What you’re describing there is not what is produced as rose veal in the UK.

As someone born on a farm I have no qualms about eating meat. If I couldn’t countenance killing the animal I wouldn’t be eating it. gumboots - you should consider eating rose veal. It’s ethically produced from male calves which would otherwise be killed at birth.

No White Swan or Moor Hall Basturk?

I’ve got a restaurant booking! My son has booked a table at The Barn at Moor Hall for him, my wife and I on 7th July. That’s the day they plan to open again ad also my wife’s birthday.

Our eldest was sleeping through from about 10 weeks - all he did was sleep and eat. Come to think of it he's not changed much yet and he'll be 37 soon. His brother never slept through more than an odd night until he was 5. I always thought it was nature's way of encouraging us to have a second but not a third. Congratulations and good luck Mike!

The last home game against Swansea had 29 pages of comments - we're on 30 now.

I get the same, but otherwise it's fine.

What we know from the Bundesliga is that players are picking up many more injuries in games than normal. Anyone who gets a minor injury might be out for the rest of the season. Given there are 9 games in quick order I suspect the decision to extend a few contracts is to be on the safe side if we pick up more than our fair share.

From a post in the Season Restart thread...... See Blackburn Rovers's other Tweets

I’ve not been out of Lancashire and I’ve got a tan.

No it wasn't Matty. He asked about branded masks and someone else asked about the cut-outs. But in truth both are lines being offered by many other clubs anyway - the questions were more about whether Rovers would be selling what others already are, rather than new ideas. Apologies for not responding to a question you asked me several pages ago about the minutes - at the time they were not completely agreed. In fact we have been talking to the club for a few weeks about the detail of what any offers would be and it clearly was getting tangled up with the discussions between clubs. I'm as disappointed as others that there is not a clearer statement about the availability fo refunds for anyone who needs them for financial reasons but the wording on the minutes does specifically say that those fans will be able to contact the club to discuss options. How that will work out I don't know but at least we got a commitment from them. We did talk about options for next season but in reality given that no one knows when that might start, what form it might take and at what point fans can get into the ground to watch games any detailed talk about options would be just empty air.

I see the Seafood Pub Company has filed for bankruptcy and shut down. They own the Oyster & Otter at Feniscowles, the Assheton Arms in Downhan and the Derby Arms just outside Longridge amongst others.

The red button has been removed by Sky for the remainder of this season, so no you can't.

My understanding is that all those whose contracts end at the end of June get a month's severance pay and that those at Rovers have agreed to play during July with no further pay.

I regard Geoffrey's retirement as a bonus as he's the one commentator I get really irritated with. I won't have to listen any more to him saying his Gran could play this lad with a stick of rhubarb.

I still maintain that Test Match Special is the outstanding way to "watch" the cricket - the pictures are better. Usually I have the TV on Sky in the living room, but spend my day when in listening to TMS whilsy doing whatever I'm doing and then nip in to watch on TV if there is anything significant.

Sandi way? A bit posh for round here! Not exactly good news but a little story that might amuse you all. My neighbours’ daughter sent them a small package to cheer them up, some beer and wine. The Amazon driver refused to leave the delivery without proof that they were over 18. He has stopped driving, doesn’t have a passport and the driver wouldn’t accept his bus pass. They are both in their early 80s!

We're making steady progress on the Ribble Way. We did Horton to Settle last Friday and Settle to Cow Bridge today. We've seen hardly a soul walking the path on both days, 10 miles on Friday and 7 today except when we passed Stainforth Force on Friday. It's a small waterfall on the river with a swimming pool below it. There were about 100 people at or immediately around the Force.

I've always enjoyed cycling across the Fylde to Knott End, taking the ferry across to Fleetwood and then cycling home right round the coast, but I guess I can't do that just now. I think I might have a ride out there tomorrow though anyway. With cycling it makes a huge amount of difference what bike you're riding on. many people make the mistake of buying a cheap bike "to see if they like it" before committing to something better. Then they find it really hard work, which puts then off. These days electric bikes are a great choice for many, allowing them to take the effort out of small hills. But it still won't get over your fear of riding on roads though gumboots!

Fair enough, there's no point in me trying to persuade you to do something you're not confident with. For me the Ribble Valley is a gorgeous place to ride my bike. I've done two one-way rides in the last couple of weeks round there, one from Dunsop Bridge to home and the other from home to Edisford Bridge - both to incorporate walks with my wife using the team car.

You just need some more practice gumboots! I've just calculated that I've done 753 miles on my bike since lockdown started, all of it within 10 miles of home apart from a couple of recent trips.

At the weekend we decided we would walk the Ribble Way as a project whilst lockdown keeps us at home. We live close to one end so decided to start at the other end and walk backwards one day trip at a time. So yesterday we drove in two cars to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, left one there and drove in the other up to Ribblehead and walked back. Horton car parks were busy but there was space and everyone had clearly left well before us, probably doing the Three Peaks. The walk back was wonderful with the morning drizzle stopping as we started and gradually the tops appeared as we headed south across the fells. Hardly saw a soul on the walk. It would have been a perfect day if my wife hadn't said as we were about to get back to Horton "where are my car keys?". Then we realised she had left them in my car at Ribblehead 6 miles away. No buses, no taxis and the next train was not for 3 hours. So we decided to wait for the train and in the meantime see if I could hitch a lift. the first car passed stopped and took me, with us both facemasked up and windows open. Horton to Settle is next.

I've been a number of times but not for a long time now ( more than 25 years). I just don't like spending much time in really big cities and I could also name quite a few US cities I prefer - Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and both Portlands, especially the Oregon one.

I've resurrected this thread from 18 months ago to stop the politics thread being buried under food talk.

No offence taken Chaddy. Feel free to dm me, although you might not like my views on LA and New York!