#you will find him even when he is not there quote. and sark very much can't live without irina in his house.

[juliareed]

Fandom: Alias Relationships: Sark/Irina + Nadia/Elena, Nadia/Roberto, Nadia/Sloane Song: Would've, Could've, Should've by Taylor Swift Summary: Exploring some of the parallels between Sark and Nadia, by comparing Sark’s relationship with Irina to Nadia’s relationships with Sloane, Elena and Roberto. Content warnings: Character death, child abuse, needles, torture, violence, flashing lights

[bee-kathony]

“Your Nose is Blue” - Jamie and Claire 

This is my ‘One Quote, One Shot’ fic, thank you @balfeheughlywed and @notevenjokingfic for organizing this! nswf at the end 

My quote is: “Your nose is blue,” I remarked conversationally. I glanced downward. “And so are your feet.” He grinned and wiped his nose on the back of his hand. “So are my balls. Want to warm them for me?” 

Lallybroch December 8th, 1743

Snow had been falling every day since the first of December. Jamie and I had been at Lallybroch for almost two months, and it had been the happiest two months of our entire marriage. Granted, we hadn’t been married very long, but there was a simplicity with Jamie at his childhood home that we hadn’t found anywhere else.

I relished in every story that Jamie told me about growing up here. Even the ones that didn’t favor him in a good light — him and Ian sneaking away, getting into all kinds of mischief which led them to both be disciplined by Jamie’s father. I wondered what it would be like if both of Jamie’s parents were still alive, much in the same way I wondered the same about my own.

His sister, Jenny had been wary of me at first, and I didn’t blame her. I was a stranger who had come into her home, wed to her younger brother — I’d be cautious too. But over the past few weeks, we had grown close and I began to consider her my own sister.

I was still getting used to the idea of settling down and making a life here. There were still mornings when I would wake up and forget what century I was in. When I looked over to see Jamie, his hands folded across his stomach, and a small smile on his lips, I was grateful to be here — with him.

It was another chilly morning, much like it had been the past several days. My toes were ice cold and I turned over in bed to snuggle up to Jamie. I pressed my feet against him, warming them to his hot skin. He started to squirm, his eyes fluttering open and I felt him wrap his arm around me.

“Ah, Sassenach,” he said groggily. “Yer feet are freezin!”

“Sorry,” I started to pull them away, but he pulled me closer.

“Nah, tis alright,” he grinned, placing a kiss to my forehead. “Twas just a shock this early in the mornin’.”

“Would you be able to go and get some fresh wood for the fire later?” I asked him, resting my head on his chest. The heat radiated off of him, and he knew as well as I did that the fire was for my benefit only.

“Aye,” he said. “I’ll go chop some down after breakfast.”

“Get enough for the whole house if you can,” I looked up at him, tracing my finger along his chin. “I think everyone must be out as well. The whole damn place is freezing!”

“Och,” Jamie turned me in his arms, pressing my back to his chest. “They say a quick way to warm up is to take all yer clothes off and lay yer body next to another.”

“We can’t bloody walk around naked all day,” I laughed. “That only works when we’re in bed. What about the rest of the time?”

Jamie sighed, his hand settling over my stomach. “Hmm, well then I reckon I’ll have to keep ye in my bed all day.”

“You’ll do no such thing,” I chuckled, turning my head to look at him, noticing his smug expression. “Besides, I don’t think I’ve seen you ever lay in bed all day. You’re constantly doing things around the stables or with Ian.”

“Aye, yer right about that.” His hand moved along my arm, fingers lightly tracing my skin. “There’s much to do, even wi’ the snow. Ah!” He suddenly shouted in my ear. “Ye can help Jenny wi’ the clickit. I saw her start a new scarf just yesterday.”

“Clickit?” I asked, turning back to look at him. His brows rose near his hairline and he rose to his perch himself on his elbow, staring down at me like I’d just cursed his mother’s grave.

“Claire,” he said incredulously. “Are ye tellin’ me ye canna clickit at all?”

I shook my head, twisting to lie flat on my back.

“And what did ye do for your winter stockings in yer time, then?”

“Bought them,” I said simply.

He looked from me and then out the window, “Well, I dinna see any shops about, I suppose ye’d best learn, aye?”

“I suppose so,” I eyed him dubiously.

