Tag: coffee-review
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Boat Yard, Lochwinnoch
Soft music pipes me aboard as I pass through the immaculate airlock into Boat Yard. Yes, here there is no definite article. It’s just Boat Yard. Once inside, an aura of unnatural calm and extreme cleanliness envelops me. I feel unsure if I am in a high-end OAP home, an I.C.U. or a weird cruising…
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Coast, Langbank, Port Glasgow
Trundling to Port Glasgow in the wagon I noted the jaunty nautical portholes of Coast from the A8. I later returned to Langbank, the Riviera of Port Glasgow, where I enjoyed a choice of free parking. I savoured the view across the Clyde to Dumbarton Rock, rather than actually having to be in Dumbarton. Coast…
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Patina Bakery, Edinburgh Park.
One of the most disheartening journeys in Scotland remains driving the M8 from Glasgow to Edinburgh. After finally reaching the Edinburgh City bypass, having righteously avoiding the Wildbean café, Harthill (https://pickymaninavan.com/2025/03/04/wild-bean-cafe-harthill-and-everywhere) there seems to be nowhere for refreshment. Apart from Krispy Kreme donuts and the usual other multinational outlets that sell reasonably priced food-like substances,…
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Cadzow Bakehouse, Hamilton
13.23. I was desperate to get to Hamilton for 13.28. Not a sentence you often read nor the premise for a great action movie. But let me set the scene; 73mph on the M74. The PMiaV (our nameless protagonist; handsome, athletic, improbably full head of hair) must have coffee and a cinnamon bun. It’s Sunday,…
