Category: Wales

Posted on August 18, 2020

Micro.blog August Photoblogging Challenge Day 18: **Grid** — _Bridge grids – Prince of Wales (Second Severn Crossing) and Clifton Suspension_ 📷

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Posted on August 7, 2020

Went to the Bunch of Grapes in Pontypridd for a meal last night – pubs and restaurants in Wales were allowed to open for indoor dining from Monday this week. Our first meal out near home in Wales since the beginning of March.

Bunch of Grapes

The food was **really** good, especially the Roasted Cod Loin, so I can’t resist posting some details. 😀

Menu Board

Menu board

Sweetcorn Soup – _Charred sweetcorn, butterbean and radicchio soup, garlic and rosemary sourdough crouton_

Sweetcorn Soup

Pan Fried Cockles – _Pan fried cockles, leeks and laverbread on fried sourdough bread, charred lemon_

Pan fried cockles

Beetroot Pie – _Beetroot, mushroom, black bean and spinach pie, sautéed garlic greens and roasted red onions_

Beetroot pie

Roasted Cod Loin – _Ancho chilli roasted cod loin, sautéed mussels, cockles, laverbread and saffron, roasted fennel mash_

Roasted cod loin

Grapes in the Bunch

Grapes

To accompany the meal I had my first proper cask beers since March – two from Salopian Brewery, a pint of Shropshire Gold bitter and a pint of Dewdrops New England IPA. 🍺

Posted on April 24, 2020

ECB announces further delay to the professional cricket season. No professional cricket will be played in England and Wales until at least 1 July – ECB 🔗 🏏