rosie
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Deja vu by day in Kendal is absolutely brilliant and the Eagle and Child at Staveley - top. Or, even the Hawkshead brewery shop at STaveley which is now doing top tapas.
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I read Faceless Killers first and am now reading my second Wallander book; Sidetracked.
Keep going. I think they're great. Try the Linda Wallander ones as well.
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The Boot Inn at Boot in Eskdale - marvellous food and well kept real ale (according to my hub). Treat yourself and stay over. It's a great pub.
Infusion on Finkle Street in Kendal - posh Italian, but they're not snooty. Really good food and efficient, friendly staff.
I agree about Zefferelli's above - the meal and cinema deal is great and their food is really good!
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I've just ordered this to keep us entertained on holiday - “We Don’t Know What We’re Doing” – Adventures with the extraordinary fans of an ordinary team" - thanks Colin - I'll report back.
Also ordered this as we're into going to the Highlands and islands: Searching for Crusoe: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands by Clarke, Thurston.
Recently finished "As I walked out one Midsummer Morning" by Laurie Lee - an outstanding book - I would recommend this to anyone. I deliberately took ages to read it because I didn't want it to end. I want to go out and order everything he ever wrote now.
Depressing, but eye opening and brilliantly written, I'm currently reading "If this is a man / The Truce" by Primo Levi which is about living in Auschwitz as an (Italian) Jewish prisoner of war in WWII. To say it is harrowing doesn't do it justice. Suffice to say it's taking me a long time to read, but I would totally recommend it.
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No idea, I don't live there. I prefer Narnia.
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We went to see Prince Caspian on Saturday night. Great special effects and thoroughly entertaining!
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I recommend Cortez in Kendal. It's a Spanish tapas restaurant - bit pricey but lovely decor and great food so worth it for a bit of a special meal out.
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I recommend "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel which tells the story of a boy (the lone human survivor) shipwrecked along with a hyena, an orang utang and a Bengal tiger. Very well written and captivating in my opinion.
For serious crime stuff which is written in a really credible and enjoyable way, i recommend Henning Mankel starting with "the Man who Smiled". If you like it you'll have to follow this up with the next 6 or 7.
I've just ordered "This Thing of Darkness" - sounds great!
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He wouldn't get a look in.
I must say that I thought England played really well tonight and am pleased that we beat a decent side despite already being through.
What's more amusing to me is where both Rangers and Celtic currently lie in the Scottish league.
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I tend to support any of the British teams and was in Scotland when they got defeated on Saturday afternoon. What amused (and saddened) me was that on BBC Scotland, their pundits were saying that they struggle because they're only a small country. Is that really true in comparison with others of similar size, such as Croatia (pop. 2005 estimate 4.45 million), Slovenia (pop. 2005 estimate 1.96 million), Norway (pop. 2005 estimate 4.6 million) and Slovakia (pop. 2005 estimate 5.38 million)? Mind you, we're pretty good at making excuses for the England squad when we need to...
The only time I feel like not supporting Scotland is when in the company of Scotland fans who go out of their way to support whoever is playing against England.
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I see everyones favourite camp haidresser/pundit, Mark "Thatched Roof" Lawrenson has tipped us for defeat again. I nearly posted this before the Bolton game, but I am sure he has tipped us to lose every game so far this season.
The man is the Footballing equivalent of Mavis from Coronation St and I hope his budgie dies too...
I thought Lawro had withdrawn from definitive predictions (which is boring) and now reserves the right to change his mind once the team is made public? He'll probably change his mind 10 times between now and Sunday depending on what the media have to say...
I think we'll win 2-1 and that Shearer will score a penalty. One of our goals may also be scored by somebody clever like Boomsong. Both sides to finish with less than 11 men, definitely 10 for Newcastle and possibly 9 for us by the end.
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If he had half a brain, he could give half sensible answers probably, without making himself appear a complete prat. However, apparently, he hasn't.
He used to run all over the pitch for Leicester years ago as well and not achieve very much. Plus ça change!
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Now that's well handy - thanks.
