Robmac
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Don't see as it makes any difference as 90% on here only ever go to Lidl.
I refute that.
I sometimes go to Aldi!
Really ???
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I refute that.
I sometimes go to Aldi!
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I quite agree, but I'm just saying I wouldn't find it a great hardship not to take them with me if I was going travelling over the channel.
Wouldn't be the end of the world for me, because the local foodstuffs where you're going can be just as yummy, and in many ways is a big part of the reason why it's so enjoyable to be there - at least it is for me
No hardship for me either. I cant get enough of French unpasturised Cheese and its the first thing I look forward to when landing in France, a good rake round a French market or a big cheese counter at a large E leclerc.
The one thing we do take with us in large quantities is Lift Lemon tea which Mrs D lives on. They come in plastic jars now but before that she used to decant them into clear plastic takeaway boxes. For four to six months she would literally have about 100+ jars in loads of these boxes all over the van. It looks totally like Drugs (its kind of brown coloured.
One year we got searched on the way out and I think the customs guy thought he had hit the jackpot! 
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I did say 90%
There was a queue of wild campers on boxing day for reduced frozen turkeys for this Christmas.
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I did say 90%
I'm waaaay ahead of them.
I've bought up all of the 2020 calendars dirt cheap, I won't have to buy one for years now.
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Rob, we buy it from Tesco, just make sure it`s the Three Ginger Organic which she finds is the best one and not one of the other Ginger variants that includes Lemon because that irritates it.
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I've just asked her Graham and she has had it before but not tried the Three Ginger Organic so I will get her some of that. Thanks.
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There was something on Sky news about truckers having there packed lunches taken from them as they contained banned meat and dairy products.
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Nambarrie, possibly N. Ireland’s favourite tea as it originated in Belfast, good to see it has an ‘international’ following in Scotland. Do you guys also get Punjana tea, another Belfast original.
For you bikers, a wee bit on long distance motorbike trips associated with Nambarrie.
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We take in the region of 400 teabags with us on each French trip, probably the only item we take.
Davy
For you bikers, a wee bit on long distance motorbike trips associated with Nambarrie.
Nambarrie - Wikipedia
Punjana - Wikipedia
We take in the region of 400 teabags with us on each French trip, probably the only item we take.
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the French regard tea as a slightly weaker drug than coke
after being searched by the French customs and they'd found 7 lbs of Typhoo in a cupboard , one guy asked me , ''doesn't drinking this amount of tea worry you ?''
''yes it does '' i replied , '' i worry that one day i might run out ''
after being searched by the French customs and they'd found 7 lbs of Typhoo in a cupboard , one guy asked me , ''doesn't drinking this amount of tea worry you ?''
''yes it does '' i replied , '' i worry that one day i might run out ''
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We do get both, a guy i helped out when he was building his Ducati TT who lives in Italy asked me in an email this morning what tea would i reccomend, so suggested he try Nambarrie.Nambarrie, possibly N. Ireland’s favourite tea as it originated in Belfast, good to see it has an ‘international’ following in Scotland. Do you guys also get Punjana tea, another Belfast original.
For you bikers, a wee bit on long distance motorbike trips associated with Nambarrie.
Nambarrie - Wikipedia
Punjana - Wikipedia
We take in the region of 400 teabags with us on each French trip, probably the only item we take.
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When I were a young lad growing up in south Wales in the '50s and '60s Glengettie was the 'go to' tea (to use a modern idiom). Only available in Wales and AFAIK still is. I still don't understand why a tea with a vaguely Scottish sounding name would be so popular in Wales.
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Was it counterfeit?
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a young man was jailed for 5 years . while there he took up woodwork and became a renowned carpenter
at the end of his sentence , the chief warden complimented him on his skilled work ,and asked him , before he left the prison , if he could do a little job for him . the young man asked what was needed .
the warden told him he just needed a breakfast bar in his kitchen .
''oh no said the guy , no chance - that's what got me in trouble in the first place !
what do you mean ?asked the surprised warden
''counter fitting '' said the guy
at the end of his sentence , the chief warden complimented him on his skilled work ,and asked him , before he left the prison , if he could do a little job for him . the young man asked what was needed .
the warden told him he just needed a breakfast bar in his kitchen .
''oh no said the guy , no chance - that's what got me in trouble in the first place !
what do you mean ?asked the surprised warden
''counter fitting '' said the guy
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Nowt wrong wi Yorkshire tea.Yeah but being a Londoner Mark probably prefers Yorkshire tea Marie.
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My issue would be that I take a fridgeful of food with us to eat on the journey....even cheese sandwiches not allowed. We use entirely local produce when in the barn, but cheddar is pretty hard to come by so I usually take some plus a few chunks of vegetarian cheddar for friends (not easy to obtain in central Portugal) . As ops say, tea bags and marmite not an issue to bring but sometimes it's comfort food. Can bring dairy and meat back to UK as as officially EU standards! Wine is 18L (24bottles each) according to last gov guidelines. Just will be a pain even when (if!) flying also.