Into Chiswick for a quick pre-prandial meeting and then lunch at La Trompette with a fantastic line-up of Claret: VCC 89, L’Evangile 89, Rauzan-Segla 85 and a triumvirate of Haut-Brion 83, 85 and 86. The most sobering comment is when we realized that you could buy bottles of those last three for less than a single [...]
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Nip down to Leigh-on-Sea co-operative to procure this morning’s catch from the Thames Estuary. On the way down, I listen to the free Prince CD given away by yesterday’s Daily Mirror. It almost brings a tear to the eye. I remember cycling back along this very road with a cassette of ”Sign of the Times” in my [...]
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