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My over riding memory of BBC Television Centre was seeing it now and again on Blue Peter when they ventured outside the studio. I never went there when I was a kid so even these days when I am in the locality I still find it exciting, even though I know the BBC left years ago for Salford.
I had a 50% off voucher, so this steak sandwich from Café Rouge became better value. Tasty as well.
I have used Jus-Rol puff pastry in the past and have been pleased with the results, so I was intrigued to see their gluten free puff pastry and wondered what it would be like to use.
Edit: my blog post on making these.
This is one of a set of Turkish hand painted bowls that we bought at the German Christmas market in Bristol (as one does).
Marylebone was for me for many years a place on the Monopoly Board, take a trip to Marylebone Station, if you pass Go, collect £200. It was only after having to travel to London a lot for work that I realised that Marylebone was more than the station and was an actual place in London.
The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare has you might expect a lot of helicopters on display. In the grounds though is a Bristol Bloodhound SAM.
I do like the Coffee #1 chain of coffee shops. The first one I ever went to was in Monmouth when I went there for lunch one day, when I was working in the Forest of Dean. More recently one has opened in Weston-super-Mare, where this photo was taken. I like the style of the decor and the coffee is pretty good too.
The pillboxes were constructed to protect the airfield, RAF Weston-super-Mare, which was a Royal Air Force station on a civilian airfield in Weston-super-Mare. The civilian airfield was taken over by the RAF on the 1st May 1940 and would remain there until 1993.
Today I was in Leeds for the ALT Learning Spaces Special Interest Group. Some interesting presentations and a great workshop activity. Some really useful conversations as well.