“Tis no’ that hard, Sassenach,” Jamie shook his head. “Once we go downstairs, I’ll show ye how to get ye started.”

“You can clickit?” I asked, surprised.

“Well of course I can,” he laughed. “I’ve known how to clickit wi’ needles since I was seven years old. Do they no’ teach bairns anythin’ in your time, Sassenach?”

I thought for a moment, trying to come up with an answer. “Sometimes they teach little girls to do needlework, but not the boys.”

“Tis no’ fine needlework, Sassenach,” Jamie sat up in bed, pulling the sheet up to his waist. “Just simple knitting.”

Muttering under his breath about raising children the proper way, he climbed out of bed, stark naked in search for his sark. Once he found it, he shrugged it over his shoulders, now grabbing his kilt.

“Where are you going in such a hurry?” I asked, admiring him from bed, my arms stretched above my head.

Jamie came over to me, looking down with both hands on his hips, kilt still in one hand. “There’s no time to waste, Sassenach. Ye’ve gone this long w’out learnin’ how to clickit, tis time for yer teachin’ to begin.”

“But breakfast,” I said, rolling over in bed and then I felt something land on top of me — it was my shift. He was bloody serious about me learning how to clickit, and I couldn’t help but laugh as I got dressed, watching the puzzled looks that crossed his face every now and then. There were a handful of times that I wished it were possible for Jamie to travel through the stones — if only to see what my time was really like, how things were different.

Once we were both dressed, Jamie led us downstairs where he proceeded to tell the whole household about my clickit skills — or lack thereof.

“What do ye mean she canna clickit?” Jenny asked, pausing from serving bowls of porridge on the table.

“Claire was never taught it as bairn,” Jamie shook his head, taking his seat at the table. I followed, feeling embarrassed at my lack of knitting knowledge. It just wasn’t a skill I had ever needed. When I wanted to wear something warm, I would buy it — necessity was the mother of invention and in my time, shops were invented so we didn’t have to knit.

“Well, I ken what we’re doin’ today,” Jenny said and shoveled porridge into my bowl.

++++++

It was an hour later, and I was sitting with Jenny in the living room, my fingers cold and feeling strained. Both Jenny and Jamie had explained it to me — draw the thread out of the closed fist, make a loop around your thumb, slip it into the needle and you cast a row. It looked simple enough, but every time I tried, it all came apart.

After watching me fail again and again, Jamie had shrugged, and left me in Jenny’s capable hands while he went to fetch firewood.

“Maybe by next Christmas I’ll have managed a small scarf,” I said helplessly. “I’m quite skilled with a knife or needle, but only when it comes to flesh, not knitting.”

“Och, ye’ll get the hang of it, Claire,” Jenny smiled, her fingers working quickly on her own scarf. She had no trouble at all casting a row, and I tried to watch, but my brain and hands couldn’t work together in that way.

I set aside my mess of a scarf, and picked up a bit of yarn, rolling it into a neat ball. In the winter, there wasn’t so much to do outside of the house besides tending to the animals. My hands were itching to hold a real needle in them or dig up the earth for planting. It was no wonder so many babies were made in the winter months — there wasn’t anything else that could be done!

“I think I’m going to go and lie down for awhile,” I said and stood up. “Will you tell Jamie when he comes back that I’m upstairs?”

“Aye, of course,” she smiled. “I expect he’ll be back soon wi’ the fresh wood. We could use it, looks like it’ll be a cold one again tonight.”

I left Jenny in the living room, and rubbed my hands together for warmth as I walked up the stairs. I wanted Jamie to hurry up and come back, not only for the warmth of the fire, but for the warmth of holding him next to me.

Climbing into bed, I pulled up the layers of sheets and quilts to my neck to try and get warm. My teeth were chattering, and I pulled the quilt above my head, hoping sleep would take me under.

What felt like a minute later, my eyes opened to see the sun’s shadow in a different place. It must have been an hour or more since I’d come up for a nap. The room was quiet, and the fire wasn’t lit which meant Jamie hadn’t come back yet.

Brushing my hand across my face, I rose out of the bed and walked downstairs in search of Jamie. Jenny was gone, her knitting needles stored in the basket near the couch. The fire in the main room wasn’t lit either.

“Jamie?” I called out.

Noise came from the kitchen and I followed it.

“Has Jamie come back yet?” I asked Jenny as she poured herself a cup of hot tea.

