Kenilworth...Coventry...Costco!

So the restaurant Dave and Marian had chosen for our reunion was in Kenilworth, in the very shadow of the great ruined castle. Vicki had found a camping place very near...the Kenilworth Rugby Football Club (which housed a very popular neighborhood pub), and Dave and Marian picked us up there, and we had a most pleasant 4 hour dinner together, catching-up, discussing future plans, and so on. They are travelers, as we are, and so the talk mostly was of travel. They're going to do western Canada and Alaska next, very shortly, on their 1200cc BMW motorcycle, for their 50th wedding anniversary. (Le Duc is only 1900cc, but it has twice as many wheels.) Alas, as is often the case in such reunions, we got so involved we forgot to take any pix. Oh well. We have our pix from Africa, and those are the best. Next day we proceeded on, now to the east, but not before a visit to Coventry's Costco (!). Yes, Costco. A bit of home, far abroad.

Quite a lively place, especially after the pub opened at 6

Actually, but not disappointingly, it was pretty much exactly like a Costco in the
US; Kirkland stuff everywhere; we got a fine poulet roti for 4.99L and even
had lunch at the food court

There were a few concessions to British tastes and preferences

The most significant, and positive, difference, was that there were free samples
(tapas) even on the booze aisles; seriously

Food court offerings

Ever adventurous, I went for the Aberdeen Angus Cottage Pie--1/4 inch of beef
mince buried under 2 inches of mash; definitely a once in a lifetime thing

Vicki wisely went for the "gelato"