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Ethan Ballan of Bartisserie2 – Episode 136

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It might surprise you to learn that Bartisserie, which is situated at the top of Bridge Street facing the Tilted Vase/Urn is coming up to its one year anniversary since opening.

That time feels like it has flown by, and as restaurants tend to be judged on if they can survive the first six months, Ethan of Bartisserie has done amazingly well.

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Does Tre Ciccio pass the Italian test?

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Like all Italians, I’m always a bit sceptical when I set foot in an “authentic Italian restaurant” outside of Italy.

More often than not, I leave thinking the food is not good enough, the drinks are not what I was expecting, desserts are not as good as they are back home… and don’t even get me started on coffee!

So when I went to Tre Ciccio just before wandering around the stalls of the Chocolate festival, I wasn’t expecting anything special… Good food? Maybe. Good Italian food? No.

I couldn’t have been more wrong!

My friend and I (both Italian) decided to go for the whole shabang, and ordered some antipasti, pizza and coffee (we skipped dessert, seeing as we were headed to the Chocolate Festival).

The first thing that struck me was how welcoming the staff were. More than one of them came to ask us where we were from and sat and had a chat, after hearing us speak Italian (but they take an interest in all their customers, speaking Italian is not a must!).

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Rob and Dan of Rammy Men – Episode 135

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On the podcast this week I speak to Rob Moss and Dan Blackman to discuss what Rammy Men are all about as well as how the group have been growing and helping other people with similar issues, as well as just providing something for men to do.

You can find their website here -> Rammy Men Website

and their Facebook Page here -> Men of Rammy

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Easter in Ramsbottom – Episode 134

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Thanks for joining me on a relatively laid back episode of the podcast this week. The amazing weather we’ve had over the bank holiday weekend means that I’ve been spending lots of quality time with my family and all of it, pretty much has been centred around Ramsbottom.

It’s one of the brilliant things about our town in that you can still do plenty and not travel, although I did go to Rawtenstall to get some compost. I’m going to bore you here but they had a great deal on compost in B&M, instead of £8 for 120 litres, it was £5, and as I had recently built two large raised beds, I needed a lot. This involved two trips, once to Rawtenstall where I picked up 7 120 litre bags and a trip later to Bury for 8 120 litre bags. Turns out, I could do with another one ideally. Anyway, they’re done now at least, so it’s time to actually plant things in them, but there’s a part of me that’s looking at them and just wants to them to remain pristine and perfect, but that’s silly.

All of this had meant me spending more time in the sun than I usually should. I generally burn at the slightest gap in the clouds.

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