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Sounds like a rather lackluster meal. I'm trying to figure out what they were calling pate on Mark's plate?
It was, unbelievably, the yellow stuff to the left of the plate. When he turned it upside down, it turned out that was the "bottom" of the pate, if that makes sense?
I got a bit of a shock this morning, when I asked Mark what the time was when I woke up. “7:20”. Ok, so I only have an hour before we need to be up then… then the next immortal words were “oh sorry, 6:20”. Hmmm…. That does make a bit of a difference…
We headed down for breakfast at the same time, and I didn’t take my camera, as it was the same setting, and I was getting the same food, with the exception of mushrooms, which he’d offered me yesterday. Well, by the time I got my food, I was cursing those blasted mushrooms! Everyone else got their breakfast, and I had to wait about another 10-15 minutes for mine, as apparently his wife forgot the mushrooms. At least it was nice when it finally arrived.
We headed out and immediately we could feel the difference in the day. It was a lot colder, very damp, and as you can see, misty as well.
We made our way over to the Isle of Man Steam Railway terminus at Douglas, parked up, and I headed inside to get our tickets, which were £12.60 ($19) each. In fairness, I didn’t think that was quite as good value as yesterday, but then again, what we’d got yesterday had been exceptional.
Everyone was waiting for me, so armed with tickets, we headed up the platform, and heeding the guy’s suggestion to head for the rear of the train, we did just that. Each compartment was completely separate from the next, which was very nice, as it meant you didn’t have to sit with anyone else. I must admit I was a bit worried that we’d have other people getting into our carriage, as it looked quite busy, but my fears were for nothing. It seemed that we had a coach load on board, and they all headed on to the front of the train.
Mark went to get some photos of our engine:
They had a lot of beautiful old pictures in our carriage:
And we managed to get a guy to take a photo of the four of us:
We were a little late leaving, maybe five minutes late, and then we were off…
It was, unbelievably, the yellow stuff to the left of the plate. When he turned it upside down, it turned out that was the "bottom" of the pate, if that makes sense?
Pate quite often comes like that when it is "home-made" and not shop bought - it is a melted butter seal that is poured over the top to seal in the freshness and flavour, and stop it from drying out.
(I've never made it myself, but know someone who has!)
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What a difference a day makes. I guess you got to experience the two sides of the Isle. Sunny and Misty.
Looks like they sure love their trains and their history. Very cool to see that.
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Pate quite often comes like that when it is "home-made" and not shop bought - it is a melted butter seal that is poured over the top to seal in the freshness and flavour, and stop it from drying out.
(I've never made it myself, but know someone who has!)
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Luke and I would have enjoyed this trip with all the train rides you all have taken. Looks like you are going to have some more great scenery.
As I said before, if you love trains, you'd love the Isle of Man, as they have such a wonderful train network, perfect for visitors with all the wonderful scenery. If you make it over here, maybe the Isle of Man should go on your list of places to visit.
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Everyone else got their breakfast, and I had to wait about another 10-15 minutes for mine, as apparently his wife forgot the mushrooms. At least it was nice when it finally arrived. 
We were saying that if you were a train enthusiast, you'd be in heaven here. 
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