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A la Colthard/ Sanctum on the Green

The Sanctum On the Green is an old favourite of mine. I have been visiting regularly these past past 5 years. It’s part of the Sanctum Soho chain part-owned by Andy Taylor the manager of Iron Maiden whose records adorn the walls. A few years ago some of the Soho boutique hotels started [...]

January 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

The golden gene

Yesterday I had a meeting with a professional advisor to whom I  had been recommended in Lewes. Our business concluded I accepted his invitation for lunch. I knew he was a cricket fan and we spoke of the trip to South Africa. I explained that I would not be drinking any alcohol as like many [...]

January 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Catching up with the past

About a week before Christmas last year, a pal of mine rang me from a function he was attending. “Hi, it’s me. You won’t believe who I’ve just met at this party. Hold the phone …” he continued before I could get a word – let alone a query – in or protest, “… I’ll put [...]

January 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Getting to the nub of it

Sometimes I get a little confused, when I alight upon a rather smart aphorism, as to whether I’ve heard it elsewhere – e.g. via a quotation or written extract from a literary great, a politician, celebrity film star or artist, philosopher, wit or comedian – or I actually came up with myself. [...]

January 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard

Thanks to the good offices of Bob we were upgraded to first class but I can’t say I was overly impressed. BA is over categorised: first, premium, club world, world traveller and standard. I was told that first class provided a 6 foot bed with a hostess each side which no doubt was behind [...]

January 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

A visit to the Vineyard

On the last full day of the tour Allan Lamb had organised a visit to the Welbedacht  Vineyards in Wellington, a 90 minute drive away. These vineyards normally have a restaurant and wine tasting areas with breathtaking views and this was no exception. See here for a link to their website – [...]

January 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Stepping gingerly through the minefield

The issues of nostalgia, political-correctness and modern, ‘let it all hang out’, right-on, ‘any-old-how-will-do’ latitude are – quite rightly in my view – recurring themes on the Rust and I’m not the only contributor to put forward his or her viewpoint upon them. At my age, one [...]

January 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ 12 Apostles Hotel

Yesterday Bob Tickler and I took time off the cricket and shopping to go to the Azure restaurant of the 12 Apostles at Camps Bay. Doug Heath was fairly sure the game would peter out to a draw. In fact England gave us a few hairy moments in the morning but in the end we made the right call. The 12 [...]

January 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/Baia restaurant

Bob Tickler invited Conchita and her family and the Rusters to Conchita’s favourite restaurant Baia, a Portuguese fish restaurant in the Waterfront  Mall and overlooking Table Bay. It’s peak season and only through Conchita did we obtain a reservation. Things got off to bad start when [...]

January 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

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