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(19-07-2025, 10:00)Stairs Wrote: (17-07-2025, 14:55)talkSAFT Wrote: Didn't know quite where to post this, but.......
I was walking lunchtime down St.Ives Harbour (by where I now live, in Cornwall) and I saw (from behind) this beautifully-clad Sikh and his wife. They looked like something out of the 18th century. He'd got a big turban, and a beard down to his chest, and he was in his 60s/70s. She was clad in Sikh gear.
2 minutes later I saw them coming from the front.......He had an Albion badge on the front of his turban, and was wearing an Albion shirt!! I gave them a great Boing-Boing, and they both laughed and cheered, shouting "C'mon you Baggies!!"
I've always liked Sikhs, and this made my day. 
I was in St Ives this week myself. Lovely place. We are looking at possible locations for retirement and love the Cornwall vibe and so currently it’s between that and Devon.
So if you saw a WBA plate in the station car park, that was me.
Oh!!! So it was YOU, Stairs!!  
Wish this had happened last week - could have met up for a drink. 
(House prices have reduced a fair bit down here, Stairs  )
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(19-07-2025, 11:53)talkSAFT Wrote: (19-07-2025, 10:00)Stairs Wrote: (17-07-2025, 14:55)talkSAFT Wrote: Didn't know quite where to post this, but.......
I was walking lunchtime down St.Ives Harbour (by where I now live, in Cornwall) and I saw (from behind) this beautifully-clad Sikh and his wife. They looked like something out of the 18th century. He'd got a big turban, and a beard down to his chest, and he was in his 60s/70s. She was clad in Sikh gear.
2 minutes later I saw them coming from the front.......He had an Albion badge on the front of his turban, and was wearing an Albion shirt!! I gave them a great Boing-Boing, and they both laughed and cheered, shouting "C'mon you Baggies!!"
I've always liked Sikhs, and this made my day.
I was in St Ives this week myself. Lovely place. We are looking at possible locations for retirement and love the Cornwall vibe and so currently it’s between that and Devon.
So if you saw a WBA plate in the station car park, that was me.
Oh!!! So it was YOU, Stairs!!
Wish this had happened last week - could have met up for a drink.
(House prices have reduced a fair bit down here, Stairs )
We ‘Semi Retired’ to the Scottish Highland (30 minutes north of Inverness) and we have run a B&B for the last 4 years.
Several advantages - 1. Beautiful scenery
2. House Prices are reasonable
3. Global Warming future proofed in the short term
4. Ross County is just down the road so I can support the Baggies and the Staggies
5. And finally there’s no Wolves Fans
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(19-07-2025, 20:28)derbybaggie Wrote: (19-07-2025, 11:53)talkSAFT Wrote: (19-07-2025, 10:00)Stairs Wrote: (17-07-2025, 14:55)talkSAFT Wrote: Didn't know quite where to post this, but.......
I was walking lunchtime down St.Ives Harbour (by where I now live, in Cornwall) and I saw (from behind) this beautifully-clad Sikh and his wife. They looked like something out of the 18th century. He'd got a big turban, and a beard down to his chest, and he was in his 60s/70s. She was clad in Sikh gear.
2 minutes later I saw them coming from the front.......He had an Albion badge on the front of his turban, and was wearing an Albion shirt!! I gave them a great Boing-Boing, and they both laughed and cheered, shouting "C'mon you Baggies!!"
I've always liked Sikhs, and this made my day.
I was in St Ives this week myself. Lovely place. We are looking at possible locations for retirement and love the Cornwall vibe and so currently it’s between that and Devon.
So if you saw a WBA plate in the station car park, that was me.
Oh!!! So it was YOU, Stairs!!
Wish this had happened last week - could have met up for a drink.
(House prices have reduced a fair bit down here, Stairs )
We ‘Semi Retired’ to the Scottish Highland (30 minutes north of Inverness) and we have run a B&B for the last 4 years.
Several advantages- 1. Beautiful scenery
2. House Prices are reasonable
3. Global Warming future proofed in the short term
4. Ross County is just down the road so I can support the Baggies and the Staggies
5. And finally there’s no Wolves Fans
What part of the Black Isle are you on?
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North of the Black Isle up in the hills in a village called Ardross. Just down the road from the BBC Traitors castle if you watch it.
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(20-07-2025, 16:39)derbybaggie Wrote: North of the Black Isle up in the hills in a village called Ardross. Just down the road from the BBC Traitors castle if you watch it.
I live down in the Borders, south of Edinburgh but we go to the same cottage in Wester Ross every year and have been doing so since 1998. Our travel route is up the A9, through the Black Isle, through Achnasheen, Kinlochewe and Gairloch, and up to Inverasdale. It’s a stunning part of the world
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(20-07-2025, 20:51)BaggieSteve Wrote: (20-07-2025, 16:39)derbybaggie Wrote: North of the Black Isle up in the hills in a village called Ardross. Just down the road from the BBC Traitors castle if you watch it.
I live down in the Borders, south of Edinburgh but we go to the same cottage in Wester Ross every year and have been doing so since 1998. Our travel route is up the A9, through the Black Isle, through Achnasheen, Kinlochewe and Gairloch, and up to Inverasdale. It’s a stunning part of the world
You’ll pass by a few miles from our house when you go through Dingwall. If you want to make a short detour for a cuppa let me know!
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