cavemanmike
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Plus the choice of equipment nowadays
Bernie's under new ownership!
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undergroundHP
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Really? I thought it was particularly good 😕
(How long ago was this awful coffee?)
Interesting. I suspect that krab was actually made by HB Climbing, who went bust about 15 years ago. Used to visit them for work purposes on the Llandygai industrial estate. One of the reasons they collapsed was that they could not afford to replace the worn out tooling they needed for making metal items like krabs, so they couldn't fulfill their full order book .
Yes they were from HB.
However, the kit sales are now run by someone else:
berniescaveshop.co.uk
However, the kit sales are now run by someone else:
Karabiners
berniescaveshop.co.uk
The website you linked has an address in Paignton - are you sure it's the same Bernie's?
langcliffe
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I think that Steve sold that part of the business. It's mail order.
Loki
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I also appear to have amnesia regarding the cafetière coffee in there and accidentally inflicting it on myself on a semi regular basis. The rest of the fare is perfectly fine.
13th April 2024. They were cappuccino s. Weak, and flat white after 2 minutes.....
wellyjen
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Perhaps it was Baldrick in that day making the coffee.I would never have even thought to order a cappuccino in a caving shop, let alone complain about it online
Perhaps stick to a tea next time. I've never had a problem with that
thehungrytroglobite
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I've had similar experiences next door unfortunately. There's one particular employee that makes a smashing flat white but when they're not in I always opt for tea.
Sounds like Bernie's is going to have better veggie/vegan options too, so that's a big plus. I hope they have comfier seats as well! The ones in Inglesport hurt my bum after a few hours. Maybe I should eat more chips to get more portable padding.
I wrote most of my undergrad dissertation in Bernie's and was very sad when they closed, I could never find a cafe up to the same standard in Ingleton. Really excited to be able to spend rainy days next to that stove again.
cavemanmike
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A few hours in a cafe. You obviously need to cave more 😂😂😂
I ordered what they offered........ Though it failed under the trade description act !I would never have even thought to order a cappuccino in a caving shop, let alone complain about it online
Perhaps stick to a tea next time. I've never had a problem with that
thehungrytroglobite
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I was writing a dissertation about caves, so maybe it's a semi-valid excuse 🤷♀️
cavemanmike
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Now if you’d have written your dissertation IN a cave I would be seriously impressed 😉
kay
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Where was the awful coffee? Did you say next door, ie not Bernie's?
I"ve never had coffee there, always hot chocolate before caving.
