Gold Valley – Terrible Cornish Pasty

[TF_JohnGrey]

I have to say that I was incredibly disappointed at the quality of a pasty that I consumed at Gold Valley Lakes last week.

It was incredibly expensive, very cold and the mince was decidedly unpleasant. The potato chunks were also not cooked properly.

After a few mouthfuls I could not face any more of it so chucked in the general direction of a canadian goose. The goose sniffed it a couple of times and then simply walked away.

I really do think that fisheries should adhered to a minimum standard when it comes to providing their customers with food.

I for one, will not be eating there again.

Thanks,

John Grey

[TF_geepsterParticipant]

This has the makings of a fantastic thread…
Come on everyone – food at fisheries!!!

[TF_ziggy169]

Probably because Gold Valley wasn’t in Cornwall last time I looked! Only place to get proper cornish pasties is Cornwall.

[TF_JohnH]

White acres, in my opinion, has the best food and cleanest facilities.
I have seen some real sheds in my time knocking out butties with one hand with a fag on in the other!!
My advice would be to avoid the pasties, you never know how old they are, and stick to bacon sarnies.

[TF_TIDALWAVE1]

Alders Farm breakfast,very nice and tasty,always nicely cooked,plenty of tea,coffee,and bread and butter.best fishery breakfast i have had. 😎

[TF_JohnGrey]

There are a number of issues here.

The general standard of food that is available at fisheries. It is poor. Very poor indeed.

Where more than a bacon roll is available, fishery owners pat themselves on the back after serving up a fatty mix of fried breakfast. And we rejoice in the fact that we can to choose between one sausage or two.

We can only blame ourselves. Like lemmings we accept these low standards of nutrition, filling our mugs of tea with sugar before quaffing it down, shoving a slice of buttered white bread into our mouths at the same time.

Then we saunter to our pegs, pushing our trolleys a few yards and panting like we’ve had a good workout. Sweating profusely, we collapse on our box and proceed to fart all day, letting the fat congeal in our arteries. We might even devour that Ginster’s slice that we bought from the ESSO garage on the way that morning.

It’s time we addressed the issue of food at fisheries. Otherwise we’ll all be lying in a box, not sitting on one.

Thanks,

John Grey

[TF_lump]

i get up half an hour earlier and see to myself, got fed up of rubbish, not saying the places i go to serve up rubbish, but i prefer a poached egg on toast or some porridge.
McDonalds is a better bet, seriously. 🙂

[TF_davenfish]

tunnel barn farm
i dare you

[TF_the bard]

Do what nearly everyone does and go to willow park

[TF_Dodge]

@JohnGrey wrote:

There are a number of issues here.

The general standard of food that is available at fisheries. It is poor. Very poor indeed.

Where more than a bacon roll is available, fishery owners pat themselves on the back after serving up a fatty mix of fried breakfast. And we rejoice in the fact that we can to choose between one sausage or two.

We can only blame ourselves. Like lemmings we accept these low standards of nutrition, filling our mugs of tea with sugar before quaffing it down, shoving a slice of buttered white bread into our mouths at the same time.

Then we saunter to our pegs, pushing our trolleys a few yards and panting like we’ve had a good workout. Sweating profusely, we collapse on our box and proceed to fart all day, letting the fat congeal in our arteries. We might even devour that Ginster’s slice that we bought from the ESSO garage on the way that morning.

It’s time we addressed the issue of food at fisheries. Otherwise we’ll all be lying in a box, not sitting on one.

Thanks,

John Grey

Very good point !

Proper bunch of fat ******** who moan like **** when they have to walk more then 10 yards ……….. oh and then have a fag once there out of breath ! Sorry i couldnt be more subtle but hey ho ! :rolleyes: 🙂

[TF_markc]

@davenfish wrote:

tunnel barn farm
i dare you

It’s hard to resist a dare ………………….
but maybe not this one 🙂

[TF_steve r]

[quote=”Dodge” Very good point !

