Dear Vicki, only the second person because you would not catch me in there either. I do my own cooking, thank you. Glad you enjoyed a brief tour of a lovely place, well it is to us anyway!
The people around her are not Happy to say the least, to see their trees cut down for a two week event! 400+ years for two weeks does not sound very fair to me!
The Tourist people would not have me for I tend to go where Angels fear to tread, and say the truth to politicians, and they do not like the truth!
I was taught how to cook the Royal Parks figs by the Chef in the Trafalgar pub in Greenwich. How can I put this nicely, the pub is given a barrel of Brandy each year that was "liberated" from the French in 1805! So the Chef as he is not allowed to touch this Brandy (only certain people are), used to cook the figs with Stilton & Port for us, just for a taste of this Brandy!
My Boss the Admiral used to take me over there for lunch, and a glass of this, probably the most exquisite Brandy in the world. Of course it has to be whitebait as a starter, for that is as far as they come up the river. By law all MP's should meet there once a year and eat white bait. However as they were all caught fiddling their expenses in The House of Commons, they are not so keen to have to pay for it themselves!
Regards.
Neil
