An exciting looking travel map for a change,
though it’s been a quiet couple of weeks back from Wales, as I sort out Dad’s paperwork (it never ends), delete photos, and bring the blog completely up-to-date for the first time since COVID.
Seventy posts, fifty-three (53) pubs, from old (Bath Star),
to new (Alexandra, Newport). Pubs aren’t dead.
Bass from the jug (Beer of the Month) with Paul and Jon in Bath was the highlight; that South-West trip produced a genuinely unexpected treat in Frome’s cider driven Lamb and Fountain.
August was the month I got a proper look at Clifton, and realised that the Beer & Pubs Forum Proper Day Out crew really need to up our fancy dress game.
Pubs are all about people, and it was good to finally meet Rhys and Evo. Tick the Tickers is the next phase of RM’s ticking career after football grounds, GBG pubs and Chinese takeaways.
What about your cutting-edge music recommendations, RM ?
Well, obviously Olivia Rodrigo’s “serena soy“, a “smash the patriarchy anthem” for the ages, is the song of the month,
while August’s new album pick, the new Haley Blais project, harks back to Dolly, Nick Drake and Karen Dalton.
Talking of obscure new music, in September I’m off to Cranborne Chase for my annual dose of weird Americans and UK post-rock.
Matt is gearing up for Geese at End of the Road on a diet of Bass (top pic), and I wouldn’t be surprised to see more young hipsters wearing sweatshirts celebrating the UK’s Boring Brown Bitter after last year’s style winner.
I believe that September also sees the release of a popular annual publication. I forget the name.
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