So I belted out of London last night and ended up in “The NoBody Inn” in Devon with my mother, brother and sister-in-law for a really lovely evening to celebrate the life of my father on his birthday. I love this pub and more importantly my father used to love this pub. It’s a 17th Century inn – all low ceilings and blackened beam – a proper pub:-
With over 250 wines to choose and 240 whiskies:-
Apparently, at least four times a day when staff answer the phone to take bookings they get the following:
“Hello, Nobody Inn, can I help you”
“well if nobody’s in then how can you be talking to me?”
Excellent food. The restaurant isn’t open on Sundays, but the bar area, which we still booked was fantastic and you can also stay the night there.
My mother was complaining she hadn’t had her sign from my father – our white feather sign that day. I’d had mine, it floated right past my face just as I left London. My brother had had his. Then, once back at my mother’s, my son sent me a message. This is the son that has gone inter-railing and so apart from a very brief text to say he’d arrived in Amsterdam, followed by an equally brief text to say that all his clothes had been ruined owing to shampoo explosion, I wasn’t particularly expecting to hear from him for a while. He certainly wouldn’t have remembered that it was my father’s birthday.
At midnight, he sent:-
OMG, in a club in Berlin and they’re playing “Pata Pata” – can’t believe it – it’s his song! He’s here with me!”.
Weird.
A club in Berlin, playing Miriam Makeba’s music? How unexpected. How cool.
Shiny
August 22, 2011Oh, how fabulous. Miriam Makeba in Berlin. I saw a white feather float past my (fifth floor) window in The Ivory Tower last week and thought of you xx
Family Affairs
August 23, 2011AAAH here comes another sign – mention Pata Pata and my African best blogging friends drop in to leave a comment. Love it. Great to hear from you both. Will be in touch soon. Lx
janelle
August 22, 2011whoa super cool pub! nice you all got together and the pata pata tale. wow! miriam makeba came to arusha and saw her live at 73! she was AMAZING. told us all what for. and i’ve been readin’ ya, every new post, dontcha worry..just been rubbish at commenting! (wrist slap me). your beach hols looked fantastic! lucky! you’ve got to come to zanzibar one day…lots love x janelle
Eclipse
August 23, 2011That’s definitely a strange and unexpected sign. Will you do it every year to celebrate his birthday? Just on another note, I hope your son has fun travelling. We were in Berlin as part of our road trip round bits of Europe. I loved Berlin, but couldn’t go clubbing as we were camping about 1 hr out of the centre, so am super jealous of your son!!
Anna
August 23, 2011If R. has time and desire, there is Fuchs & Elster (Fox & Magpie) at Weserstraße 207, Neukölln, 12047 Berlin. It’s a trendy bar run by a group of young people, one of them being a cousin. He is a sweet kid, but I hear differing accounts of the place. I am curious to hear your son’s opinion of the place.