Bernie's under new ownership!

[cavemanmike]

Plus the choice of equipment nowadays

 

[undergroundHP]

HB @Bernie's krab I found in my collection the other day.
Will the new cafe be making kit aswell?

 

[topcat]

I hope the coffee will be better than next door ......three of us voted it the worse cup of coffee we had ever tasted. And we all have a long life experience of coffee so that's saying something.
Never again!
Looking forward to testing Bernie s coffee sometime soon.

 

[LadyMud]

I hope the coffee will be better than next door ......three of us voted it the worse cup of coffee we had ever tasted

Really? I thought it was particularly good
(How long ago was this awful coffee?)

 

[Long Drop]

HB @Bernie's krab I found in my collection the other day.
Will the new cafe be making kit aswell?

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 .

 

[mikem]

Yes they were from HB.

However, the kit sales are now run by someone else:

Karabiners

berniescaveshop.co.uk

 

[ChrisB]

However, the kit sales are now run by someone else:

The website you linked has an address in Paignton - are you sure it's the same Bernie's?

 

[langcliffe]

The website you linked has an address in Paignton - are you sure it's the same Bernie's?

I think that Steve sold that part of the business. It's mail order.

 

[Loki]

Really? I thought it was particularly good
(How long ago was this awful coffee?)

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.

 

[topcat]

Really? I thought it was particularly good
(How long ago was this awful coffee?)

13th April 2024. They were cappuccino s. Weak, and flat white after 2 minutes.....

 

[PeteHall]

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

 

[wellyjen]

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

Perhaps it was Baldrick in that day making the coffee.

 

[thehungrytroglobite]

I hope the coffee will be better than next door ......three of us voted it the worse cup of coffee we had ever tasted. And we all have a long life experience of coffee so that's saying something.
Never again!
Looking forward to testing Bernie s coffee sometime soon.

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]

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.

A few hours in a cafe. You obviously need to cave more

 

[topcat]

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

I ordered what they offered........ Though it failed under the trade description act !

 

[thehungrytroglobite]

A few hours in a cafe. You obviously need to cave more

I was writing a dissertation about caves, so maybe it's a semi-valid excuse

 

[cavemanmike]

I was writing a dissertation about caves, so maybe it's a semi-valid excuse

Now if you’d have written your dissertation IN a cave I would be seriously impressed

 

[ChrisB]

There's not much difference between cafe and cave, only one letter, and F and V are quite similar in many languages; F in Welsh is pronounced very like V in English.

 

[kay]

13th April 2024. They were cappuccino s. Weak, and flat white after 2 minutes.....

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.

 

[alanw]

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