Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Void
Bit of a gig lull recently so I have been finding other activities to fill my life void. Went to three of the Surrey 20-20 games. Unfortunately Surrey have been dire. Although it gets the crowds in, if a local side is as bad as this when 20-20 saturates cricket in a couple of years then inevitably crowds will fall. 20-20 has the appeal as sides go for big shots and the games tend to be close. Not in Surreys case though. Still had my first experience of Lords. A bit underwhelming for the home of cricket. Also caught the sun in Hove, a good ground and ended up in the pub with boules after the match at the Oval.
On 28th June we had our annual pub crawl event, this year being Borough High Street. This was successful as we had the best turn out in a long while (10 people) and enjoyed an eclectic collection of 22 pubs. Personal favourites were The Ship near Elephant & Castle with it’s nice garden, The Gladstone for it’s bohemian vibe, The Wheatsheaf for its Pimms, and The Horniman for its name not being funny even after 12 pints.
Managed to be invited to the Royal Open Golf a week or so ago. Barring terrible weather conditions had a good time. Got out to view the course and live play for a couple of hours in the afternoon, was brave enough with the weather in the morning. Nice to see they had beer stalls on the course for the fans you don’t see on TV. The trip gave me an opportunity to explore some scouseland pubs. I was impressed by the Baltic Fleet, which brews its own beer, the summer ale was very drinkable. The Fly In The Loaf had a good array of german lagers on tap, including DAB though the £3.80 price was a downer. Strangely the Tuborg in O’Neills was only £2.60! Finally The Swan had an impressive rock jukebox, with AC/DC. Mott The Hoople and The Murderdolls all played.
Forgot to mention my trip to Bristol on this blog.
Very good too. Thea Gilmore at the Fleece was similar to the London one a week earlier with Icarus Wind being replaced by a Leonard Cohen cover which caused a slight downer on the proceedings. Still a good show, though we had to miss the encore to ensure that the last train was caught.
CD wise the new album by The Subways is excellent. The Dirty Pretty Things new one is disappointing to say the least.
On 28th June we had our annual pub crawl event, this year being Borough High Street. This was successful as we had the best turn out in a long while (10 people) and enjoyed an eclectic collection of 22 pubs. Personal favourites were The Ship near Elephant & Castle with it’s nice garden, The Gladstone for it’s bohemian vibe, The Wheatsheaf for its Pimms, and The Horniman for its name not being funny even after 12 pints.
Managed to be invited to the Royal Open Golf a week or so ago. Barring terrible weather conditions had a good time. Got out to view the course and live play for a couple of hours in the afternoon, was brave enough with the weather in the morning. Nice to see they had beer stalls on the course for the fans you don’t see on TV. The trip gave me an opportunity to explore some scouseland pubs. I was impressed by the Baltic Fleet, which brews its own beer, the summer ale was very drinkable. The Fly In The Loaf had a good array of german lagers on tap, including DAB though the £3.80 price was a downer. Strangely the Tuborg in O’Neills was only £2.60! Finally The Swan had an impressive rock jukebox, with AC/DC. Mott The Hoople and The Murderdolls all played.
Forgot to mention my trip to Bristol on this blog.
Very good too. Thea Gilmore at the Fleece was similar to the London one a week earlier with Icarus Wind being replaced by a Leonard Cohen cover which caused a slight downer on the proceedings. Still a good show, though we had to miss the encore to ensure that the last train was caught.
CD wise the new album by The Subways is excellent. The Dirty Pretty Things new one is disappointing to say the least.
# posted by Rich @ 1:10 PM 