“No, I was just startin’ to grow worrit for him myself. The wee numptie should have been back by now,” Jenny shook her head. “He kens this land like the back of his own hand, so I dinna think he would be gettin’ lost.”

“Do you know where he would have gone to cut the wood?” I asked, already looking around for my wool cloak.

“Tis just back behind the house, near the tree line.” Jenny looked up from her cup of tea to find me tying my cloak on, and stepping into my shoes. “Oh, Claire, ye canna be thinkin’ about goin’ to find him. Ye’ll freeze!”

“That’s exactly what I’m worried about with Jamie,” I said. “If I can’t find him, I’ll come back. And if I’m out there too long, come and find me.”  

I heard Jenny mutter something under her breath about being stubborn and I laughed — she was one to talk, the other half of the Fraser siblings.

It must have still been early afternoon, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t freezing. My breath puffed out in front of me and I began walking in the direction of the tree line behind the house. It was a ways back, and I hoped for Jamie’s sake he had thought to take his coat and gloves.

“Foolish man,” I muttered, stepping through the snow. There were a few possibilities of his lateness running through my head and none of them good. Looking up to the sky, I could tell that it would snow soon — I could practically smell it in the air.

I crossed through the trees, trying to keep an eye out for a mop of red hair. Jenny said he wouldn’t go too deep into the woods, and so I turned to my right, stepping over a fallen branch.

“Jamie?” I called out, placing both my hands to my mouth to make the sound carry.

There was no answer, and I couldn’t help but think of all the horrible things that could have happened to him. A sound came from my left and I looked to see a small grey rabbit hopping through the brush. For some reason, I decided to follow it.

“Are you going to lead me to my husband little rabbit?” I said out loud and immediately rolled my eyes. Talking to rabbits now, Beauchamp.

I continued to follow the rabbit, pausing when it would stop to munch on a leaf of grass or scratch behind its ear. Soon, it stopped and jumped behind a bush. My eyes traveled upwards and that’s when I saw him.

“Jamie!”

He was lying on his side, the ax near his hand and pile of wood at his feet. I ran to him, picking up my skirts so I wouldn’t trip and end up in the same state as him.

“Jamie,” I crouched down to my knees, both hands flying over his body. My fingers were at his neck, checking for a pulse and I sighed whenever I felt that steady beat. His cheeks were pale and his lips blue, much like the rest of him. I glanced down and saw that he’d taken his boots off and the tips of his toes were blue.

“Oh, please wake up,” I knelt over his body, pulling my cloak to cover him. When I pushed back my hand over his forehead, I saw blood congealed on the side of his head. “Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ!”

I checked him for other injuries, and determined it was only his head that had received the brunt of it. Most likely, he’d knocked himself in the head with the ax, and that thought did make me grin, but only briefly.

Trying to recall all my knowledge about hypothermia, I remembered that body heat was one of the best ways to revive someone. I sat up, pulling off my cloak and started to undress, hastily pulling at the laces of my bodice — I needed to lie with him, to save him in any way I could.

Just as I was about to lift my dress off over my head, I heard a groan from the body underneath me.

“Sassenach,” he said groggily and my hands dropped, covering his cheeks. I pressed my head to his, catching my breath for the first time since I’d found him.

“Oh thank God!”

“Claire,” he said a little louder. “What the devil are ye doin’ wi’ yer laces undone?”

I looked down at myself, feeling heat creep up my cheeks. “Well, I was going to warm you up — body heat.”

“Aye,” he smirked and then winced as he tried to sit up.

“Don’t move,” I said and forced him back to lie on the ground. “You’ve hit your head and you might have a concussion - er, a blow to your head.”

As he laid back, his brows knitted in discomfort, I began to tie up my laces again, putting myself in order. Thank goodness he had woken when he did because I was ready to take it all off and cover his body with mine.

“Your nose is blue,” I remarked conversationally. I glanced downward. “And so are your feet.”

He grinned and wiped his nose on the back of his hand. “So are my balls. Want to warm them for me?” Cold or not, he was plainly in good spirits.

“Perhaps when you aren’t lying in snow and sporting a head with blood,” I smiled and leaned down to place a kiss on the tip of his blue nose. “What we really need to do is get you inside and by a fire.”

