Posties, pubs and bin men...
Posties in Guernsey are hard. They wear shorts and ride bicycles even in the winter. I couldn't help feeling that the photographer let them down with their calender this year though and I'm not sure why the one I nearly ran over this morning chose bicycle number 13.
The pub round the corner from my new house has had a make over. It's good. There are comfy sofas and wooden floors; somehow it seems bigger. I was very grateful that they are still serving exactly the same menu at exactly the same prices. It would have been easy for them to turn it into a trendy gastro-pub. Don't get me wrong; I like trendy gastro-pubs but Guernsey has plenty of those and sometimes what you really want is a homemade burger and curly fries or a good old fashioned roast. Good on them for looking after the regulars, that's what I say.
The first time I came home late from the pub and saw the bins being emptied I thought I was hallucinating. However, Guernsey bin men really do work through the night. I suppose it must be because the lanes are so narrow and busy here, they'd back up the whole island on bin day. Still it must pay well.
The pub round the corner from my new house has had a make over. It's good. There are comfy sofas and wooden floors; somehow it seems bigger. I was very grateful that they are still serving exactly the same menu at exactly the same prices. It would have been easy for them to turn it into a trendy gastro-pub. Don't get me wrong; I like trendy gastro-pubs but Guernsey has plenty of those and sometimes what you really want is a homemade burger and curly fries or a good old fashioned roast. Good on them for looking after the regulars, that's what I say.
The first time I came home late from the pub and saw the bins being emptied I thought I was hallucinating. However, Guernsey bin men really do work through the night. I suppose it must be because the lanes are so narrow and busy here, they'd back up the whole island on bin day. Still it must pay well.