Proper bunch of fat ******** who moan like **** when they have to walk more then 10 yards ……….. oh and then have a fag once there out of breath ! Sorry i couldnt be more subtle but hey ho ! :rolleyes: :)[/quote]

Have we ever met Dodge ? You seem to have me down to a ‘T’. LOL.

[TF_Dodge]

(quote steve r )….. Have we ever met Dodge ? You seem to have me down to a ‘T’. LOL.

PMSL ! 😀

There were a few struggling on the Bristol Avon last weekend ! 😀 😮 😀 LOL

[TF_Tommo]

@JohnGrey wrote:

After a few mouthfuls I could not face any more of it so chucked in the general direction of a canadian goose. The goose sniffed it a couple of times and then simply walked away.

While I sympathise with you for purchasing cack food that could potentially give you a bad stomach upset, why feed it to the geese? Why not go back in and politely make the seller aware of the fact it was not heated properly and of poor quality? I know it’s a hassle, and possibly you’d like to avoid confrontation (I know I do!), but at least they would be aware of the situation, and may do something about it in the future. You may have also got a refund 🙂

I agree that Alders Farm do a great breaky, but I am also quite partial to 2 double sausage & egg mcmuffins for my pre-match breakfast! 😀

[TF_CriagH66]

Tunnel barn – your life in their hands – couldn’t agree more.

The legendary Barston remortgage your house special.

Packington Somers do a good breakfast – just wear your ear plugs for the smoke alarm.

The club usually arrange breakfast at a local pub – always the best bet.

One cooked breakfast a week never killed anybody.

[TF_gazer]

tunnel barn your life in their hands 🙂 🙂 more like their hair and other nasties in your brekkie and win fisho to pay for it o and coffee extra 😉 😉

[TF_TIDALWAVE1]

Although we all joke about the plastic breakfast at mcdonalds,there are many times it has worked out cheaper and safer than some fisheries breakfasts.where a 2nd mortgage is required before ordering,and asking to see the health certs after eating 🙁 .
but until we as start voting with our feet and stop buying the bad ones then surely changes will have to be made for the better.otherwise we may as well start a campaign to open all the little thiefs again for the early starter rip off breakfast. 😀

[TF_JohnGrey]

Tommo wrote:
>

JohnGrey wrote:

After a few mouthfuls I could not face any more of it so chucked
> in the general direction of a canadian goose. The goose sniffed it a couple of
> times and then simply walked away.

>
> While I sympathise with you for purchasing cack food that could potentially give
> you a bad stomach upset, why feed it to the geese? Why not go back in and politely
> make the seller aware of the fact it was not heated properly and of poor quality?
> I know it’s a hassle, and possibly you’d like to avoid confrontation (I know I
> do!), but at least they would be aware of the situation, and may do something about
> it in the future. You may have also got a refund 🙂
>
> Have you seen the owners of your average commercial fishery? Let’s be honest, it doesn’t appear that healthy eating is at the top of their agenda.

I don’t mind being forced to purchase a fishery’s particular brand of trout pellet either. However, it’s seems perfectly clear to me that they give plenty of thought to the diet of their fish but are quite happy to posion their visiting anglers.

Incidentally, the goose refused to eat the pasty, yet it was perfetcly happy to eat a pile of goose s**t that was lying next to it. This would seem to suggest that the offending pasty in question was hardly a gastronomic delight.

Thanks

John Grey

[TF_MarkV]

I once fished at Ironbridge and was distracted pre-match by the shoppe displaying a sign for ‘World Famous Pasties’.

Well you just have to, don’t you ?

Dribbling with anticipation, I was no more than twenty yards and two mouthfulls from the shoppe when it went in the bin !

Talk about terrible ??? It was one of the most severe let downs of my angling career.

[TF_Cutnut]

I remember drinking breakfast at the notoriously poor Blythe cafe, along with a number of early TF members. The one and only breakfast you could consume with a straw 😮

Taliban Farm…..if you think you’ve had complimentary chips look carefully at your plate..

Barston consistently high value the profits from which must pay for the rive’s and range rovers..

Alders last time I was there the seat height to table ratio seemed all wrong..

