Tag: Cafe review
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The Wildcat – Fort William.
If your van is travelling north along the A82 parallel to the monumental, causal beauty of Loch Linnhe and the walls of Ardnamurchan you must reach Fort William. Don’t stop. My previous involuntary reaction was sensibly based on Fort William’s appearance: A town with its bare arse to the view. Then there was the nocturnal…
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Wheeler’s Diner, Route 74 Truckstop – Glasgow.
The Route 74 Truckstop is clearly signposted from either direction on the M74 and has a free carpark. ‘Everyone Welcome’ it says by the door just in case you suffer from semiochodriverphobia. A word I have just repurposed. I think you can work it out. Wheeler’s Diner is usefully open from 6AM. Outside, Wheeler’s is…
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Oban Fish and Chip Shop, Mandarin Thai – Oban. Triple Feature.
Your van can linger for quite some time on the single yellows in George St, Oban. As long as it’s out of season. Otherwise it’s the Tesco, Lidl or Aldi carpark and a walk along the bay. Rather like Fort William, Ullapool and just maybe Dunoon, Oban really only has one or two good places…
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Hinba – Oban, the finale!
This is a wild west outpost of the Hinba Partick/West End organisation. I’ve been here before as I thought it was the only coffee game in town. Inside it’s ‘mild trendy coffee shop’. Choice of 3 beans as standard, card only because cash is so dated, laminate floor, downlighters, tasteful House playing with the bass…
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Zola’s Bakery – Galashiels, double feature
I know a bit about the gastro side of Gala as I’m often here on business. My proper PMiaV business, not just visiting cafes. I had previously narrowed it down to Zola’s Bakery, the vegan café, as the place to go. Zola’s is small, just a couple of tables and a window plank with stools.…
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Luckie Beans – Galashiels, part 2
If only there was a coffee roastery in Gala… Then there was. A small A-board was in my path (don’t move it Gala council, it wasn’t obstructing the path). In white chalk it said ‘COFFEE’ and there was an arrow. Down an alley, in a courtyard, was the Luckie Beans Roastery. Magic Beans more like.…
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Laverockha – Larkhall.
To a migratory visitor Larkhall appears to be a non-entity; one those central belt towns that seems to have had its original purpose removed and no-one is quite sure what to do with what is left. Yes, I did pass a boarded-up bar, sad looking houses and a new horrendous ‘architect-designed’ (as if other houses…
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The Good Coffee Cartel – Paisley Road West, Glasgow.
Paisley Road West, between the Opry and Bellahouston Park via shisha lounges, the Subway station and a Greek Thompson terrace could never bore a lover of humanity such as I. Watch out for broken glass, bin bags and dog shit though. This bit of PRW also includes two of my favourite things in Glasgow’s van-cessible…
