Philosophers lunch

Testing the air... we went with Jim Hankinson to la Chapaire which I had the foresight to pre-book. Not a spare table and punters turned away.

An age since we've seen Jim so much chattering going on, on my part anyway - and for the first time we used the buffet which is where you take as much as you like of whatever it is (little salad, stuffed eggs, stuff) whilst waiting on your main course, todays plat which was a spicy chicken and potato thang. Or in Jims case, a pasta dish.  We were all most content. And I bagged pudding, pineapple and chocolate and an almond whatnot.

Not going to give up the day job to become a food writer, for sure!

more cold

magic sky this morning,,, very cold, not a lot of joy in  the air. Mercifully, there is chocolate.
 

Slight and cold first Sunday

Very cold and diminished market - most of the few punters were in cafes, which is as it should be of course. A handful of mates out being brave - Katrine, Joseph, Billy, Eddy, Ziggi and many others stopped for a chat. Enjoyed it all! The evening stroll was spectacular  but bitingly cold. Back home and I'm frightened of getting chilblains.

Take care, y'all! 

O-B, Thomas and Kenny hit the headlines

Our immortal Ole-Bendik gets more immortal every day :) Here are he and Thomas on both the front page and the inner pages of La Depeche, with a plug for Kenny McKendry thrown in. Even the mayor has given them a facebook mention, which given his track record with the arts is marvellous.