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Tuesday, 2 December 2025

The Crabshell Inn

Mud flats, changeable weather

Winds that bring water to the eyes

And the landlord who says

The storms are on their way


Not sounding too good is it


Thank heavens for crab sandwiches

For clam chowder, good company

Conviviality and Mulligatawny soup

IPA or hand pulled half-pints


Of Old Speckled Hen, later a glass or two

Of mulled wine, then biscuits with cheese

Afterwards, chocolate segments slowly taken

From the foil wrapped orange blocks


Go on, put up the Christmas lights