Today we are at River House on the outskirts of Stirling. A lot has happened in the few days since our previous post from the Seagull Trust.
America’s reputation as the leader of the free world lies in tatters on the Oval Office floor. Oh dear, oh dear, the spectacle of Trump and his rottweiler pals trying to humiliate the defender of the Western world, was shocking and profoundly embarrassing for everyone unfortunate enough to have witnessed it. And then after a passage of Trump waxing lyrically about his many highly dubious attributes, came “Why do you not wear a suit?” Surely destined to go down in history as the most cretinous thing ever said to a world leader. It was, however, indicative of the hillbilly level of understanding in the room. It was left up to the good people of Vermont to restore some faith by letting JD Vance know he wasn’t welcome in their part of the world.
Now they want Zalensky to make a groveling apology for not sufficiently appreciating the US and the American people. Have they forgotten that unlike them, Zalensky has some semblance of intelligence and will doubtless grovel like a superhero? 
At last, we made it
We feel confident the American people will eventually come to their senses and sort out this Muskesque Presidency. In the meantime, let’s get back to the serious business of scones. River House is a place we have been meaning to visit for years. We keep seeing the signs but never actually follow them. It is beautifully situated on the shores of a tiny loch with views of Stirling Castle.
It’s spacious and beautifully themed in the same style as other Cawley Group restaurants. It has a nice relaxed ambience.
After a delicious light lunch, our nicely warmed scones were duly presented with a jar of jam and whipped cream in a little ladle thingy. Although not quite the consistency we normally go for they were very enjoyable nevertheless. Salutary to be able to sit in such comfortable surroundings several thousand miles away from the diabolical situation in Ukraine.
Guarantees?
Ukraine used to have the third biggest nuclear arsenal in the world until, in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, it was persuaded to give it up completely in exchange for international guarantees that its borders would be respected. We don’t think they would have signed had they known that a bunch of muppets would be their guarantors in 2025.
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Glad you enjoyed yiur visit to the River House
Enjoyed reading your rant about Donald
Here here! 😱
Cheers Wendy
You are ever the diplomat.
I was at The River House on a Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago.
Unfortunately the scone was the second worst I have ever had.
For clarity, I will mention that it came in the normal way – uncut.
However it resembled a clamshell in that it seemed to have been folded before baking.
It was warm, and really hard all the way through. I think it might have been over microwaved.
Previous visits have been better.
Disappointing.
Yes John, we could see that it could easily be a bit variable but at least the scones held up sufficiently for our visit .. yeah!
It’s interesting that you’ve recognized the muppets to be Obama, as the first invasion occurred in 2014, and Biden, who was in office in 2022, both Democrats. Trumps comes in and tries to broker an end to the war and you criticize him. Appears that some significant bias is at work here, Bill.
Enjoy your scone discussions!
The biggest mistake was letting Putin keep Crimea and admittedly that wasn’t Trump though as a big Putin admirer I cannot imagine Trump doing anything different at that time either. If Trump was going the right way about trying to broker a deal I certainly would not be criticising that but he isn’t. Just like he expects his tariff wars to work … they won’t. He can take credit for getting Europe to wake up, pay for their own defence and drop America but that is hardly going to make America great again. I realise that there are lots of MAGA supporters out there and they genuinely believe that Trump is the magician who is going to deliver that but hey? The economy has tanked already. It’s not bias Milan, just good old common sense. Love to Gloria.
This was a really nice place for our light lunch and scone. Wonder why it took us so long to visit. Well worth a visit.