Ep 139: Two and a Half Maples

Ep 139: Two and a Half Maples

From Beat Around The Bench Podcast by Colton, Jess and Ross

April 3, 2026 · 48 min · Season 4 · Episode 4

About this episode

Ross shares his experiences from a trip to London and Edinburgh, discussing historical sites and food.

Ross is back. Jess is missing in action. And it was almost the shortest episode in Beat Around the Bench history because a tornado showed up and tried to end the whole thing early. That is not an exaggeration. But before nature launched its attack, Ross dropped a full debrief from his trip to London and Edinburgh and it is everything you want it to be. The man walked through 800 year old doorways. He stood inside Edinburgh Castle where actual kings and queens watched woodwork get installed that is still standing six centuries later. He described Gothic white oak carvings so intricate and so clean that Scottish carvers were literally shipped across the Atlantic to build out the lobbies of major buildings in New York and Chicago during the roaring twenties and that work is still up today without a single seam coming apart. Ross looked at it as a woodworker and said it would take him 30 years to get to the skill level of someone who was only five years into their apprenticeship. Meanwhile Colton jumped on a coat rack he built to prove Jess wrong about whether it would hold and it snapped immediately. So that is where we are. The episode also hits hard on food. Ross broke down haggis…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ross, Colton, Jess

Topics covered

  • travel
  • food
  • woodworking
  • history
  • cultural experiences

Keywords

  • tornado
  • haggis poppers
  • lamb shank
  • beignets
  • woodworking skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paul

Books & works: Edinburgh Castle

Places: London, Edinburgh, Paris

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