Hello we are exploring Brindley place, we're going to call it Brindley place, it's like
the area of Birmingham with all the canals and we're going to explore it today. Go for
lunch somewhere nice, and then either go to a gallery or crazy golf we haven't quite decided.
We'll see how it goes. We'll see how it goes and we're going to take you along with us!
Now fully licensed. It's just coffee isn't it? Shall we look at the menu? If it's just
sandwiches, I think it's a lunch place, I'd rather go somewhere else. Lunch is served
until 2pm. I think it's more like a breakfast place. Well there's steak and ale pie! Shall
we go somewhere else? Yeah, it's not filling my needs.
We've come to Pitcher and Piano which is a pub sort of restaurant along the canal and
the waiter's giving me a look like I want to come take your order so let's stop recording!
Pitchers and Piano it's really cute and it's decorated for Christmas. It's just off the
canal and it's like a pub restaurant, I don't know if its a chain or independent but it's
cute inside and we're right by a fire so I'm pretty happy.
Is the menu actually good? I haven't looked at it yet. Do you know what you're going for?
I might go for the butter chicken.
Oh you really can't see the rain but it is raining. It's like a spitz. It's a very popular
part of Birmingham. Okay we've just finished eating and now we are going to go to the Ikon
Gallery. Yup, yeah. Which is this way so let's see how we get there!
Did you like the gallery? It was interesting, it's very modern. Very modern. So they do
different exhibits every, I don't know how frequently they change but they have two exhibits
on at any one time and they're all temporary so they change over, I think kind off every
three months? Might be even shorter and it's two floors and we went to the exhibit on Barry
Flanagan and he was a sculptor artist working in the 1970s and it was... interesting, is
the word I'm going to use. There was a lot of hares. A lot of hares! He's all about movement,
speed and defying gravity. So he uses hares as a symbol. I'd say it's nice, it's free!
So it's a nice place to just come wander but it's not going to take you very long. We were
probably in there for half an hour, twenty minutes. But there you go! That's the Ikon
Gallery!
It started to rain, you're not going to hear me very well, so we're retreated inside and
we're going to have cocktails. What you gonna get? There is many, so many options! Oh wow.
Augmented Reality cocktails? Sounds interesting. I'm going to get a Pot of Gold. Sounds good.
We've just finished having cocktails in The Alchemist and they're really good. Definitely
recommend a place to go. Each cocktail has a special thing about it. And that's pretty
much our afternoon in Brindley Place slash the canal part of Birmingham. Anything to
add? Enjoyed the cocktails they were very nice. Yeah cocktails are good. Yeah, there
we go! Bye!