Tag: cafes
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Tebay Services, M6, Cumbria.
One of the many proclivities my auntie the gourmand, my uncle the retired vicar and my mother have in common, apart from their parents, love of odd dogs and a tendency to pedantry around the written word, is their deeply felt, somewhat illogical love of Tebay Services. They idolise Tebay. Both north and south-bound. Wonderful…
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The Oven at Overton Farm, Clyde Valley.
It should be a truth universally acknowledged that one must avoid drinking coffee in a garden centre café. Said establishments have a captive, pliant audience of pensioners with time on their hands, home improvement on their minds, triple-locked income in their digital pockets and simply no idea of what a single origin bean blend or…
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Tempura, Ayr.
Is Fusion a good thing? Nuclear fusion, well it has its uses. We probably can’t do without it. Jazz Fusion, I’m not sure. I think we could do without it. I know Sancho could*. No music whatsoever from a genre beginning with the letter J is allowed on the van stereo when Sancho is driving,…
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Cadzow Bakehouse, Bothwell.
I had failed to find suitable refreshment in Bothwell in the past and held out faint hope for satiety. Main Street seemed to be more concerned with outward appearances; hairdressers, salons, skincare etc than satisfying inner fulfilment. Unless you count the colonic hydrotherapy clinic. Which I suppose provides the opposite of inner fulfilment. This time…
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Stonehaven special; Dunnottar Castle coffee truck, Molly’s Café Bar, Picos Deli, Marine Hotel, Carron Fish Bar
Escaping back from or unfortunately driving towards Aberdeen, one can loop one’s van off the A90 into Stonehaven. There is a lot to like about this town. Stonehaven has a large bay and coastal respite from the North Sea. The long, pebbled beach has a bit of sand at low water and concrete defences to…
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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.…
