Of Food And Sea Air

At the old country estate for the weekend and spent yesterday doing a rather fabulous impression of nothing much before walking round to Red Wharf Bay for dinner at the Ship Inn. The food here is good - not cheap but a cut above average pub fare and served with a pleasing speed, not that they rush you away once you've eaten, you can sit and enjoy a second bottle of wine. We did. The choice of wines is pretty good and they boast that they are the only pub on the island with the Cask Marque. Certainly the pint of Adnam's I took as an aperitif was spot on. As for the food I had the lamb koftas (good though I could probably have handled one more - but I am a greedy boy) and Sharon had the smoked mackerel which she proclaimed very good. As is only right in a pub both dishes came with chunky chips. We both had a satisfyingly dark chocolate and beetroot (yes I did say beetroot) cake for pudding. Taxi home for five quid and then another bottle of wine whilst taking in the kitschfest that is Eurovision. As an antidote to that we caught the tail end of a broadcast of the incomparable Muse from the Radio One Big Weekend.

Off for a coastal walk soon and tonight is barbecue night. It's a hard life,