One of my favourite places for a drink and something to eat is Leakey's. It is not only convivial and friendly with good coffee and food but is also a wonderful place to browse:
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
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Wow! I wish we had a Leakey's here, I'd have to find some time to linger there awhile, all alone :)
ReplyDeleteeeeeeeeeek LOL
ReplyDeleteI was going to ask...browse what?? Until I saw the second pic and nearly squealed!!!!
What a fabulous place. Coffee and literature. What a combo!!
GB Shame on you for not telling me about the 'gem' when I spent a day there!!
ReplyDeletenothing is cooler for me than
ReplyDeletefood, books and coffee - I love
the set up at Leakeys.
also love the logs and the overall
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Oh my, that a real bookstore! I think I might even forget about the coffee. Well, maybe!
ReplyDeleteIt is a great place and I'm truly sorry, Viv, but I forgot all about it until I was there with CJ. I used to spend lots of time in Inverness but although I pass through a lot now I rarely stay there.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good place worth a stop even if you're just passing through! :)
ReplyDeleteIf one is just passing through the problem is parking. It's quite a way from where I usually park and getting any closer is a matter of luck. A bookshop also absorbs time!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful place and so many books. I could spend a long time in there.
ReplyDeleteThat figure of 100,000 has got me wondering how many books would be in a library or a first-hand bookshop.
If I lived in Inverness, I'd probably be a regular there.
ReplyDeleteHelen: the library I used to work at for six years had (back then) roughly 200.000 media units (books, CDs, magazines...). For a town of only about 85.000 inhabitants, that is quite a good number.
If I lived in Inverness, I'd probably be a regular there.
ReplyDeleteHelen: the library I used to work at for six years had (back then) roughly 200.000 media units (books, CDs, magazines...). For a town of only about 85.000 inhabitants, that is quite a good number.
If I lived in Inverness, I'd probably be a regular there.
ReplyDeleteHelen: the library I used to work at for six years had (back then) roughly 200.000 media units (books, CDs, magazines...). For a town of only about 85.000 inhabitants, that is quite a good number.
What a great place. Thanks for a wonderful photograph.
ReplyDeleteWow! Fascinating history surrounding that spot! Did they take the soldiers out & shoot them because they were the enemy, or because they were sick & wounded? I'll go back & read it again. :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I could spend a great deal of time in there!
Hello Sunshine. It's a pleasure. Good of you to drop by.
ReplyDeleteLisa. I'm afraid they took them out and shot them because they were the enemy. War was war.
Thanks Librarian.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a wonderful bookshop. We spent a good couple of hours in there when we were in Inverness last year and we hardly scratched the surface -- we didn't even make it upstairs which meant we didn't get coffee.
ReplyDeleteIt really is a shop designed to make you browse though. While the books are grouped into sections, within a section there is almost no ordering. For example, within fiction the books aren't even arranged alphabetically be author!
We did buy quite a few books though -- my favourite was a copy of the Warren Commissions report into the assassination of JFK. It's a hard read but I'll get through it eventually!
Jaz is so right - I can see us spending a loooong time in a place like that.
ReplyDeleteI might be a technophile, but that would still be my idea of time well spent - discovering new books and running my hand lovingly, reliving the many i have already read and loved.
and coffee too!!!