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Not if you're talking about the book that John had been paid 1.5 million upfront for before his death. He'd only got through most of his childhood according to Mick Wall's book. That's still subject to negotiation with his wife (when she feels ready for it) and the publishing company.
It's just a really good read and Mick Wall has done his homework.
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I have to recommend Mick Wall's book on John Peel which includes some fantastic memories of John recalled by friends and colleagues over the years but best of all, lists all of his festive 50s at the back from about 1976 onwards.
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My brother was about 12 when we bought Gary Croft and he got his name done properly on the back of his shirt. What a shame. Did he go to Ipswich and then get put away for persistent drink driving?
On Gillespie, re: some of the posts above - he had the capability to be very good in the past but he blew it by being a prat - he was given so many chances, not just at Rovers that frankly he doesn't deserve to be being paid a decent salary anywhere. I used to defend him when he first started playing for us but his ability to cock things up was second to none in my opinion.
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For my money, if I was making a choice between Blackburn and Wigan as a neutral supporter who wanted to watch a premier league game, I'd go to Blackburn every time because it's easier to get to than Wigan. The M6 always seems to be chocablock when I go south of junction 29.
Wigan haven't been plastering marketing all over the buses and billboards of Lancaster, Morecambe and south Lakeland like Rovers do when they want to attract supporters from further afield. If they're after support from up here, they're not trying very hard.
Or does that just mean they're confident of large gates week in week out...?
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I'm with the "I predict a riot" massive - that would be marvellous and very entertaining!
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Birmingham City for all of the reasons PhilipL has cited above and I hope they get relegated this season. I hope in particular that they get shat on by Villa both ways this season.
Portsmouth for the underhand way in which their management treated Harry Redknapp - again I hope their reward is relegation.
The final candidate would have to be Spurs because they think they're so glam and great. Relegation would be a fitting reward for being so.
Unfortunately the last one is unlikely, but the first two are definitely possible.
I'll substitute Spurs with Wigan if they start doing too well against us.
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An accident waiting to happen.
Slovakia and Scotland have the same population. However, Slovakia has a somewhat competitive domestic league and Scotland doesn't. Perhaps more pertinently, Slovakia are still in with a decent chance of World Cup Finals qualification.
In that context, is this a suprise result?
I suspect one or more of Liverpool, Everton, Rangers and Man U are likely to discover that third qualifying round of the Champions League is far from a formality.
Martin O'Neill is slipping very rapidly off the radar screen as a candidate for "big" jobs in England which can only be bad news for the Rovers over the coming months and years. rover 6, I recall rather more support for Paul Sturrock than Gordon Strachan when the Rovers management was being discussed on here.
I think you're absolutely right in your assessment of Slovakia's football and I also imagine that Celtic won't the only ones to be unravelled by their ability. I should think that Artmedia fans are well ###### off that Celtic are being so royally dissed for losing 5-0 to them.
As for Gordon Strachan, I feel a tad sorry for him as he has a giant's reputation to aspire to, but for Celtic, I'm not sorry at all.
I wouldn't have thought that Martin O'Neill would be giving any thought whatsoever to the big jobs in football at the moment given his wife's illness. That said, I take your point that the more successful Hughes gets, the more vulnerable we are to losing him. However, by that time, there will be other marketable managers around. I guess we can't go around worrying about things like that too much.
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I'm amazed, willrovers.
You have managed to post something positive about our previous manager, the great satan, and not get flamed.
You've either paid to get all responses deleted, or you're a mod, or it's a post only visible to my eyes.
Anyway, you have my respect. (yeah, he really had to go, but he did one or two nice things for us whilst he was here)
Hear hear! Respect is due Will. Good points well made, in my opinion.
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Why are you proud of it? People might think that you're just an airhead from Essex or somewhere...
I, on the other hand, think we might do quite well for once, upsetting the Australian applecart.
If not, I've no doubt this comment will be resurrected to bite me on the arse at some point in the future.
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That's only 'cos you're jealous.
Come on Hearts!
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You're so right - and all other comments re: Lakeland Gold etc. - bang on!
Gordon - the Castle Dairy no longer exists but there are still plenty of top places and new ones still appearing!