Especially for Sue, the art afcionado...
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Enrich, anything look familiar among the following charming pics...
Text described the above photo as Londoners enjoying a rare deep snowfall. Following is our neighborhood this past Winter - it was a slightly deeper snowfall than average. You can see a neighbor, in front of his home, using his snowblower for about the 6th time in the season. I deliberately kept the photo in the gallery in order to gaze at it with wonder during Jul & Aug, when the temps will often reach 90-100deg.
Resuming the virtual trip with a chuckle...
hmmmm, could use a nice frosty brown ale right about now after returning from a family wedding shower - gabbed for two hours straight:)...parched...aaaacchh..where's that Black & Tan...
Old Nun's Head
For years this hostelry was notable for its grisly history. It was built on the site of a convent, whose Mother Superior was beheaded. Since the pub went all gastro, a buzzy, sociable vibe has prevailed and any talk of ghostly nuns has subsided. A busy Friday night saw the friendly proprietors working flat-out serving fabulous bar snacks, cocktails and pints by Deuchars, Adnams, Brains and distinguished guest breweries. A wait for the table necessitated a sampling of Hector’s House signature cocktail, a florid and zingy nectar incorporating tequila, triple sec and raspberries. The food menu is brief, unflashy and alluring. Care in presentation and ingredient sourcing was evident and prices are reasonable for the quality. A huge bowl of spicy vegetable soup would have been sufficient for a simple supper alongside our other starter of goat’s cheese bruschetta, topped with caramelised onion slices and surrounded by bright mixed salad leaves. A main of plump cumberland sausage with buttery mash and gravy was textbook winter comfort, a large tuna steak seared with oriental spices was flashed just right to be red inside. Ordering a bowl of fat chips was a shaming display of greed, but a holy treat.Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009
http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/reviews/10808.html
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The Old Nun's Head: A nun was decapitated here, her head was displayed on a post
Location: Nunhead Green, SE15
Description: The pub stands on the site of a nunnery which was demolished in the Reformation. The abbess was decapitated, and her head displayed on a pole.
http://www.shadyoldlady.com/location.php?loc=47
7 comments:
Looks like the baby oil has had another outing in the bare chested scenes!
Did it remind you of another glistening RA character, Sue?...Ian of the Towel.
Wouldn't you love to have been a fly on the wall when casting directors made their choice for each role;) No doubt they could not believe their good fortune - a scrumptious looking plus skilled actor all wrapped up in a self-contained ego. RA, in that way, is among less than a handful of exceptions in the self-absorbed, self-important entertainment community.
Enrich, I'm also going to post above a few pics I've found interesting during virtual travel, in order to see if you recognize any of them;)
If Enrich hasn't recognized them, I have! Don't think the skating scene was the Rideau Canal (aka The World's Longest Skating Rink - did I hear a mutter from Winnipeg?), but close.
Love The Old Nun's Head - what is the history of that?!
fitzg, if true it's a gruesome history 8[] According to two 'dining out' websites(not legitimate historical reports by any means) the pub sits on the site of an ancient nunnery - the abbess was beheaded during the Reformation:^O Her head hung on a pole. Seems harsh, doesn't it;) I know many abbotts heads rolled during that period, but never heard the same of an abbess.
I'd have to see it at an authentic history source to believe it. Might've been used as a marketing tool at some point to lure customers looking for a unique dining experience. They sell a brew called 'Brains', which seems appropriate considering the history:) hahaha
I'll post links to the remarks under the photo - they won't work in the comment box.
I love your interest in history, local and otherwise. I have eaten at the Old Nun's head as it happens. You have to book well in advance as it's become really trendy. Was the head of the angel in Highgate Cemetery? There are so many there, though, so it's hard to tell. The park was more difficult. I'd say either Greenwich or Hampstead Heath. Not used to seeing so much snow in London, though it seems to have increased in recent years.
The last pic of your neighbour's garden looks similar to what my garden in Norway looked like this year. And the snow lay from 12 Dec to April! At long last we have flowers and can be out in the sun!
Firm believer in a US president's remark that "the only thing new in the world is the history we don't know" - and another truism(don't know the source and it's not verbatim) 'Those who have not learned the lessons of History are doomed to repeat the mistakes.'
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