Shearsby formerly CJs not bad but why like all the rest do we have to have rubber bread.

All the best breakfasts I’ve ever had have been ones I’ve done myself or ones organised at the Local Pub where their reputation for food has already been established.

Fisheries just don’t have the culinary skills to boil an egg that’s why you could never get one poached..

Simple choice is not to buy crap and if you do get served crap give it back….. Maybe we should start a Trip Advisor thread for each fishery cafe :rolleyes:

[TF_Fred Davis]

Best I have come across is puddleduck fishery the new modern cafe facilities are rented out to professional caterers who run there busines and pride themselves on the grub they dish out they serve breakfast and lunch, the cafe is used by anglers and non anglers alike. very good even the fishery part owner Steve Copping eats there that in itself speaks volumes 😉

[Anonymous]

Remember fishing on the weaver a few years back and they used to have a pie shoppe right next to the river , was rude not to try a couple

[Woody]

Royal Oak at Dolton,Devon,just up the road from Stafford Moor fishery served the biggest and best breakfasts i’ve ever had…This was a couple of years ago mind as its changed hands since then..We’d stop in the lodges at Stafford Moor and go to the pub every morning for our breakfast,the landlady couldn’t have been more accomodating.
It was a £5’er and most would struggle to finish it (not me i hasten to add) and it was as much tea or coffee as you could drink too.. 🙂 😉 .

[TF_dingdong]

Me am a bit of a salad man myself,a fresh crispy lettuce, celery stick cherry tomatos follow by carrot juice a proper start to the day

[TF_proper tidal boy]

angie does a lovelly bacon sarnies , but she hates fishermen with vengenance so tread carefull??? as one member has said earlier that a lot of gold regulars go to willow. As for you dingdong you tell pork pies 😀 😀 😀

[TF_ubat]

@Fred Davis wrote:

Best I have come across is puddleduck fishery the new modern cafe facilities are rented out to professional caterers who run there busines and pride themselves on the grub they dish out they serve breakfast and lunch, the cafe is used by anglers and non anglers alike. very good even the fishery part owner Steve Copping eats there that in itself speaks volumes 😉

If you can wait for it, sat there for an hour recently 😮 nice food though, lots of non fishermen use it.

Can’t understand the mac fans, the “cheese” & “egg” look and taste the same :confused:

The best value is the place near wood lane, good girls who also bring stuff round during the match. 😎

[TF_Abramis BramaParticipant]

Second vote for Packington – Charlie does a cracking breakfast which includes toast, tea or coffee all for a little more than a fiver. Then it’s all downhill to a peg – in the car of course lol.

[TF_wightangler]

sorry- can’t see many takers for ‘jamie oliver’ gourmet friggin ‘salad at draw- maybe wrong, but my experience is that angling provides a good excuse for a full-on english brekkie and remains one of the main attractions. If you want to partake in the seemingly new bourgeois trend of ‘foraging’ – or engage in collect ing water cress on the way – fine but =please dont inflict it on the rest of us.

PMSL – the poor bloke with the allegedly dodgy ‘Gold Valley’ ‘cornish’ pastie, who made a fair point about the geese though, would imagine the fish also might well agree if it had been ‘margined’.

Angling caffs remain one of the few places left in uk in which you can still enjoy eating stuff in defiance of basic hygioene, health and safety, etc. – lets face it – most of us would eat most of the bait and groundbait we bring – if the anticipated brekkie supply was shut.
Eating cr@p is traditional – where you would’nt even look at the same wares even if pi**ed and standing in some dubious all night kebab emporium.
Matchmen often describe carp as ‘pigs with fins’ – i think the carp might surely find that libellous after watching match-anglers tuck in – the look of anxiety when the draw is made is nothing to the state of hyperactive tension when the brekkie order number is called out – and the haste to collect the savoury delight in before someone claims to have the same number – not that that mishap has historically ever occurred.

Come to think of it – that Mega Macdonals situated at the Olympics was rammed!