“Christ,” he looked over at the pile of firewood. “I dinna think I can manage to make it back like this wi’ the wood.”

“Well, maybe Jenny or Ian could come and collect it,” I said. “I should have thought to bring out a horse, but who would have thought you’d hit yourself with an ax!”

“Is that what I did?” He rubbed at his head, pulling his hand back to look at the blood that covered it now. “I dinna remember it, but I do remember ’twas a bit loose sliding through my hands.”

I slid my hand under his back to help him up into a sitting position. The back of his head was wet with melted snow. Jamie groaned as he moved, placing his head into his hands.

“Are you dizzy?”

“Aye, a wee bit,” he said. “My head feels like it’s been split open.”

“You’ll need to get plenty of water and rest over the next few days,” I told him. “But first things first is getting you out of the snow.”

It took a few tries, but I managed to help him stand up. Swaying a bit on his own, he steadied himself by placing one hand on my shoulder.

“This will be a long journey back inside,” he said and looked down at me.

“It will be with that attitude,” I smirked. “And are you going to tell me what you were doing out here in the snow with your shoes off, hmm?”

As if he had just realized he was barefoot, he looked down. “Och, I guess my feet were gettin’ sweaty and I wanted to feel the cold between my toes.”

“You’re just lucky you didn’t get stuck out here for much longer or you might have caught something called hypothermia and lost both your feet!”

“Tis no’ my feet I’m worrit about losin’,” he touched his crotch, as if checking all the bits were still there.

“Come on,” I laughed, “Let’s go home.”

++++++

It had taken nearly twice as long to get back as it had taken for me to come and find him. Jamie was moving slow, and he was obviously much larger and heavier than me so I found it difficult to support his weight.

When we arrived back to Lallybroch, Jenny and Ian had been waiting.

“Ye hit yerself wi’ an ax?” Jenny asked and I could see a smile forming on her lips.

“Aye,” Jamie scowled. “I dinna want to hear a word about it either.”

“We had to leave the wood he chopped behind,” I told them. “Would someone be able to fetch it and bring it inside?”

“I’ll do it,” Ian said. “I can take Donas out. Ye’ll have left the cart to carry it, I suppose?”

“Aye,” Jamie nodded. “I was just goin’ to pull it back myself, but ye can use a horse since yer no’ as strong as me.”

Ian flashed out his hand, lightly smacking Jamie on the side and laughed, limping away to the stables outside.

“Ye best be glad yer wife was concerned for ye,” Jenny said and came around to slide her arm around Jamie’s waist. “If it were up to me, I might have let ye stay out there all night so ye could learn yer lesson.”

We started to make our way slowly up the stairs, taking them on at a time.

“And what lesson is that?” Jamie asked.

“That ye keep as firm a grip on yer ax as ye would yer cock,” she snorted and I couldn’t help but burst into a laugh. The big heavy scot between us groaned, either in embarrassment or pain — possibly both.

Jamie landed in our bed with a thud, rolling onto his side to avoid the light from the window. Sensing his discomfort, I walked over and shut the blinds until only a sliver of light was left.

“I’ll have Mrs. Crook prepare some soup,” Jenny said. “And I’ll fetch ye another couple of quilts to keep him warm.”

“Could you see if she can make willow bark tea as well?” I asked and Jenny nodded before heading out of the room.

I looked over at Jamie, still shivering under the covers. Sitting down beside him, I ran my fingers over his cheek, which now was much warmer than before.

“You already don’t look so blue,” I commented. “How are those balls of yours?”

Jamie smirked and glanced down between his legs. “They could still do wi’ a bit of warming up.”

“That part of your anatomy is taking a bit longer to to get back to it’s normal body temperature,” I grinned, moving closer to him in bed. He was now rolling over onto his back, and his hair moved aside, showing the blood once again. “But first,” I reached out to touch his head.

Jenny came back with two more quilts and laid them on top of his body, tucking him in as any mother would do. I imagined this wasn’t the first time Jenny had to take care of Jamie after he hurt himself.

I scrounged up a bit of cloth and found my comfrey salve in a small medical chest I had brought from my days at Leoch. Jamie turned his head to the side, allowing me to cleanse his wound and spread the slave over it to help heal it.

“There,” I said and discarded the bloody cloths. “You don’t need any stitches. And I expect you’ll have a bloody good headache for a couple of days, but nothing you can’t handle.”

