Keeping the memories alive…
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I volunteered to help at the Hull & East Yorkshire CAMRA beer festival this year and I have to say, I had great fun. It was being held inside the Holy Trinity Church in Hull’s market place which is apparently the largest parish church in the UK. I arrived on the Thursday at around 5:30 ready to start my shift on the handpulled beers bar at 6pm not …
Read moreBack again. I’ve just been busy with other things and not really had time or motivation to blog recently. However I do have some news for you. As you all know, I’m a real ale enthusiast and CAMRA member. Well for a good few months now I’ve been considering becoming more active in our local branch. There is currently a core of four or five people who do absolutely everything and I’ve been feeling that …
Read more….personal hat knitting from last year, I have at last knitted the Meret Beret by Woolly Wormhead. This is a gorgeous hat that has been on my radar for about 2 years I think but for some reason it kept getting left behind in the queue. Teamed with some stash yarn that I had won in our knitting group’s raffle at some point last year, Adriafil Soffio Plus in a lovely pale olive green and …
Read moreA few weeks ago, Patrick and I went to Hipperholme in Halifax. Why would anyone do that you ask? Well it was specifically to visit The Cock O’ The North pub which is the tap of the Halifax Steam Brewing Company. We had had the place recommended to us by a couple of guys in our local pub The Wellington Inn (which doesn’t appear to have it’s own website any longer). So, The Cock o’ the …
Read moreAs you know I’m currently listening to Dracula courtesy of Craftlit, so when the opportunity to visit Whitby came up last weekend, I was only too happy to take it. I love Whitby anyway, it’s a pretty place with excellent fish and chips and some good pubs but the chance to walk the Dracula Trail and take the route that Mina and Lucy would have walked each day was just too tempting for a geek …
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