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Mrs Harters will be pleased that it's a good quality one. Currently retails at £32 in our normal supermarket. Much more than she would usually spend on some fizz. Thansk to you and LHT for the info.

Declare everything. Otherwise you run the risk of a claim being denied. I fell foul of this once. Never again. Some insurers will cover you if you are waiting for hospital treatment. But we were unable to find anyone who would offer cover for a condition "awaiting diagnosis". So, we've been unable to travel since early autumn last year, which meant we had to cancel plans for two cruises and our usual long winter stay in the Canaries. With a diagnosis now sorted, we've been able to get cover with All Clear but it comes at a heck of a cost. Annual policy, for both of us, including cruise but excluding North America - just over £1400. Plus the fifteen quid it's just cost to amend the policy to include my psoriasis for which I have prescrip[tion medication (which I'd forgotten to mention) and the fact I recently consulted the GP about a pain in my knee - xrayed and nothing found and the pain has subsided.

Good call. We are currently having very warm weather, with temperatures in the high 20s (yesterday it was hotter here in northwest England than Barcelona), although we had heavy rain the other day. June/July are probably our best summer months but bear in mind this is a small island off the coast of Northern Europe and we often do chilly and wet. More so in the northern parts of the country.

Nor on the version available to me in the UK, priced in sterling.

Is it actually champagne, or simply a sparkling wine?

Agreed. Now is now and then will be then. The offer will be what it is. And existing and potential customers can then decide if its a offer that suits or not.

Google for your preferred drink on the website of a major UK supermarket, such as Tesco, and a French equivalent, such as Carrefour (and convert one or both to the same currency, of course).

I'm in the UK but weather conditions are similar across the water. I regularly consider mid-May for a holiday at home but would not consider mid October.

As far as I understand it, these are all North American, so no use to this European. Certainly I've never seen a UK cruise specialist TA make a claim of membership and Google doesnt find a single hit.

I've always got Tabasco, Sriracha and Maggi Masala Chilli Sauce in the cupboard. I bought a bottle of a Cajun chilli sauce when we were in Lafayette, Louisiana, some years back, which was fine but I preferred Tabasco so never tried to replace it. Think it was Crystal but can't be sure.

I love asparagus (preferably the thick green stalks) but only have it when it's in season here. We're coming to the end of the season now - only another week or so. Usually steamed or boiled in the house - dressed simply with melted butter, or hollandaise, as a starter. I do like it cold, wrapped in Serrano ham or anything similar.

No worries, Lenny

Not had fried ice cream but have had "leche frita" in Spain. Other than understanding this meant "fried milk", I had no idea what was going to be put in front of me. Turned out it was a set custard, coated in cinnamon flavoured breadcrumbs and fried. I've no need to order it again.

I've not done it but it should be very do-able. There's a ferry every 30 minutes and the crossing only takes about 30.

So, do I understand from that post and your earlier one that, although you've never had the dressing, you're very familiar with how its made? I don't think I could make any dressing without tasting it.

Probably should have been in quotes (although Coulson generally gets the credit here). I have read a suggestion that Coulson got the recipe (or the idea at least) from someone else.

Me neither. And I quite like some blue cheeses. Presumably you have to be careful when you're making it, so the flavour doesnt overpower the salad.

I don't think there's a yoghurt I don't like. But I always come back to set Greek yoghurt, drizzled with a little honey and a sprinkle of chopped pistachio. My favourite brand is Lancashire Farm, founded by Ghulam Zouq who immigrated to the UK from Pakistan in 1960. All of the milk they use comes from free range cows. https://www.investinrochdale.co.uk/news/post/tribute-to-the-visionary-who-founded-lancashire-farm-dairies I regularly visit the Spanish island of Tenerife and there used to be a place there sold frozen yoghurt. Absolutely delish

Thanks again - the history is interesting. It's really only in the last couple of decades that there's been a commercial crop of the American blueberry in Europe. Before that, my only experiences were on holidays to the western side of The Pond. The European blueberry is a different plant, known by various names (it's a wimberry in my part of the world) are much smaller - about the size of a pea - and much sharper in flavour. Never really grown commerically but I still come across wimberrries for sale occasionally. They make the most delicious pies. Served hot, they need custard to go with them.

As does Oceania, who we're cruising with soon.

Last time we were on Cape Cod (2018) we came across a similar place. Kate's Seafood at Brewster. My account of the trip said we had blueberry sundaes - delicious vanilla ice cream, topped with "squirty cream" and a sprinkling of berries. This was mid afternoon and we'd already had a clam shack lunch elsewhere.

Certainly agree with marazul about the 3 - 4 hours needed. It's several years since we were last there but my recollection is that there were taxis outside the Alhambra, so getting one for the return should be OK. But the cost is going to be whatever is on the meter or, alternatively, exercising your Spanish to negotiate a price before you getting in the cab

CGT - that's really interesting info. The history makes perfect sense why a "diner" might be railway carriage (real or fake). I'd often wondered why that was the case. And probably explains why diner food seems to be mainly breakfast and lunch, rather than fancier "dinner food". I wish I had your two diners near me - I'd be a regular. By the by, I noticed that the Rosebud menu mentiones "omelettes", spelling it in the British/French way rather than what I thought was the more common American spelling of "omelet". Is that just them or is it a more typical New England spelling?

Yes, I know Lucy's, although it's a few years since we last ate there. You'll know that the usual claim to fame for inventing STP was the late Francis Coulson, of the Sharrow Bay Hotel. The hotel closed a couple of years back but, before then, we stayed a couple of nights. They still made their STP to Coulson's recipe so I can claim to have eaten the original. Bury is on the other side of the metro area to me but we go the market periodically to buy black puddings, pies and other baked goods . I'm a big fan of Chorley Cakes (the shortcrust pastry version of the better known Eccles Cakes) and a stall on the market is the only reliable source I know.

Black pudding and STP are two of my region's iconic food items.