April 2024. Sheffield.
I took the first bus back from Millhouses (it was a 3) into Sheffield, a journey filled with life and laughter amongst the three gentlefolk on the opposite seat.
“Your hair’s really nice”.
“Aww, thanks”.
“I’m bald, can I borrow yours ?”.
I walked a bit, aimlessly, hoping it was now too late to be of any use to Mrs RM in the house,
and decided I ought to go in the KIT.
And that’s the danger with living in Sheffield; you feel guilty you don’t go in the Rutland or the Tap or the Kelham Island Tavern enough and end up going in too much.
If nothing else, I can tell you the beer in the KIT is as good as ever, you can still get a pint well under £4,
and you’ll find blokes playing chess as scoring beer on Untappd.
Oooh, it’s Two by Two (NBSS 4),
“Are you sure you want a pint ?” says the young barman, and he’s right, it’s 6.2%,
and only having a half means there’s space for a half of Cloudwater,
which here you see expertly decanted into the cask glass for better bubbles.
And that should have been that, but a lovely couple making their return visit to Kelham since 1980 made me linger, and when the chap had a pint of Abbeydale Moonshine I had to follow his lead.
“It’s the Doom Bar of Sheffield !” I said to the barman as he returned from fetching me a packet of poppadoms, and meant it as a compliment.
“It’s not THAT dull” he may have said.
retiredmartin 
Cloudy beer is to the eye what sours are to the palate.
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“Hoping it was now too late to be of any use to Mrs RM in the house.” That sounds like a dangerous approach, Martin.
Mrs PBT’s would soon smell a rat, if I tried that one!
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Worth a go though
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It’s actually better to genuinely not be of any use at something, like me and shopping, although recently I’ve found that I can successfully get a few items of (green)grocery from town if I stop for a rest a couple of times on my walk home.
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But where on earth can a man stop for rest in a town these days, Paul ? I really have no idea.
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Generally not being any use is how I get out of gardening.
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Well, if I’m not in a rush it might be the Waggon and Horses, Kings Arms and Princess Royal.
Otherwise perhaps Hogarths and the Metropolitan Bar.
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That’s the type of danger I thrive on.
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