[meteorite-list] Beer! (and meteorites)
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:10 2004 Message-ID: <1a9.183a4745.2c5ab6e2_at_aol.com> --part1_1a9.183a4745.2c5ab6e2_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FERNLEA4_at_aol.com writes: > (Is it normal for someone to travel internationally, with a jar of pickled > jalapenos??) Yes it is....if it's someone who likes food with flavo(u)r, and the UK is on the itinerary. ;-) Actually, the Wold Cottage beer/label was just one small aspect of a bigger story -- which started in Edinburgh, where Rob and Irene met my train and began showing me several days of above-and-beyond the-call hospitality in their tiny, beautiful town of Milton of Balgonie. Rob's meteorite collection is literally breathtaking, and he has done a masterful job of insulating an entire room with temperature/humidity control (that cold, damp Scottish climate is no friend to Brenham), and has displayed the collection beautifully. We motored down to Wold Cottage (on the wrong side of the road) and stayed the night there, the proprietors have done a wonderful job of restoring the Cottage to its former glory. The main attraction of course, was out in the field -- we wandered out to the monument, snapped pictures, and generally daydreamed about the meteoritic event that happened at that exact spot 200+ years ago. The next day we headed down to Olde London Towne, where we had a lengthy tour behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, graciously provided by Dr's. Babs Potter, Caroline Smith and Robert Hutchison. Monica Grady had an unfortunate dental emergency so we were disappointed not to meet with her, but then again, Dr. Hutchison comes into the office somewhat more rarely these days (and has achieved a sort of rock-star status amongst meteorite aficionados) so meeting him was a thrill. I was then dragged kicking and screaming across the Heathrow tarmac, and reluctantly headed home -- back to the land of baseball, cold beer and pudding with no pig blood in it. (Not to mention those trusty jalapenos) Seriously, a hearty thank you to Rob, Irene, Derek and Katrina Gray (Wold), and the brass at the Museum for an awesome week of meteoric fun. Gregory PS: the 1799 Wold Cottage meteorite monument and a certain Yankee in King Arthur's Court: http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/jgwwold.jpg --part1_1a9.183a4745.2c5ab6e2_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR> FERNLEA4_at_aol.com writes:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">(Is it normal for someone to tr= avel internationally, with a jar of pickled jalapenos??)</BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> Yes it is....if it's someone who likes food with flavo(u)r, and the U= K is on the itinerary. ;-)<BR> <BR> Actually, the Wold Cottage beer/label was just one small aspect of a bigger=20= story -- which started in Edinburgh, where Rob and Irene met my train and be= gan showing me several days of above-and-beyond the-call hospitality in thei= r tiny, beautiful town of Milton of Balgonie. Rob's meteorite collecti= on is literally breathtaking, and he has done a masterful job of insulating=20= an entire room with temperature/humidity control (that cold, damp Scottish c= limate is no friend to Brenham), and has displayed the collection beautifull= y. We motored down to Wold Cottage (on the wrong side of the road) and= stayed the night there, the proprietors have done a wonderful job of restor= ing the Cottage to its former glory. The main attraction of course, wa= s out in the field -- we wandered out to the monument, snapped pictures, and= generally daydreamed about the meteoritic event that happened at that exact= spot 200+ years ago. The next day we headed down to Olde London Towne= , where we had a lengthy tour behind the scenes at the Natural History Museu= m, graciously provided by Dr's. Babs Potter, Caroline Smith and Robert Hutch= ison. Monica Grady had an unfortunate dental emergency so we were disa= ppointed not to meet with her, but then again, Dr. Hutchison comes into the=20= office somewhat more rarely these days (and has achieved a sort of rock-star= status amongst meteorite aficionados) so meeting him was a thrill. I=20= was then dragged kicking and screaming across the Heathrow tarmac, and reluc= tantly headed home -- back to the land of baseball, <U>cold</U> beer and pud= ding with no pig blood in it. (Not to mention those trusty jalapenos)<= BR> <BR> Seriously, a hearty thank you to Rob, Irene, Derek and Katrina Gray (Wold),=20= and the brass at the Museum for an awesome week of meteoric fun. = <BR> <BR> Gregory<BR> <BR> PS: the 1799 Wold Cottage meteorite monument and a certain Yankee in K= ing Arthur's Court: http://members.aol.com/sha= rkkb8/jgwwold.jpg</FONT></HTML> --part1_1a9.183a4745.2c5ab6e2_boundary-- Received on Thu 31 Jul 2003 02:16:02 PM PDT |
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