Anonymous
20-12-05, 11:43 PM
Ey oop and ee bah gum tha knows,
We've had so many of you lovely people dropping in to our friendly little Pennine Massive site of late that it seemed only fair to repay the courtesy by popping dahn sarrf. So here I am (excuse me for calling in unannounced).
Although we are now well into our Winter season up North, global warming means that the thermometer is really only hovering around a balmy minus 35 degrees (that's at mid-day of course). The Barnoldswick Glacier is looking bright and shiny (when there is any daylight to see it, that is) although the polar bears are a slight nuisance on the roads these days. And the penguin droppings! Oh, SO very slippery! Still, only another 14 months and it will be our spring.
Several of the lads and lasses are looking forward to the long three day break that most of the mills are giving this year, and are preparing sumptuous traditional northern feasts - first a little amuse-bouche of Tripe with Sage and Onion Stuffing and gravy; next a starter of Stew and 'Ard with mushy peas and gravy; then a main course of Pork Pie with Roast Potatoes, Chips, Mash and gravy; the traditional Northern Christmas Black Pudding with equally traditional Brown Ale Butter and gravy; Mince pies and custard (gravy optional). Myself, I like a bit of Wensleydale cheese then, often with a glass of pudding gravy.
We aren't sure what you chaps eat down here - will it be a Marks and Spencer Turkey Foccaccia with a lightly whipped Caramelofrappomoccachini Latte or something....gosh, you are so sophisticated down here (did you know that M & S started in the Penny Market in Leeds not that the posh gits would be welcome back these days?)
Well, must dash as the whippets need their weekly feed of boiled flat-cap, but from the Pennine Massive: A Reet Gradely Christmas to you all, and Safe Riding in 2006.
We've had so many of you lovely people dropping in to our friendly little Pennine Massive site of late that it seemed only fair to repay the courtesy by popping dahn sarrf. So here I am (excuse me for calling in unannounced).
Although we are now well into our Winter season up North, global warming means that the thermometer is really only hovering around a balmy minus 35 degrees (that's at mid-day of course). The Barnoldswick Glacier is looking bright and shiny (when there is any daylight to see it, that is) although the polar bears are a slight nuisance on the roads these days. And the penguin droppings! Oh, SO very slippery! Still, only another 14 months and it will be our spring.
Several of the lads and lasses are looking forward to the long three day break that most of the mills are giving this year, and are preparing sumptuous traditional northern feasts - first a little amuse-bouche of Tripe with Sage and Onion Stuffing and gravy; next a starter of Stew and 'Ard with mushy peas and gravy; then a main course of Pork Pie with Roast Potatoes, Chips, Mash and gravy; the traditional Northern Christmas Black Pudding with equally traditional Brown Ale Butter and gravy; Mince pies and custard (gravy optional). Myself, I like a bit of Wensleydale cheese then, often with a glass of pudding gravy.
We aren't sure what you chaps eat down here - will it be a Marks and Spencer Turkey Foccaccia with a lightly whipped Caramelofrappomoccachini Latte or something....gosh, you are so sophisticated down here (did you know that M & S started in the Penny Market in Leeds not that the posh gits would be welcome back these days?)
Well, must dash as the whippets need their weekly feed of boiled flat-cap, but from the Pennine Massive: A Reet Gradely Christmas to you all, and Safe Riding in 2006.