Clint drove me over to Hull today. I went to see Hull City play Cardiff City in the English Championship. They are The Bluebirds and we are The Tigers.
It was a good, hard fought game. Plenty of action. It finished 2-2 which was in my view a fair result. I was sitting next to a white haired Lincolnshire woman who pointed out one of the club's resident peregrine falcons to me. They were introduced to control the stadium's pigeon population. In other words, the falcons eat the pigeons!
Before the game I ate something from the "Admiral" fish and chip shop on Anlaby Road - but not pigeons or even a peregrine falcon. I had "pattie" and chips. "Patties" are unique to Hull and East Yorkshire but I hadn't had one in years. It was most satisfying.
Before entering Hull today, I stopped off briefly in the affluent village of Welton, west of the city. The picture that accompany this post were taken in Welton. In one of them you can see a rather large boat parked in a house driveway. It has been there for years. I suspect that its owner's name is Mr Noah!
Floods are a-comin'! I hope they can get that boat out of there! It sure does look like a tight squeeze. The fellow who reversed it into that spot has to be commended!
ReplyDeleteI made patties for my lunch yesterday, but the weren't Hull Patties...they were Lee's Fish Patties.
I bet Lee's patties would go down very well in any Hull fish and chip shop with a little Australian flag on every one.
DeleteI'm glad you enjoyed the game. A tie is certainly better than a loss anyday! Our American football is going strong now and we have a major team just 15 miles down the interstate from us - The Kansas City Chiefs. We are hoping for a good season this year with a fairly new quarterback.
ReplyDeleteLove the picture of the church with the water!
It is called St Helen's Church... And good luck to The Kansas City Chiefs. Maybe you could stir them to success by becoming a cheerleader Bonnie!
DeleteSo basically you ate potatoes with potatoes for lunch? I think that sounds fabulous!
ReplyDeleteOkay. That boat. How in the name of the Old Testament god did they get it parked there? Could they have driven in from the back? Or do you suppose it was backed in? I have seen my husband park his own boat in our garage and it's a pretty tight fit and it's a pretty big boat but not as big as that boat and the fit is not as tight and I am impressed!
It must have been backed in Ms Moon. There was no access from the rear. The best meal I can think pf is a baked potato with french fries, a scoop of mashed potato and a couple of patties. Healthy eating!
DeleteWait! You forgot the hash browns! You may not even have hash browns over there across the pond where you live. Sad if so.
DeleteI had a plate of terribly disappointing hash browns yesterday....at a Waffle House, no less! I'll have to make some at home soon. Have you ever had them, Mr. Pudding?
DeleteYes. We do have hash browns over here. I suspect that they are an import from North America - like grey squirrels and chewing gum! Thanks guys!
DeletePattie? Sounds great . I think I'll go out and get one. I don't think we have them here.
ReplyDeleteHave a mooseburger then.
DeleteI need to find myself a peregrine falcon; the pigeons in our trees are tormenting Rick.
ReplyDeleteSometimes fake falcons can keep pigeons away.
DeleteNow I want a pattie, too!
ReplyDeleteThe first picture is my favourite of this post, what a beautiful house.
Maybe Mr Noah keeps pairs of animals in the building next to the boat, ready for boarding.
That's funny. I heard a couple of lions roaring as I walked by.
DeleteBeyond the East Riding, I never saw a chip shop in the Thorne-Selby-Adlingfleet triangle that didn't sell patties. They usually contained fish, in effect a fried fish sandwich. My grandma said they were for poor people who could not afford a whole fish and called women who worked in chip shops "pattie slappers" including my mum when she sometimes helped in a relative's chip shop. I suppose you are correct in that the area mentioned has now been moved into the East Riding against its will. Get the signs up on the M62 "You are now entering the East Riding of Yorkshire: pattie country".
ReplyDeleteI think that Eric Claptopn and George Harrison were also "pattie slappers" as they were both married to Pattie Boyd.
DeleteAh! So George had his mind on patties when he crashed the Beatles' van into Burton's factory fence in Goole.
DeleteI suspect he was just trying to get out of Goole as quickly as possible. Who wouldn't? By the way that triangle you mentioned...wasn't it ALWAYS part of The East Riding?
DeleteIt was in the WR until they created North Humberside and moved it there despite being south of the river.
DeleteA little Google research confirms that you are indeed correct and I apologise most sincerely for doubting the accuracy of your original assertion. Please forgive me.
DeleteThat is a bloody big boat.
ReplyDeleteYou should have seen the size of the neighbours' boat!
DeleteImpressive parking job.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the boat was there before the house!
DeleteHoly cow! That's a very imposing boat! It DOES look like it was left there after a hurricane or something.
ReplyDeleteI like the expression "Holy cow!". I should use it more often. It will make me sound like a baseball commentator.
DeleteI like the expression used by one of the drivers in Ice Road Truckers (YP should watch it) when the roads get really bad: "Holy Mackerel". Found it very useful on an isolated lane full of potholes in Wales when the car started to bounce and scrape the grass in the middle.
DeleteSo.....Delicious with Scraps - does that mean the bits of fish you mentioned?
ReplyDeleteNo. The "scraps" are little bits of batter and potato floating in the hot frying oil. They are skimmed off and left in a hot glass cupboard before scattering over the takeaway meal.
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