Nigel Haddon
@nigelhaddon.bsky.social
Current affairs, jazz, wine, food, travel, Leicester City & other nonsense. When working, a Pricing consultant for lawyers & accountants, and critical friend for law firm leaders.
June 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ground #61 - Mansfield Town’s One Call Stadium (Field Mill, the oldest professional football ground in the world, to thee and me), MTFC v Leyton Orient. Thanks to my old school pals Pete & Robert for joining in this leisurely quest. The score? 1-1 at HT!
April 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Ground #61 - Mansfield Town’s One Call Stadium (Field Mill, the oldest professional football ground in the world, to thee and me), MTFC v Leyton Orient. Thanks to my old school pals Pete & Robert for joining in this leisurely quest. The score? 1-1 at HT!
Ground #60 - Rotherham United’s New York Stadium. The Millers were comprehensively outplayed today by a Crawley team playing like a top 4, rather than a bottom-4 side. A good lunch at Domo, Sheffield beforehand too. Thanks to my old pal Pete for his company & driving. #DoingThe92
March 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ground #60 - Rotherham United’s New York Stadium. The Millers were comprehensively outplayed today by a Crawley team playing like a top 4, rather than a bottom-4 side. A good lunch at Domo, Sheffield beforehand too. Thanks to my old pal Pete for his company & driving. #DoingThe92
My #WineOfTheWeek is this delicious 2015 Barolo by Reverdito. We bought it at the Comune in La Morra in Nov 2019 & it’s been well worth the wait to try. The nose is just brilliant: earth, rose petals, red berries & tar, then a palate of red berry fruits, rose petals & terracotta, just..wow! #wine
March 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
My #WineOfTheWeek is this delicious 2015 Barolo by Reverdito. We bought it at the Comune in La Morra in Nov 2019 & it’s been well worth the wait to try. The nose is just brilliant: earth, rose petals, red berries & tar, then a palate of red berry fruits, rose petals & terracotta, just..wow! #wine
Life’s a beach. But someone has to do this! 😎🏖️🇲🇽 @markbratt.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Life’s a beach. But someone has to do this! 😎🏖️🇲🇽 @markbratt.bsky.social
Amazing! We were lunching on the beach when we saw a couple of whales make their way across our bay. Luckily managed to get a decent clip of this one. 🇲🇽🌵🏝️
February 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Amazing! We were lunching on the beach when we saw a couple of whales make their way across our bay. Luckily managed to get a decent clip of this one. 🇲🇽🌵🏝️
We had a great morning cooking & then sharing lunch in San Miguel de Allende with our hostess, Isabel 🇲🇽 #cooking #mexico @markbratt.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We had a great morning cooking & then sharing lunch in San Miguel de Allende with our hostess, Isabel 🇲🇽 #cooking #mexico @markbratt.bsky.social
Our best meal in #Mexico so far, at Casa Mercedes, Guanajuato. Superb spicing, cooking, service & a fab spot too. Can’t imagine why this isn’t in the Michelin guide - it’s better than several that are that we’ve been to this trip? @michelin-guideuk.bsky.social #restaurants #food 🇲🇽
February 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Our best meal in #Mexico so far, at Casa Mercedes, Guanajuato. Superb spicing, cooking, service & a fab spot too. Can’t imagine why this isn’t in the Michelin guide - it’s better than several that are that we’ve been to this trip? @michelin-guideuk.bsky.social #restaurants #food 🇲🇽
Oaxaca being Oaxaca! Just glorious! ❤️😎🇲🇽
February 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Oaxaca being Oaxaca! Just glorious! ❤️😎🇲🇽
I hope everyone’s enjoyed #ValentinesDay, whether a deux or solo. We were lucky enough to be in Oaxaca tonight, spending our evening at Cobarde, on the terrace overlooking the magnificent Templo de Santo Domingo 😎 #restaurants #Mexico #MCMA 🇲🇽 🥂
February 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I hope everyone’s enjoyed #ValentinesDay, whether a deux or solo. We were lucky enough to be in Oaxaca tonight, spending our evening at Cobarde, on the terrace overlooking the magnificent Templo de Santo Domingo 😎 #restaurants #Mexico #MCMA 🇲🇽 🥂
#WineOfTheWeek this week is, forgive me, a tad esoteric. A natural Zinfandel from Baja California by Vinos Pijoan: lighter (but 13.9% abv) style, fresh with sour cherry & black fruits, then graphite on the finish. A real find, at Restaurante Cobarde, Oaxaca, Mexico 🇲🇽🍷
February 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#WineOfTheWeek this week is, forgive me, a tad esoteric. A natural Zinfandel from Baja California by Vinos Pijoan: lighter (but 13.9% abv) style, fresh with sour cherry & black fruits, then graphite on the finish. A real find, at Restaurante Cobarde, Oaxaca, Mexico 🇲🇽🍷
