect these four dining tables are actually the same table, but you can pay between 900 and 1250 pounds for them, depending on whether you want the table with just four chairs, four chairs and a bench, five chairs and a bench, or two chairs, ...

Space food!

A couple of future-food links from friends, to share... first actual astronaut food from Rob, and then also Hot Pack Self Heating Meals from Neil.Massive lunch today of sausages, ratatouille, and baked potato, an extra serving that Clare made up yest...

Astoria

Think I was at this anyway, lunchtime gig.
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Astoria

Lunchtime recording for Japanese TV
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