Jamie was looking up at me, almost innocently and childlike. So often since I’d met him, I had bandaged him and healed his wounds, and every time he had the same expression on his face.

“What?” I asked, moving to sit beside him again.

“I just love havin’ such a fine healer as my wife,” he smiled. “Tis quite useful.”

“You do seem to get into a lot of painful situations,” I laughed and leaned against him, laying my head on his shoulder.

“Sassenach?” He asked a moment later.

“Hmmm?”

“I wasna lyin’ when I said that my balls were still blue,” he said almost sheepishly. “Ever since I woke to find ye half dressed and ready to throw yerself on me, I’ve had half a cock stand.”

“So it’s my fault, hmm?” I glanced over at him, finding blue eyes gazing at me. He was already in such a delicate state — I would have done anything to make him feel better.

“Aye, tis always yer fault,” he admitted and pulled one hand out from under the covers, reaching up to cup my cheek.

Leaning in, I kissed him, tender and slow. He was laying on his back, his head propped up on two pillows. I shifted onto my side, pulling the covers up and over my legs so I could join him in the warmth and hopefully give him some of mine.

My hand settled on his chest, feeling his erratic heartbeat for a moment before sliding it to rest over his belly. I didn’t have to move my hand much further before I came in contact with his greedy length. Jamie moaned into my mouth, his tongue sliding over my bottom lip as I palmed his cock.

“Sassenach,” he muttered between kisses. He was only wearing a clean sark, having shed his wet clothes before climbing into bed earlier. I pulled the material up and took him fully in my hand. Jamie groaned, his mouth hovering just against mine.

“As your healer, I think it’s only right for me to check on the precise color of those blue balls,” I said against his lips and I felt him twitch in my hand.

“Oh, aye,” he smirked and he was already pushing back the cover to expose himself to me.

I slid down the bed, easily fitting in between his legs and sat on my knees. Gripping his pulsing length in my hand, I ran my fingers up and down twice, watching as his hips flexed. He was trying not to move, his hands gripping the sheets beside him.

“C-christ,” he stuttered as I pressed my thumb over the head, collecting the bit of seed.

“Try not to move,” I said softly. “You wouldn’t want to hurt your head any further.”

“Sassenach, yer tryin’ to kill me,” he muttered between his teeth and then after grazing his blue balls with my hand, I descended on him. I took him eagerly in my mouth, swirling my tongue around him. I glanced up to see him watching me, and I felt my own belly light with a fire.

My hand worked in tandem with my mouth and I hollowed my cheeks, sucking deeply. Jamie was moaning, and his hips lifted off the bed, pushing his cock back against my throat.

“I’m sorry,” he was now panting, reaching his hand into my hair and I pulled my lips off of him, briefly licking the tip.

“Don’t apologize,” I smiled before placing a kiss to his head and swiping my tongue along his shaft. My hand slid down easily, pumping him and I twisted my grip, watching as his eyes shut tight. I knew he was close, so I kept my gaze on his face, waiting for that perfect moment.

I wrapped my lips over him, feeling swollen and needy. He tasted salty and whenever I met his gaze, Jamie jerked and came. I had no option but to drink him down, tasting him on my tongue, and lips and I released him with an audible ‘pop’.

Jamie wasted no time in pulling me up to lie on top of his body, his hands coming to grip my sides.

“I don’t want to put any pressure on you,” I said, placing my hands on his chest. “You shouldn’t be exerting yourself so soon.”

“Who said anything about me exertin’ myself?” He cocked a brow and reached one hand under my dress, finding my center and rubbing slowly. A few seconds later, I sank down on him, shifting until he was buried inside of me. I leaned over, pressing my lips to his and began to move. He felt so good and warm, filling me in a way that I would never tire of.

Jamie held me close to him, his hands roaming over my back, tugging at my dress. It was no use, my laces were still tied in the front and I began to push back harder on him, searching for a release of my own.

“Uhhh,” I moaned, placing a wet kiss to his cheek and jaw. Jamie’s hands found my arse under my dress, pressing me against him as he lifted his hips. And just so, he hit that spot inside of me and I came with a deep cry. I trembled in his arms, feeling his release inside me and I lay on top of him, knowing I should move to not hurt him.

Carefully, I rolled onto my side, sighing as my head hit the pillow and I lay one arm across his stomach.

