The Clachan

After leaving Shakespeare's Head, we spent some time shopping in the hustle & bustle that is the Oxford & Regents street mall. Kelly, Joseph & Edward went and did their own thing, but I don't recall what that was. This left Marita Beth & I doing our own thing until we had to head to the theatre later in the afternoon. We're walking through the crowded streets of Soho, London in a fine warm afternoon. Marita Beth wants to shop, which is no great surprise, she always wants to shop. So, that leaves me shopping...Or doing something else. I chose something else; and what should that something else be? Hell, I'm in London, that something else is going to be ale. So around the corner I strode, after warning my lovely lady that I was leaving her to her shopping, and espied The Clachan. Fabulous. The Clachan is a Victorian structure tucked into an alley behind the Liberty (that grand Tudor style building you can see in the background). Built somewhere around 1898, it has been modernized but retains much of its original fittings & fixtures. It used to be called The Bricklayers but at some point it's name was changed to The Clachan and no one is really very sure why. The word clachan means "village" in Scots Gaelic. I sat and drank my 1/2 bitter while my wife window-shopped. Eventually she joined me, I finished my bitter, verified she didn't want one and we left. Jens Lehmann has been given the nod by Klinnsman as the number 1 for the German squad. And it's no wonder, he's been in righteous form for the Arsenal for the past few months and truthfully deserves it. At least considerably more than that blonde baboon that has been the German number 1. That's it for the day. Scarborough Faire starts tomorrow, so it's my first "official" day in business as East Wind Games. It's going to be a gas. Wastrel On! (Listening to: Response by Gary Burton)