{"id":827,"date":"2024-02-21T19:47:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T19:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/?p=827"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:35:52","slug":"kutti-in-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/kutti-in-southampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Kutti in Southampton, Yes! (And Other Discoveries)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m childish. I admit it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There I was in Southampton, on a job, when I saw the sign. And I giggled. To myself. For a good few minutes. Then I crossed the road, looked back at it, and giggled again. Desi folk will know exactly what I mean. If you\u2019re really intrigued and not easily offended, feel free to search https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/<\/a>. I\u2019ll wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a nice building, though. Stunning inside. A proper bit of architecture that just happens to have a very funny name to anyone who\u2019s picked up certain slang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From City Streets to a Sea Port<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, after composing myself, next up was a walk into the seaport. I think that\u2019s what it\u2019s called. It\u2019s a bit like a train station but for boats instead. Massive ferries, containers stacked like giant Lego, the whole place humming with that low, industrial vibe. To some folk, the locals, I suppose this is just normal. Maybe a bit \u2018meh\u2019. But for us landlocked city folk from Birmingham, it\u2019s a thing of awe. The scale of it makes a busy industrial estate look quaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this, I came across a pub with a plaque on the side: \u201cThe Wool House\u201d. I popped in for a coffee. Speaking to the staff as I sipped it, they told me how the building was once used as a prison for French soldiers during the Napoleonic wars. Sure, that\u2019s mentioned on the plaque, but it sounds a hundred times better coming from a local who\u2019s proud of the story. History you can have a pint in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Food Review I Shouldn’t Have Said Out Loud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southampton is a cool place. You can get lovely food locally. I know this because I accidentally offended the owner of a restaurant. The food was genuinely brilliant. Fresh, flavourful, spot on. But my silly mouth, in surprise, uttered the words: \u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting it to be this good.\u201d The d\u00e9cor was\u2026 rank. Hence my shock. He laughed, but I saw the twitch in his eye. Note to self: think before you compliment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my evening mooch, a solid five-mile wander to shake off the drive, I found more gems. A plaque recognising \u2018The Platform\u2019 and mentioning the famous author Jane Austen, who lived here for a time. And there\u2019s a bridge, not far from the centre, where the view from above is properly breathtaking. You can see the water, the ships, the city lights just coming on. It was the perfect end to a day that started with a stupid giggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Courier’s Postscript<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this from a simple delivery job. That\u2019s the part I love. One minute you\u2019re navigating the ring road in Birmingham with a package, the next you\u2019re learning local history in a Southampton pub, offending a chef (unintentionally), and finding vistas that no motorway services could ever offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reinforces the point: when you hire a courier, you\u2019re not just hiring a van. You\u2019re hiring someone\u2019s attention to detail. Someone who finds the right place, appreciates the context, and gets the job done, whether the building has a funny name or not. If you need something taken from the Midlands to the south coast with no fuss and a bit of local curiosity, you know who to call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy the pics. They\u2019re better than my verbal restaurant reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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#courier #films #sameday #logistics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, do you need a courier that giggles at small details? Naaa, i wouldn’t either lol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on www.frigate-express.co.uk<\/a> and use the calculator to quote you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any questions???? Get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking to the staff inside as I sipped my coffee they told me how the building was once used as a prison for the French. Of course this is mentioned on the plaque on the building but it sounds better coming from the staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[21,22,56,23],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures","tag-sameday","tag-seaside","tag-supportlocal","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1571,"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions\/1571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frigate-express.co.uk\/ourblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}