A day in Newark (no, not that one)

[captp]

Landed at Heathrow a few minutes after 7am, London time (2am EDT). Got through Passport Control & was at baggage pickup by 7:30am, damn near a miracle, as it was over any hour in line at Passport Control when I went there 5 years ago. Cousin Richard had a friend who drives for a living pick me up. Took 'til 11am to get to Newark-on-Trent.
Had a nice nap, then we went out for a few beers (ales, actuallyl) at one of his pubs. Hit a Vietnamese restaurant for dinner after; very good, we will be going back next week (yeah, it was that good).
Heading back down South to Warwick tomorrow for the folk festival. Pics of that tomorrow.
Here's a few shots from today.


Our first stop after a little nap.


Vietnamese beers before the Pho, which was very good (beers & Pho)

My 1st beer at the Organ Grinder.

The Vietnamese place

Couldn't resist this pic.

More pics to follow.

 

[Rudy Vey]

Glad you verified in your title line...

 

[captp]

I think I found a Sherwood Forest Bench sponsored by B&B

 

[captp]

My cousin Rich's classic car. Extra points if you can identity it.

 

[captp]

A walk to Newark Castle. Mostly destroyed by Oliver's Army (Cromwell, not Costello). Not much left except a wall.




The Brits do love their dogs.

 

[galopede]

The car's a Morris Minor or 1000. Beloved of vicars. Used to have the van version! There again, I'm a Brit...

Gareth

 

[captp]

The car's a Morris Minor or 1000. Beloved of vicars. Used to have the van version! There again, I'm a Brit...

Gareth

Unfair ;-). Morris Minor 1000 is correct. You're only about 120 miles away.

 

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A walk to Newark Castle. Mostly destroyed by Oliver's Army (Cromwell, not Costello). Not much left except a wall.
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The Brits do love their dogs.

I think they forgot to conjugate the verb in their message to dogs.

 

[captp]

I think they forgot to conjugate the verb in their message to dogs.

It's a Brit thing.

 

[oc_in_fw]

It's a Brit thing.

Yeah, I shouldn’t call out the people who invented the language.

 

[oc_in_fw]

By the way, I envy you. I hope to make it over there one day.

 

[captp]

By the way, I envy you. I hope to make it over there one day.

I'll say one thing about the Brits, they are so friendly they would be arrested if being friendly was illegal.
Plus they have some awesome beers & ales. Nothing like it in the States.

 

[Rudy Vey]

My cousin Rich's classic car. Extra points if you can identity it.
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Morris Minor??

 

[captp]

Morris Minor??

Bingo.

 

[beginish]

Is the beer still warm there?

 

[captp]

Is the beer still warm there?

Most of what I'm drinking here as Cellar Temperature. Not really warm, but nowhere near a cold as most American beer.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Is the beer still warm there?

Back when old British motorcycles were the thing, Lucas was called the Prince of Darkness because they ate diodes and the headlight wouldn’t work. There was a joke- why do Brits drink warm beer? Because Lucas makes refrigerators, too.

 

[captp]

Finally got to try Fish & Chips here in England. Beats the Crap outta anything pretending to be Fish & Chips here in the U.S.