I have seen the future. And I didn’t like it. #2
Puebla, Mexico today, plugged into a charging point outside our hotel. I’m guessing it’s a car? 🇲🇽
Puebla, Mexico today, plugged into a charging point outside our hotel. I’m guessing it’s a car? 🇲🇽
February 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I have seen the future. And I didn’t like it. #2
Puebla, Mexico today, plugged into a charging point outside our hotel. I’m guessing it’s a car? 🇲🇽
Puebla, Mexico today, plugged into a charging point outside our hotel. I’m guessing it’s a car? 🇲🇽
I have seen the future. And I didn’t like it! #1
Puebla, Mexico today: a TV screen set in the top of a urinal, playing adverts. Working while you whistle, maybe? 🇲🇽
Puebla, Mexico today: a TV screen set in the top of a urinal, playing adverts. Working while you whistle, maybe? 🇲🇽
February 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I have seen the future. And I didn’t like it! #1
Puebla, Mexico today: a TV screen set in the top of a urinal, playing adverts. Working while you whistle, maybe? 🇲🇽
Puebla, Mexico today: a TV screen set in the top of a urinal, playing adverts. Working while you whistle, maybe? 🇲🇽
As hip as they come, Botánico in Condesa, CDMX. No food photos but they can cook too! I suspect the beautiful people come for the vibe more than the food?!? #Restaurants #food 🇲🇽
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As hip as they come, Botánico in Condesa, CDMX. No food photos but they can cook too! I suspect the beautiful people come for the vibe more than the food?!? #Restaurants #food 🇲🇽
#WineOfTheWeek is a thoroughly modern Rioja, like a cross between a trad Rioja & a Gredos Garnacha! Crunchy, chewy berry fruits, fresh - almost lifted - finishing with cherry & spice. Lovely, and astonishingly good value too!
February 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#WineOfTheWeek is a thoroughly modern Rioja, like a cross between a trad Rioja & a Gredos Garnacha! Crunchy, chewy berry fruits, fresh - almost lifted - finishing with cherry & spice. Lovely, and astonishingly good value too!
#WineOfTheWeek A delicious English Pinot Noir from Lyme Bay Winery in Devon - tho’ the grapes come from the increasingly well-regarded Crouch River area of Essex. Really well made wine with rose-petal, raspberry, rose-hip & plums, finishing with sappy red fruits, a touch of oak & a hint of spice 😋🍷
January 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#WineOfTheWeek A delicious English Pinot Noir from Lyme Bay Winery in Devon - tho’ the grapes come from the increasingly well-regarded Crouch River area of Essex. Really well made wine with rose-petal, raspberry, rose-hip & plums, finishing with sappy red fruits, a touch of oak & a hint of spice 😋🍷
#WineOfTheWeek Ok, I’m a beginner at serious Burgundy, & this is only a village wine - but I was blown away by this gorgeous Nuits-Saint-Georges by Dom. Henri Gouges. Mature; silky tannins, balanced with black cherry, strawberry, blueberry & damp earth, spice & wet stone - an absolute delight! ❤️😋
January 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#WineOfTheWeek Ok, I’m a beginner at serious Burgundy, & this is only a village wine - but I was blown away by this gorgeous Nuits-Saint-Georges by Dom. Henri Gouges. Mature; silky tannins, balanced with black cherry, strawberry, blueberry & damp earth, spice & wet stone - an absolute delight! ❤️😋
I just love this #wine! Seems to me a pure celebration of the winemaker’s art: take great fruit (of a time and a place) and then simply don’t mess around with it. Glorious! #RaulPerez 🇪🇸
December 30, 2024 at 6:15 PM
I just love this #wine! Seems to me a pure celebration of the winemaker’s art: take great fruit (of a time and a place) and then simply don’t mess around with it. Glorious! #RaulPerez 🇪🇸
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your day’s gone as well as you’d hoped? Loved our walk this morning in Macclesfield Forest! Champagne cocktail next, then preparing & enjoying a Venison moussaka, our homage to the outstanding dish served at Pea Porridge, washed down with a gorgeous Malhadinha red 😘🎄🥂
December 25, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope your day’s gone as well as you’d hoped? Loved our walk this morning in Macclesfield Forest! Champagne cocktail next, then preparing & enjoying a Venison moussaka, our homage to the outstanding dish served at Pea Porridge, washed down with a gorgeous Malhadinha red 😘🎄🥂
Just brilliant! First visit to Rochelle Canteen last night: great menu, food to match, good list of natural wines and excellent service. What more do you need? #Food #Restaurants
November 21, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Just brilliant! First visit to Rochelle Canteen last night: great menu, food to match, good list of natural wines and excellent service. What more do you need? #Food #Restaurants