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Mark, what year/month did you visit can you remember? my initiation was nov 06 so if it was before then i wouldnt know! but certainly as far as im aware we dont have a TV chef there now lol, though I think we ARE a friendly lodge! although I would need anothers outside view on that...Lew?! lol
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Hi James: I have just trawled through my memory, and it would have been in Autumn 2004, so before you were initiated. A friend of mine has a flat he let me stay in for a few days, it's situated on the cliff tops further out of the town than 'Bleak House'. I had a great time, the folk are very friendly and the pubs suitably well stocked (had a nice meal upstairs in the Tartar Frigate, as I recall.)
I also spent Christmas there in 2004-sunny skies and bracing walks. Lovely place.
Cheers
Mark