Feb 01 2009
Jaunt
I popped down to York this weekend, for a piss-up Reunion of Old Blowers, the alumni society of my old uni band/orchestra, Edinburgh University Wind Band. We had a grand old time, drank a bit too much, worried our parents, that sort of thing.
When in Yorkshire? Eat Yorkshire pudding!
Band had toured to York 11 years ago, and at that time a bander’s parents owned a pub in Rillington, by the name of The Coach and Horses. The night has gone down in history somewhat- I think they ended up having a lock in, and much imbibment took place. So the plan was to revisit this legendary place and perhaps re-enact somewhat. Thankfully this time there was no ‘lying down in the road outside’ and we (mostly!) made it home for 1am, very sedate. The food was lovely pub grub, and a vast improvment on the appaling, microwaved before our very eyes trash we had at Fiesta Mehicana the night before (shame we hadn’t seen that page!). And to think we could have been at El Piano!