“Did that take care of any blue balls?” I asked, biting my lip between my teeth.

Jamie looked over at me, running his finger over my cheek. “Aye, ye’ve taken good care of them, as ye always do.”

“It was my pleasure,” I smiled and leaned over to kiss him. Then I sat up in bed, tugging on my dress and climbed out. Jamie started to protest, but I shushed him, pulling the covers up around him. “Now, you really do need to rest. I’m going to go check on that willow bark tea, and when I come back, there will be no more funny business.”

“Aye, captain,” Jamie pressed his hand to his head and tried to wink. Laughing, I left him on his own to get the tea.

When I came back upstairs, his eyes were closed and his mouth was hung slightly open, a bit of drool dribbling down. I don’t know how he managed to possess all the qualities that made me want to claw at his back one minute and the next, tuck him up and sing him a lullaby.

I took a sip of the tea before sitting it on the bedside table and shed my clothes, crawling into bed naked with him. After all, body heat was the best way to warm up.

[adamthepastryguy]

So yesterday i visited the Cutty Sark for the 1st time in Greenwich with my mum.

I had seen that they do Afternoon Tea under the ship so was intrigued so we booked a ticket for both costing £27.00/£28 each which includes the tour and Tea afterwards.

  We booked a timeslot for 2pm for the Tea, they suggest an hour or more for the tour. When you arrive in the entrance/giftshop you hand over your tickets and get your audio headphones which are included in the price of the ticket. The tablet device is divided into numbers which correspond to parts of the ship 21 in total and you play them as you got through the ship.

The deck you enter onto is not in fact an actual deck but what would have been the cargo hold, which has been made into a deck with flooring of Tea Crates and info on the types of Tea and cargo the ship would have transported. A short video with seats.

up to 10,000 crates of Tea were on board and worth up to 18million in today’s money.

You go up a deck to the Tween deck (inbetween deck) it is not straight and looks sloped to allow water to have drained off. This deck is full of interactive displays and facts about ship life, the cargoes the ship carried from Tea, Marmalade, Pianos, Candles, Wool etc

Their are models of the ship, relics from the ship and lots of interesting things to read and see. You then head up to the top of the Ship.

Cue Titanic style photo opportunity

You can now explore the top deck, Poop Deck and crews quarters as well as the Captains and firs tmate and stewards quarters. See the Galley, Carpenters room and find out about life on board and the diet of the sailors.

A crew of i think 26 people  so not a lot. The youngest one was 14 and oldest 56 and lived off a diet of Salted Meat and Peas and Biscuits and Tea. They kept Pigs and Chickens on board ship. over 650 crew have sailed over the history of the Ship and only 5 have been lost at Sea.

You can go up to the wheel and then pop down into see the Masters rooms and  1st mate and steward. Before you head down to below the ship for the end of the tour and the Tea.

Below the Ship

You then take a bit of a trek down some stairs to underneath the Ship, where you can find out information about the Cutty Sark and see the collection of Figureheads donated. The  figurehead of the Cutty Sark is called Nanny. supposedly based on a  Robert Burns poem about  Tam 0 Shanter who encounters a coven of Witches partying  he is attracted the the Witch Nanny  who wears a short skirt called a Cuuty Sark. He calls out to them and they chase him off  , he escapes on his Horse ( maybe Nanny has the Horse Tail in her hand)

The ship was built in 1869 in Dunbarton commissioned by John Willis who wore a White  top Hat and got the name “white Hat Willis” and owned it until 1895

In 1895 it was sold to a Portuguese company who renamed it Ferreira The ship traded various cargoes between Portugal, Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, Mozambique, Angola, and Britain

The term Clipper\( to go at a clip, go quickly)) came to mean any large vessel with a long narrow hull, a Yacht like appearance, raking Masts and a very large sail area

THE TEA!

So that is the end of the Tour and you can see the Cafe where they serve the Tea. We had a slot for 2 but decided to try our luck earlier at 1.45pm. We announced our arrival and they had a small table reserved for us.I was asked if we want Tea or Coffee of course Tea!

we sat down and a couple of Minutes later the whole lot arrived.

Their was no Menu but did see one online. The staff did not communicate what they was either. I did ask as several items had Nuts 2 i couldn’t have. Nice Crockery and the Teapot had at least 3 cups of English Breakfast Tea inside for the size of the Cups. Nice and clean the Cafe was not too busy either and by the looks plenty of other people had also had the Tea.

