The DSLR I bought tended to have too much green in the images and I've been reducing the satuartion of it in Photoshop. It's very obvious when there's grass etc.

Having said that, the grass now looks quite a natural tone in this photo, so maybe the bricks do have a tinge of green.

There must be a story behind that text.

I got though part of Moby Dick, but gave up on it. I know it's a classic, but it just bored me silly.

I'm not a fan - it's a bit too peppery for me.

The Welsh language is a test. I only got to know how to say Llanelli by hearing locals and had been pronoucing it with a double-l sound.

Just be grateful I didn't venture north and visit a place called:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Lol as the young uns say!

Hi,
I can’t read « Ishmael » without thinking of Moby Dick and it’s famous opening line. I had no idea there was a welsh connection.
Cheers,
Keith

Could do with some brown sauce.

As if I wasn't confused enough by Llanelli, now you throw in a town name with no vowels. The breakfast looks good though.

Oh yes, an architectural masterpiece for sure. And I would never have guessed there'd be a "th" sound out of Llanelli. It took me a long time to get used to the Spanish pronunciation of "z" as "th"--as in golfing great Jose Maria Ola(th)abal.

Amazing. It brings out the green in the bricks.

I hadn't heard of him. His buildings seem to mostly be in the same region of the north - Middleton, Huddersfield, Rochdale, Oldham. It might be he's overshadowed by MacKintosh up here.

You're sorted with a Carrefour. I think they've closed in Singapore but other supermarkets import Waitrose and the higher-end Tesco range.

Looking forward to self-timed future journal photos of you unwrapping the grease-proof paper from your marmalade sandwich packed lunch.

I like the pickle with cheese on toast.

Making some sounds like a good idea. I recall buying various jars at market stalls and finding a recipe online should be easy. I'll keep you posted.

I was thinking of you when looking around Edgar Wood's buildings in Huddersfield. Had you seen any of his designs before?

Carrefour here is selling out and it'll be interesting to see what the new owners stock. Maybe custard will arrive.

Having a pottery collection is always going to be bad news for your luggage allowance. Hopefully you weren’t tempted to pick up any new bricks too.

Yes, keep an eye out for the Tetrapacs. Indestructible, so not going to burst everywhere in your bags. If you’re just going to scoff it there and then, you’re looking for this sort of thing:



https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/sainsburys-vanilla-custard--taste-the-difference-500g

Custard has moved on since we last lived in the UK.

I’ve been doing some multi-day walking trips and have been carrying some (add water) powdered custard as emergency restorative calories. Haven’t had to resort to it yet so the same pack has done me the last three trips.

You could try making your own marmalade or pickle in Taiwan - there’s no shortage of oranges. I made some red onion relish and HP-style brown sauce. Not as hard as it sounds.

I had a pork pie topped with Branston Pickle last night. Very good.

Now you tell me... I can't recall seeing any of these Andy.

I toyed with the idea of bringing Bird's some custard home with me, but there's pudding here to have it with.

I did bring a small jar of marmalade, which is something that surprisingly is not available in Taiwan - not in the main supermarkets anyway.

It's a shame I didn't have more allowance to bring some Branston pickle, but my luggage was alrady 55kg, plus 8kg of carry-on... I brought a lot of hefty pottery back with me!