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  18:11  Time for a roast dinner. Duck, spuds and sprouts. Stuffing, too, of course. Very nice. And went very well with the wininess of the ...

  16:  16:38  Time to do some cooking. Which matches so well with cooking. The duck is coming along nicely. Smells dead good. The turkey is ...

 15:42  Between courses, time to watch some shit. Alexei has put White Christmas on. I'm impressed by the quality. Of the images. The pl...

 15:08  The birds are in the oven. Time for a pastry starter. The sort of pastry I like (not a Stout). What does the white wine do? Wet my t...

  13:12 Nothing says Christmas like . . . whisky. And Wallace & Grommet. Obviously. The whisky adds an intoxicating element to the high ...

12:28 Time to get on the hard stuff now noon has passed. Consisting of the cheapest Islay whisky I could find - just over 30 euros. The iodi...

 11:01  And so the day begins. Not with a bacon sarnie this year, as I have crumpets. The vintageness of the cheddar compliments the salty a...

 for Drinkalongathon 2025. I'm sure that, jst as it is for me, it's the highlight of your year. But you need to be prepared. Imagine...

Yes, it's that most wonderful time of year again. Drinkalongathon time! Am I really still doing this? Yes! I most certainly am. Why? No ...

A plate of cheese, pate, olives and a knife. And a glass of whisky.  18:15 The Christmas spirit is flowing through me. Translation: I've...

A  duck dinner with spuds, sprouts, gravy and red wine.  16:40 The  fatty goodness of he duck dances on he redness of the wine. he protein/a...

  A  glass of he Singleton and  Rat Race on TV. 15:40 Just time for an aperiif before dinner. And what better than a small whisky?  The alco...

Goat cheese thing with a glass of white wine and Christmas decorations. 14:32 Time for our starters which is goats cheese in pastry. As alwa...

St. Bernardus Abt in a  Chimay glass, ballet on TV in he background 14:05 Late start and slow going his year. It's afternoon and I'm...

  A bacon sandwich  and a glass of fino sherry. 12:18 It's a traditional start to the day, with a bacon sarnie and fino sherry. Though r...

The time of boiled eggs and string. Some call it Christmastime. But for me it's Drinkalongathon time. When you get the chance to drink a...

18:02 Not sure about the time. I'm hitting the point of not really being arsed to continue. The duck is very nice and works well with an...

  15:38 Starter time. A bit late as Andrew, who went to bed at 1 AM, only just got up. It's the same starter as every year. As we have o...

14:30 Relaxing a little from the cooking. By watching someone else cook. With the raisiny sweetness of the port combining well with fancy co...

  13:42 Just to make things clear, I'm making the stuffing not eating it. I wouldn't want to eat it raw, as there's chicken in i...