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Posted by Andrew Collins (U1161447) on Tuesday, 1st June 2010
A privilege to take over Gid's chair for this foreshortened week. Much all-over-the-shop music to come, plus the return of my jazz bed. Join us tonight for QOTSA, Isobel Campbell, Smashing Ps, Viv Stanshall and more. And converse with me, why don't you, on the subject of: The Pros and Cons of the Coffee Shop Revolution.
I'll sithee.
Alright, every time my name or town gets mentioned now I have to turn the radio down and blush. Andrew, you work for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, you will of course have to be filmed crossing the Pontcysyllte (go on say it, I dare you - always a hard c in Welsh and e is pronounced ay) Aqueduct in a barge. Prepare yourself, I hope you're not scared of heights. My favourite Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ-presenter-crossing-the-pontcysyllte-aqueduct was Jonathan Meades curled up on the floor with the narrow piece of metal between him and death to the right of picture.
You just mentioned another Jenny and now I'm freaking out, man.
Also, my town only has one, independent, coffee shop and I'm not moaning about them, service is fine there. I'm talking about times when I wasn't so lucky to live in a nice, small town.
Lllllangollllen is lovely. I have very fond memories of 2 holidays on that particular canal. One time, we crossed the aqueduct in a terrifying gale: I nearly had a "trouser tragedy" and our spaniel was traumatised. I'm sure I bought something called a Llangollen cake which was a bit like an eccles bun.
I've never heard of a Llangollen Cake, I think they just doubled the price and re-christened an Eccles Cake or Chorley Cake for the tourists!
I guess you're probably right. More than likely that the delicious Llangollen cakes I bought were just Happy Shopper eccleses or chorleys. Tasted OK, though. I think I ate mine whilst watching the local youffs jump off the bridge. Any spaniel owners who are considering a canal holiday may be well advised to swap dogs for the week: try to get hold of something more mentally stable such as a collie or a terrier. Our springer took every opportunity to get on to the towpath or, if that wasn't possible, jump into the water.
It's not locals who jump off the bridge - mostly Stella drinking daytrippers. Crazy behaviour if you ask me.
For some reason, I'd deduced that it must be some local rite of passage for young'uns. It would seem that everything I know about LLangollen is wrong (cakes, bridge jumpers etc.). Next you'll be telling me that the aqueduct isn't pronounced pontsizzalt.
Right, and the castle's made of duplo and we re-fill the canal at the horseshoe falls using tizer. You'll know the locals by our matching track suits, arm bands and confused expressions. Oh, and we're always lugging Tizer along the towpath.
Congratulations on the Not Going Out episodes you co-wrote being repeated on Dave!
Don't tell me they still make Tizer. I once tried to make my own Tizer by carbonating some battery acid and adding cockroach blood for a bit of colour.
The ducks love it!
I guess that would account for the somewhat fizzy nature of the duck a l'orange I had in the restaurant. I just assumed that they'd cooked it in Fanta.
Are we going to get a video of Gideon and Co (oh ha ha!) rocking out at Tom Robinson's birthday bash? Or are you all going to be spoilsports?
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