it was a mates leaving do and the wife has the just collected me and sorry Gary but it was really nice.

That's it, just rub it in!

Ventured into the Old Angel and the Gatehouse last night.

Sampled a couple of brews in the Old Angel that by coincidence were both 5.0%, Arkells Kingsdown Special Ale and the very nice Daleside Bobek Export.

In the Gatehouse it was (the somewhat disappointing) Hyde's Heads & Tails 4.6% and (the much more palatable) Three B's Pinch Noggin, also 4.6%.

Do you spend every night drinking

It's known as foreplay in Donny.

I wish.


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Having taken it steady for a few days, I made up for lost time yesterday. First of all, apologies to Gary, because I had a rather nice pint of Courage Directors in Rotherham, together with, in no particular order, Nick Stafford's Starters Orders, a deceptively bitter golden ale but very tasty for all,that.Nick Stafford's splendid Stallion, the wonderful Daleside Premium Gold, Milestone' s Somers' cloudless wheat beer, Old Peculier, which were both in in excellent form and rounded the day off with a similarly excellent pint or several of Acorn Barnsley Gold at the Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham.

Inspecting my liver this morning.

Been told that the Hallcross in Doncaster now has Real Ale again (after an absence of some years).

Checked out the Cheswold prior to yesterday's game (as we may be using it as the season progresses) - just missed out on the Wadworth 6X but the Black Sheep was decent.

Didn't make it out last night so opened a few bottles. One that I hadn't sampled before but enjoyed was Batemans Hop Bine 'Organic' Bitter (4.2%) - well worth checking out.

Did you purchase that from the Aldi ? £1.39 is good value for that drink.

Indeed - the good lady brings a variety of bottles back whenever she visits Aldi.