I’m sure some porky heaver feeder would give an arm and a leg for even a chance in hell, to be picked or paid in free grub to do a major ‘in-depth’ user review of national UK fisheries cafe.
Indeed, i.m sure a certain middle aged midlands canal match organizer that would probably pay money to be become any prospective reviewer. A feature on recipe man F/Blues’ ‘tight-lines’ would i d’ guess double episode audiences and confirm the national media prejudice about us.

one sausage , two or eight starred , presentation, nutrtional value, bulk, value for money, portion size and weight(before and after) and a 1-5 coronary rating and a pull out on ‘bacteria special’ might seem mild.

Let’s have a vote for favourite fishery cafe and why you rate it.

[TF_eels]

Had a breakfast at the recently opened Viaduct Cafe, the food was well cooked and very reasonably priced!

[TF_BigredfredParticipant]

Eels,i expect you got served very quickly also,as lots of anglers go elsewhere because of the attitude of the proprietor.”You must have a large breakfast, because i can’t cope with making other sizes.”Why couldn’t he make all of them medium?.A lot of lads go to The Cannards Grave,a hotel on route from Bristol.Superb.

[TF_JohnGrey]

I decided to have a breakfast at Dever Springs fly fishery last week.

I was expecting a better class of breakfast, since coarse anglers can be a little ‘rough around the edges’ and their expectations of food are arguably less high.

The bell rang for breakfast and when I turned up at the lodge it was just sitting there. No cover on it and the woman who cooked it sat in a corner looking miserable, not even asking if it was enjoyable or everything was ok.

Terrible service all round that day I’m afraid.

Thanks,

John Grey

[TF_eels]

@Bigredfred wrote:

Eels,i expect you got served very quickly also,as lots of anglers go elsewhere because of the attitude of the proprietor.”You must have a large breakfast, because i can’t cope with making other sizes.”Why couldn’t he make all of them medium?.A lot of lads go to The Cannards Grave,a hotel on route from Bristol.Superb.

Sorry bigred but you couldn’t be more wrong, I’m a veegie and they made me something that wasn’t on the menu, the other people i was with had breakfasts and i never heard 1 negative comment.

[TF_Slider]

Having eating at the Viaduct cafe regularly and recently I have to say its one of the best fishery brekkies ive eaten, with the only exception being Alders which is No1 in my opinion, I wont say where the worst is but its a premier fishery that is next to the river severn, actually made me and other members or our match ill !!

The Cannards is ok but I dont think its any better than Viaduct, the proprietor of the cafe has always been friendly with us.

[TF_AnthonywatersParticipant]

Worst breakfast Ive ever had was at Connies cafe at Horbury bridge, the bacon was deep fried and the egg was snotty. I went a second time because any one can have an off day, I ordered a bacon roll, the bacon was deep fried and not drained so where it had curled up in the fryer the bacon was saturated with minging old oil, this soaked into the bread roll and was absolutley disgusting.

[TF_JohnGrey]

On the whole, would you say fly fishing attracts a better class of angler?

Thanks,

John Grey

[TF_Dodge]

Faced with a fair old drive to my match (90 pegger ! 🙂 ) yesterday it was an early call (5.45 am) into Macky d,s for a “big breakfast” . Not very inspiring at all im afraid but filled a little hole (why do we do it ? LOL) . Slightly off topic , the coffee nowadays is very good and decent value @ said fast food empire 🙂

[TF_Paddy]

Dodge – Yeah, deffo – MacDee’s coffee gets the thumbs up mate, love it.
JohnG – Your avin a larfffff aint ya? Fluff chuckers better class?!?! they only go, cos they dont know how to fish properly ! (baits in the water) !! lol 😮

[TF_justin case]

A couple of things spring to mind with this pastygate saga

Im surprised you wasnt charged a fiver to walk to the lake to throw the remainder to the geese, and secondly I.m more surprised you wasnt thrown off for feeding the birds from outside the clubhouse there are signs everywhere :).

This even may have had a negative effect on our match there last week as all the fish were at the far end.