So what do you get?

Scones with Clotted Cream, Jam and Butter

Macarons

Nutty Brownie ( Hazelnuts)

Millionaires slice i guess?

Lemon Cake

St Clements cake (Nuts Almonds)

Sandwiches  Cucumber, Cream Cheese, Smoked Salmon, Egg Mayonnaise, Cheese, Ham Baguette

Pot of Tea each ( equivalent for me to 3 cups in the sized cups given)

So how was they?

With an intolerance for Almonds i could not have 2 items the Macaron and the St clements Cake but i was surprised that 3 items on the stand have nuts. The sandwiches are nice not dry and  a decent size, the Baguette was chewy a bit old i think.

The Nutty Brownie had a lot of Hazelnuts, never had so much Nuts in a Brownie before, they was nice. The millionaires slice was also nice but not very well constructed a smaller round Tartlette would have been better than a slice. Lemon Cake was nice with a little Icing on top.

THE SCONES

I was surprised to see a little Butter pack, do not usually get those just the Cream and Jam

The Scone was about the size you would expect but much darker than expected. It had a few fruit bits in, but in both our opinion had been overbaked it was dry and you can see the glaze on top  is dark. This was the downfall of the Tea, with the Jam Butter and Clotted Cream it was okay but definitely overdone.

“It looks like it was cooked in the Galley on the Cutty Sark” quote by Mum

  Afternoon Tea review

You get the Tour and Tea together in the online bundle.

We both enjoyed the Tour and would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in Nautical history.

It is a nice end to the tour and most of the food was enjoyable,  but i was underwhelmed by it just being in a Cafe. When i read it was under the Cutty Sark and you can  look up at the Ship i had expected something a bit more fancier. Not just a casual Cafe. They go to the effort with the Crockery so why not make it a bit more premium looking tablecloth maybe?

It would have been not much effort for staff to go through the selection of what was what, since their was 2 of them. Or a small Menu

Scones were the downfall overdone and dry. The menu selection was okay but nothing special i could not have made myself.

It would have been great if they could have taken inspiration from meals that the crew would have eaten in some way and themed these into the menu. For instance they ate salted meat ( Salted beef sandwich) they could offer Pea and mint soup in the cafe as the sailors ate Peas. Or even Cargo they carried and included them in somewhere.

I had expected for their to be some kind of choice of different Teas seeing that the Ship carried different Teas in the 1st part of its life. Just a English Breakfast Tea was served.

I know they do a Tea tasting session another time another price  so this is not something that would be hard to implement.

CUTTY SARK TOUR & AFTERNOON TEA REVIEW So yesterday i visited the Cutty Sark for the 1st time in Greenwich with my mum.

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Wow! Armor Roofing - Baldwin Park MO Residential Roofing

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Your house's roof is a vital part of your home. A domicile could be the foundation of a family's lifestyle. Your residence presents cover for all your most remarkable possessions. But you really should first make it a point that your home is usually the very best place for everybody to live comfortably. You have to make sure your residential house is well maintained and there will not be some unfortunate there that would cause everybody come to feel unpleasant. So it is really important that you take care of your roof effectively.

Because you reside in Baldwin Park, you must understand that the formidable weather there could very well significantly harm your roof if suitable interest is not paid to it. If you are in Baldwin Park and you suspect that you might actually have problems with your roof, for a comprehensive roof inspection today would be a wonderful occasion to call us.

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In order for your roof to hold up to the very volatile weather around the Baldwin Park neighborhood, then you should probably ensure your roof covering is well maintained and reconditioned in the event it is demanded. A full-blown new roof replacement can just be truly pricey, however , not making sure it is addressed in a timely manner is not sensible. You will discover so many arguments how come. The minute water commences trickling into the family house since you delayed the job, repairing water destruction may well be much more highly-priced than the first roofing pricing you were staving off. As a roof covering is simply a chief protection of the house, the malady will definitely constantly degrade and at some time, a refurbishment and possibly even a replacement are definitely required.

