Rugeley Villa Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I will arrive in Barry one day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 11 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: I will arrive in Barry one day, when I'll be on my way to Tenby. Fixed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2016 Toast. Something very comforting about toast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Currently sipping on Aldi's amaretto with Tesco's cherry coke & ice. Very sweet but very nice! It's like a Mr Kipling drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 31 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Toast. Something very comforting about toast. well done toast, let cool , mounds of butter that wont melt and marmalade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 A day of beach walks over Swansea and the Mumbles today, glorious weather, a pub lunch, another good long walk, a coffee and a magnum and then home again. Spectacular beach walks in and around Swansea and strangely quiet, uncluttered and uncommercialised for beaches with a city literally on the other side of the road. Didn't quite get as far as Tenby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 9, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 9, 2016 1 hour ago, chrisp65 said: A day of beach walks over Swansea and the Mumbles today, glorious weather, a pub lunch, another good long walk, a coffee and a magnum and then home again. Spectacular beach walks in and around Swansea and strangely quiet, uncluttered and uncommercialised for beaches with a city literally on the other side of the road. Didn't quite get as far as Tenby. Yeah that coast is lovely. Unfortunately, Swansea itself is a shithole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Toast. Something very comforting about toast. From The Wind In The Willows: When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in it in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender; of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries. Toad sat up on end once more, dried his eyes, sipped his tea and munched his toast, and soon began talking freely about himself, and the house he lived in, and his doings there, and how important he was, and what a lot his friends thought of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 5 hours ago, mjmooney said: Toast. Something very comforting about toast. It's strange how wrong it can go though. Slightly different bread, the amount of time toasting or how long after it pops up before you butter it. I've made some right disasters in my time and it can be quite upsetting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 10, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 10, 2016 9 hours ago, MakemineVanilla said: From The Wind In The Willows: When the girl returned, some hours later, she carried a tray, with a cup of fragrant tea steaming on it; and a plate piled up with very hot buttered toast, cut thick, very brown on both sides, with the butter running through the holes in it in great golden drops, like honey from the honeycomb. The smell of that buttered toast simply talked to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cosy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender; of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries. Toad sat up on end once more, dried his eyes, sipped his tea and munched his toast, and soon began talking freely about himself, and the house he lived in, and his doings there, and how important he was, and what a lot his friends thought of him. My all-time favourite book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 9 hours ago, mjmooney said: Yeah that coast is lovely. Unfortunately, Swansea itself is a shithole. I suspect it's pretty much like anywhere, you've got to have a bit of knowledge of the place to suss it out properly. It's got some quite ropey areas and swathes of student accommodation and bedsits. The shopping district is well below par. But areas like Singleton Park, Uplands, Morriston and the Maritime Quarter are all fine. The brand new university development science blocks, essentially state of the art and with private beaches must be the best Uni facilities in the UK. It's probably bang average overall with good bits and bad bits, but with the small addition of a fine beach in easy walking distance of most of the houses and access to top flight football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 We come back today. Must say we've had a great weekend. The kids have had a great time and it's just great to get away. When we go away I always find myself feeling content and just appreciating and enjoying stuff so much more. if I ever come into some money I'm buying a static caravan. The only thing abroad has is the weather, other than that you can't really go wrong here when you have young uns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 I had a weekend in Southport and it was fantastic, I love seaside towns, I think as I worked at holiday camps for 8 years after leaving school its still ingrained. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted October 10, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2016 13 hours ago, chrisp65 said: A day of beach walks over Swansea and the Mumbles today, glorious weather... 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: I had a weekend in Southport and it was fantastic, I love seaside towns.... I went for a walk along the local coast yesterday late afternoon, I saw Southport across the water. The air was really clear and there was a mixture of those really dark, looming, heavy thunderclouds with bright, low sunshine and distant rain. I saw a double rainbow, Vs of migrating geese, starlings doing that murmuration thing, Knot doing similar, windfarms on and off shore, and oil/gas rigs off shore, the welsh hills, and the footballer Trevor Sinclair. It was all a bit sensory overload. Brilliant. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Secondment stuff all sorted. Feel like a VIP with everyone running around booking stuff for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 52 minutes ago, blandy said: I went for a walk along the local coast yesterday late afternoon, I saw Southport across the water. The air was really clear and there was a mixture of those really dark, looming, heavy thunderclouds with bright, low sunshine and distant rain. I saw a double rainbow, Vs of migrating geese, starlings doing that murmuration thing, Knot doing similar, windfarms on and off shore, and oil/gas rigs off shore, the welsh hills, and the footballer Trevor Sinclair. It was all a bit sensory overload. Brilliant. it was the same at mablethorpe yesterday morning. Dark clouds with a double rainbow . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 yep, blue sky and black clouds, with swans circling overhead note, the beach wasn't really on the tilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 10, 2016 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2016 On 08/10/2016 at 10:26, Midfielder said: Your choice of picture there, "cheers me up". This isn't just a picture of a man scoring a goal. It's way deeper. This is what I see: a man in the grips of pure adrenaline release, head back, eyes closed but facing the sky, gritted teeth, grabbing the badge. Translating further, this is an entirely natural (no faked reaction) photo of a man in a pure primal state realising in that very moment this is what he dreamt of since a child. And it's happening. And it feels amazing. Grealish, as a villa fan could take a leaf out of Taylor's book. That could be you jack, on a weekly basis. Tayls though, deserved legend and a pleasure to hear on radio or on tv to this day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 7 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: yep, blue sky and black clouds, with swans circling overhead note, the beach wasn't really on the tilt Have you been on the LSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 On 8 October 2016 at 05:44, ArizonaVillan said: On the North American meetup ...this was the fourth annual. I've made two myself. It grows every year. Around 100 or so Villans there this time. It's usually in a destination type city that people naturally want to travel to ...Chicago this year, San Diego last year ...my money's on Austin for next year. Great party town & only a three hour drive for me. Ian Taylor showed up this year & had such a good time he vowed to make it an annual tradition. I heard Austin too, also a rumour of New Orleans...I'd definitely be on skyscanner if you guys announce NO we have a lot of Americans join us in kiddy, met a fair few of them, always seem to have a good time, almost certainly seem to have spent a fortune coming to see us be shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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