Special K 442 Report post Posted October 14, 2014 I shall be close to Kendal/Grange Over Sands Fri/Sat/Sun - are there any local Members who fancy a meet? Cannot make Sat lunchtime - I am visiting my favourite UK restaurant (L'Enclume, Cartmel) to sample Simon's incredible tasting menu... 15 courses... every time I go there I swear it cannot get any better and it does...!! Spec K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan Hawrylak 23 Report post Posted October 14, 2014 Keith, I'm in the Lake District this week. Staying in Coniston so not too far away. Could poss do Friday eve - will check and let you know Haversack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 442 Report post Posted October 14, 2014 Great coincidence, Stan... as you say, it's not far (and there's some good hoon roads in the area!) Spec K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan Hawrylak 23 Report post Posted October 14, 2014 Yes that is a rather amazing coincidence and too good an opportunity to miss! Could meet up for a beer Friday night? You travelling up Friday?? Haversack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 442 Report post Posted October 14, 2014 Agreed.... too good an opportunity to miss for the two best coloured GT86's to be seen in one place... Yep - driving up from Macclesfield Friday morning aiming to arrive 11.00ish, Staying at Levens, just south of Kendal on A590. A beer on Friday evening is a cunning plan. There are so many really great pubs around there... .... anyone else in the locality? Spec K <Looketh not upon the wine when it is red, for it biteth like an arrow and stingeth like a serpent> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan Hawrylak 23 Report post Posted October 14, 2014 Sounds good mate, look forward to it. Let me know where to meet up - name of pub and postcode would be perfecto. Great roads round here - A593 from Coniston to Ambleside is a cracker and perfect for an 86. Although the locals not keen on my exhaust note, at all :-) Haversack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 442 Report post Posted October 15, 2014 Stan - Red Lion Inn, Lowick Bridge, LA12 8EF ? I've been there before - not too far for either of us. Shall we say 7.00pmish? Yep, the roads in the area are good for our modus operandum.... if they don't like your exhaust the pair of us will freak 'em out.... Spec K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan Hawrylak 23 Report post Posted October 15, 2014 Sounds good to me, 7pm, see you there. Unless I hear you first.... Haversack 1 Special K reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan Hawrylak 23 Report post Posted October 17, 2014 Thanks for a great evening Keith you bloody legend! Lovely to meet Rachel and Roz too. Hope to see them next time we're in the Lakes. In answer to your question of why we walk up hills, we might as well set our heads on fire (!) here is your answer, we saw this last Sunday from Coniston Old Man.. Haversack 3 Lauren, Keethos and Special K reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 442 Report post Posted October 18, 2014 Awesome, Stan.... .... it seems that you and Chris Stanbury are 'the legend'..... Rachel did a bit of internet sniffing last night and you two've got quite a reputation... .... but I will admit that if I want see clouds below me I'd rather be in a aluminium tube at 30,000 ft... preferably going somewhere hot... as for Chris breaking his leg in two places and being airlifted off a tor - stay clear of those two places in future... Spec K 1 Stan Hawrylak reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Special K 442 Report post Posted October 19, 2014 'Tasting' menu at L'Enclume, Cartmel (home of Simon Rogan) on Saturday - 16 courses - Oyster Pebbles Oxtail Dumpling Crispy chicken, squid, redcurrant Smoked eel with ham fat Raw scallop and caviar Creamed celeriac, Tunworth (cheese), lambs tongue Salt baked squash, Maran egg, sunflower, chestnut Valley venison, charcoal oil, mustard and fennel Glazed lobster, scurvy grass,hazelnuts, carrot, watercress Artichokes with goats cheese, tarragon, stout vinegar and malt Grilled plaice and turnip, potato, dill and mussel Suckling British lop (pig), beetroot, kale, elderflower Apple and rosehip tart, blackberry, brown butter, rhubarb Iced blueberry, sheeps milk and apple marigold Honeycomb, poached quince, walnut and perilla Apple, sweet cheese, pineapple weed. Dining does not get better than this.... flavours and textures that are the pinnacle of gastronomic science. I declined the puddings and went for the cheese trolley - stunning British cheeses, including a Roquefort and a sheeps milk Camembert you would die for. Rachel had the sweets and said they were sublime.. Six different wines to complement the courses plus a glass of sake with the cheese.. even if I had been driving I wouldn't have got in behind the steering wheel... sheer self-indulgent gluttony... Spec K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keethos 842 Report post Posted October 19, 2014 Wow, they all sound mouth watering! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan Hawrylak 23 Report post Posted October 19, 2014 Sounds amazing Keith - apart from the 'Scurvy Grass'... Thanks for the advice, will definitely try to avoid those 2 places :-) As for our reputations, you've got me concerned now. Most of my family and friends think I escape to the hills so frequently for one reason only, secret liaisons with the locals..... Haversack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lauren 2259 Report post Posted October 19, 2014 I didn't know you were Welsh. Nice sheepies! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stan Hawrylak 23 Report post Posted October 19, 2014 Might as well be Lauren, fully paid up member of sheep shaggers anonymous, or so I'm told :-) Haversack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