The very good aspects are usually two fold. To start with, lots of people with roof setbacks simply need an inexpensive mending of the injured tiles on the roofing with storm damage. In the case you now have a loan on a house hold, you will required to have specific house policy coverage. You quite likely hold coverage even if you hold the building outright. In either of these cases, you will likely be secure for any rooftop injuries, and you can potentially sleep very well at night time if you believe you may have roof damage. Just recognize insurance adjusters basically only cover top quality service that they may check out. That is certainly why you really should try to be sure that the most desirable Baldwin Park roofing contractor executes the process correctly at first. If not, you may be having to contact the roofing service go back to cure the glitches the insurance representative uncovered.

So, What Happens To Be The Signs or Symptoms of Roof Covering Problems?

If you want to assess a roofing materials' structural integrity, there are many types of concerns you really need to correctly answer subject to the category of roofing materials you may have:

Each Of The Merits

Are you spying any kind of warping sarking? A cover under the roofing materials is known as sarking. An aging sarking layer will often sign the roof is in need of a whole replacement. So long as you choose to keep the trouble contained, it is appropriate to resolve the trouble in the next few days.

If or when you have now a steel roof top, are you finding any type of pieces which may are actually decayed? Deterioration would likely be the most pressing symptom that the status of the metal roofing is in the process of being lost, and simply it is the best time for a thorough inspection concerning your roofing layer. Anywhere there is corrosion, there can be a water leak, and that would be incredibly horrific information for the property or home.

Have you been diagnosed with wood rot through your wooden layer roofing? The rot of the wooden layer is probably nasty news for folks. Generally, some roof repairs are simply in your home's foreseeable future. Do not hesitate in being absolutely sure you choose to acknowledge this work by yourself or call up the roofing professional.

In the event you do locate property damage, you should do a tiny remedy or sometimes an extensive replacement, each with its own many benefits and drawbacks. Even though you could perhaps be lured to attend to this issue your self, the best use of your energy and time likely will be put into turning the endeavor over to a roofing company. Ideally, you will need to have a roofer engage in the inspection just as well as ascending atop the roof most likely will be unsafe and certified roofs can notice impairment that the large majority of regular people just cannot.

We highly recommend you talk to Armor as soon as possible for your complimentary roof top inspection, as a consequence you do not have an excuse to begin doing it yourself.

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Speak to us by calling (816) 331-7663 for your 100% free roof covering inspection. You have no risk! The second you get a professional person's professional services, request him or her to calculate whether he will be required to carry out a 100% roof installation or purely a meager repair piece of work can be ideal. An entire roof replacement is going to almost always be a possibility, specifically obviously if you wish to go forward and modernize your roof to any lifetime roofing solution which will enlarge the house's market dollar value and then postpone future renovation. If in case the damages are overwhelming enough it could actually even be vital.

Some Of The Extra Benefits

Ordering an entirely exchanged roof top offers a large number of simple plus points. You will rest with no burden for the foreseeable future because your roof will make it through what ever your climate tosses against it with the exception utter devastation. Any time this really cannot entice you at this instant, an easy patch up could be administered if it turns out the property damage may not be really bad.

In case that you are wanting to be reselling your current home soon, a brand new rooftop is obviously a superb decision. Since initial impressions will be immensely important, a strong roof covering accompanied by the ideal components may possibly massively perk up how property purchasers respond to a building before ever inspecting the interior.

Considerations To Refuse A New Roof Mounting in Baldwin Park

You're going to be being confronted with a bit more complicated work when talking about a repair. It will certainly normally take a more extended duration and then call for extra preparing for to be able to progress without problems. A roof repair staff that's appropriately staffed and practiced will likely make this endeavor reasonably comfortable and easy for you. An entire roof top replacement probably will presently set you back in and around $6-thousand and $eleven-thousand depending on how large a property is and which design of roofing shingles the roofing company is using on it. However this is a standard band, and then a large amount will most likely depend on the selection of materials you select for the new roof. Considering the fact that the insurance broker may possibly be on the hook for the debt, this is a price you preferably should exclusively fear about as far as making sure the job is done right in order that you being confident that they compensate you. We have been doing business in Baldwin Park for a number of years and are familiarized with some of the insurance firms in the locale and the conditions fundamental to be certain your reimbursement is paid.

Armor Roofing is able to work for your family if you think you really feel your roof covering may well be compromised. View plentiful really good comments on our website assuming you need to identify what numerous of our purchasers express of our promise of top notch service. Head over to the link directly below to speak to us this instance!

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