I do feel congratulations are in order though as you actually managed to catch the said pasty served up by Angie most fail and it can get messy. 🙂

[TF_proper tidal boy]

John grey do you wear a chefs uniform,?? or maybe a fly fishing waistcoat ???or maybe just a wind up merchant. Perhaps you could tell us all where you buy your fish and chips ??? do they serve it in the Times for you ???? :confused: :confused:

[TF_JohnGrey]

Justin – I have to agree with many of your observations. My net bag is not in a good way and so full of other life forms I half expected them to charge it a visitor’s ticket.

Tidal Boy – I read the Guardian. I find Murdoch’s propaganda tiresome.

Thanks,

John Grey

[TF_tony beresford]

@JohnGrey wrote:

On the whole, would you say fly fishing attracts a better class of angler?

Thanks,

John Grey

on the whole a lot of fly anglers i have become aquainted with are generally poor anglers and often very up themselves

[TF_BigredfredParticipant]

Latest update from Viaduct is you now have a choice of size breakfast.This was my original gripe,not the quality of food which was reasonable.I was informed that the fishery owner asked the club officer why we as a club didn’t eat there,and when informed told the cafe and they changed.So i guess we will be back supprting them.

[TF_JohnGrey]

@Bigredfred wrote:

Latest update from Viaduct is you now have a choice of size breakfast

Maybe they are reading this forum and know what’s good for them?

@tony beresford wrote:

on the whole a lot of fly anglers i have become aquainted with are generally poor anglers and often very up themselves

Coming from Rutland, one of the finest fly fishing venues in the land, I had hoped some decorum would have rubbed off on you. Obviously not.

[TF_proper tidal boy]

@JohnGrey wrote:

Justin – I have to agree with many of your observations. My net bag is not in a good way and so full of other life forms I half expected them to charge it a visitor’s ticket.

Tidal Boy – I read the Guardian. I find Murdoch’s propaganda tiresome.

Thanks,

John Grey

Greysmoke like yourself i read the guardian in the outhouse, it normally hangs on the cistern in the corner on a hook , only to be used when needed so be a good chap and pull the cord and turn the light out on your way out 😀 😀 😀

[TF_tony beresford]

@JohnGrey wrote:

@Bigredfred wrote:

Latest update from Viaduct is you now have a choice of size breakfast

Maybe they are reading this forum and know what’s good for them?

@tony beresford wrote:

on the whole a lot of fly anglers i have become aquainted with are generally poor anglers and often very up themselves

Coming from Rutland, one of the finest fly fishing venues in the land, I had hoped some decorum would have rubbed off on you. Obviously not.

the so called true fly anglers are by and large like i described them the general reservoir angler/competition anglers are a great bunch of guys and helpfull i guess you are strictly dry fly yes

[TF_Dodge]

They cant even spell Guardian in Brentford nevermind read it ! 😮

Whats this thread about anyway ? :rolleyes: :confused: 😀

[TF_proper tidal boy]

just watch the tv thursday night and see how the game should be played glory boy grasss roots is where its at, not the prem i see your still catching sprats lol ps have a word with that bluenose and tell him to stay retired the pay day aint worth a headache from khan ????? rossler 😀 😀 😀

[TF_Dodge]

@proper tidal boy wrote:

just watch the tv thursday night and see how the game should be played glory boy grasss roots is where its at, not the prem i see your still catching sprats lol ps have a word with that bluenose and tell him to stay retired the pay day aint worth a headache from khan ????? rossler 😀 😀 😀

LOL ptb :p

Its been a while !

Good to talk me old mate 😉 😀 😉 😀 😎

PS what have Ricky Hatton and Wayne Rooney both got in common apart from eating too many pasties ???

answers on a postcard ! 😀

[TF_JohnGrey]

I will never forget my visit to a Bakery on the Cornish coast some years ago.

It was run by a truly beautiful woman who happened to have the most fantastic pasties I have ever seen.

Thanks

John Grey

[TF_wightangler]

Did you sample her enticing wares that were displayed before you then? John

Was the inside filling as good as the smooth, textured external coating?

And did you show her your flies in due course ?

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