The morning spring day sun came streaming in through the window. A soft breeze blew through and cooled my face. Often in these situations I feel terrible, but I hadn’t drunk that much and this mornings wake up from the springtime elements put me in a good mood. I looked at my watch 0510… eugh! […]
The gig that became a weekend and a school reunion. pt1
It’s Saturday 24th May 2025. Dad and I have just wrapped up the latest phase of a stupid job in Bayham Street, Camden. We could have finished the job last night but the powers that be all wanted to go home and come in again on the weekend instead. It’s their prerogative, I guess. I […]
First walk of the new year
I know what your thinking. New year? But it’s February. That’s true. I just haven’t been for a walk so far until now. I had mentally been telling myself that I needed to get walking again. I have been lounging around at home doing very little and slowly the numbers on the scales are creeping […]
Showdown? Draw!
This is a review of the Classic Beer Holster by Great Gadgets. From the off I’m going to be clear that I have received a Beer Holster from Great Gadgets for the purposes of this review. Now, I’m no fool, (I heard that!) and I realise what time of year it is and why I’m […]
The final days of the Hop Pole Inn
The city of Bath is an expensive place, when working there it is impossible to find a cheap room to stay in and therefore most tradesmen find refuge in hotels in the suburbs or in nearby towns. For me it was the latter. We were staying in the quiet village of Limpley Stoke at the […]
Why do we get it so wrong in the UK?
I have just returned from a work trip out to Germany. In many ways it was exactly like you would expect. To be honest about it everything was well organised, efficient and clean. This applied to everything we came in contact with when we were out there, including the pub. Zur Gemütlichkeit isn’t really what […]
Nodiadau ar y twll cachu gogoneddus: Abertawe
I apologize in advance to the people of Swansea, I’m sure you like living in there and that’s good for you, I on the other hand have quite a different view of your town. Also, for anyone who can’t be bothered to read all this, it can be summarised as Swansea: ugh! The Celt Experience: […]
Amsterdam 2013
They say that people go to Amsterdam for two things (and we all know what they are). I went for a third reason, the beer. Well, that’s not strictly true. After getting back from Milton Keynes beer festival last year the usual suspects and I were talking about the last time we went to Amsterdam […]
Staying near Glasgow airport
OK, so I’m back. I’ve just finished a large job north of the border. Starting a few weeks ago we were staying at a Premier Inn next to a pub, now we’re staying at another near to Glasgow airport. Many thanks to Adam Shafi on twitter, who suggested some different pubs to try, however, the boss […]
The National Winter Ale Festival 2013: a weekend away in Manchester
Last week saw the Sheridan suite in Manchester play host to The National Winter Ale Festival, as I’m sure you know, especially if you have seen my Twitter account in the past few days. I was there, this is what happened. A coach came and took us to Manchester on the Friday afternoon (by ‘us’ […]