Boy had a great birthday day out

Pre-wedding meet up was nice

Exercise stats 28/5/26

Right signed out for the weekend

Bank holiday fun

Big day out around Covent Garden

Hot day in London

Action packed successful weekend

David Devant And His Spirit Wife @ The Piper 2026

Rochester Sweeps Festival

Parkrun 225

Got my pension money back

Pleasant afternoon in The Ship

Things for the day

Running and records

Another work week done

Parkrun 222

Exercise stats 6/4/26

A full day of fun and steps

Can I do a London parkrun tomorrow?

Spend my small premium bonds win on more luggage?

Parkrun 220

Only £66 quiz prize

School night comedy

How am I supposed to sleep through this??

I get up when I want when I have worked so hard

Lovely mothers day meal

Day 13 of the war in Iran

Camden gig success @ Electric Ballroom 2026

Exhausting relaxing

I get up when I want, when parkrun is cancelled

Far fuller day off

Lovely dinner at Pomus

Exercise stats 13/2/26

Will it be a productive day off?

Went to Burrito Buoy

Exercise stats 6/2/26

Monday morning coffee

Great weekend with Suede

I thought you were doing parkrun?

Run stats 31/12/25 - 5'36/K

Lovely christmas

Great London weekend breakdown day two

Great London weekend breakdown

Imagine if I never wrote anything again

Definitely feel better for yesterday's run

Exercise stats 14/12/25

Back on the parkrun

Work christmas lunch

Several days catch up

Amazing gig

Splendid meal at Saurav Ki Rasoi

Did not make it to parkrun then

Exercise stats 1/11/25

Already counting on a premium bonds win on Monday

Lovely weekend

Wednesday night was a treat

Big London day out

No more calls yet while on call

Parkrun cancelled

Different load out for work this week

Great day out, with Suede @ Royal Festival Hall 2025

Holiday 2025 - Bratislava

Parkrun 201

Tightly scheduled Wednesday @ Museum Of Comedy 2025

Holiday 2025 - Zurich

Holiday 2025 - Munich (bonus stop)

Dinner out

Holiday 2025 - Budapest

Nice curry for dinner yesterday

Not a bad commute

Run stats 2/8/25 - 4'55/K

Lovely work incident for a Friday afternoon

Happy Birthday

New pub in Folkestone - The Cat And Fiddle

Lovely day out yesterday

Glastonbury day 2 @ Glastonbury 2025

I don't mind Monday mornings

Glastonbury day -2 @ Glastonbury 2025

It was hot today

Good times Friday

Happy fathers day

Happy birthday T1

We also went to Nepali Kitchen

Fun day in Broadstairs

Massive Pixies day out part six - Cask Pub And Kitchen

Massive Pixies day out part five - The White Swan

Massive Pixies day out part four - The Guinea

Massive Pixies day out part three - The Punchbowl

Massive Pixies day out part two - The Audley

Massive Pixies day out part one - Granger And Co

Renaming family tree page file broke things

Aspendos meal was very good

Long time no update

Super long weekend - Fareham parkrun

Super long weekend - to Portchester and Fareham

Super long weekend - The Pump House

Super long weekend - The Cricketers

I bought all the new music on Record Store Day

Busy week following crap day off

Farl in Folkestone has closed

Active day Sunday too

Big Stratford day out Saturday

Last minute half day off Friday

Parkrun 187

They came, they saw, they rocked @ Portsmouth Guildhall 2025

Fantastic day out in Sandwich

Busy week

Two beers a day can make you travel ten years into the future!

Double eating out

Is Febrewery back on track..?

Lovely half term midweek weekender

Saturday pub afternoon

Stewart Lee vs The Man Wulf was brilliant

Gah The Thomas Tallis is closed tomorrow

A nice day for going out for lunch

I get up when I want, today

Got away with being on call for three days

Non-drinking Dover megalash

The Eldon Arms has closed

Clare got some 0% beers off the internet

Good day in London, no snow

New Year Resolutions

Christmas round-up

In other local news

Parkrun 175

Sunday megalash

Where is my mustard?

I get up when I want... Oh, I really could have

Free beer

Every day is a school day

Parkrun 173

Survived another hostel adventure

Parkrun 171

Lovely long weekend

Work christmas meal is booked

York: day two

York: day one

Way back, I had another hostel adventure

Totally Acoustic @ The King And Queen 2024

Enigma Escape Arcade

It's wet

Went to the Potting Shed

Nearly went for a run yesterday

Lovely day in Canterbury

Friday megalash

Great day out in Canterbury

Lovely weekend

Great birthday day out

Just heard The Providence is closed @ The Providence Inn 2024

Singapore day five - Singapore proper

Good review of the new Waterloo Wetherspoons

Work, hectic

Shocking difference in weather today

Singapore day four - Adventure Cove water park

AC/DC weekender part four: Bruges @ festivalpark stenehei 2024

AC/DC weekender part two: pre-gig in Turnhout @ festivalpark stenehei 2024

AC/DC weekender part one: Turnhout @ festivalpark stenehei 2024

Happy Birthday

Suede and Manics gig was great @ Dreamland 2024

Awesome day out with friends

Watched a lot of Glastonbury at the weekend

Parkrun 159

We walked the Folkestone ridge loop

Peaceful Sunday

NHS health check final scores are in

NHS health check fine

Super Saturday

Slightly disappointing Friday

Holiday paid for

I will come back to this

A good day of walking

Beer festival at the Delme

New bar on Folkestone Harbour Arm

No idea what the poster says @ Quarterhouse 2024

I started work at 8:30 this morning and I'm still working at 8:30 tonight

Parkrun 152

I bought some vinyl singles

Crooked House: Experts say rebuild could be complicated

Was everything down yesterday?

TWO days in a row at work

Splendid Mothers Day weekend

Slightly disappointing day in Dover

No Parkrun!

Febrewery 29/29

Hythe news

Febrewery 27/25

Febrewery 26/24

Febrewery 23/22

Wet day in London

No time even for walking

Febrewery 22/18

Febrewery 19/17

Febrewery 18/16

Bedlam In Belgium

By-election fever

Febrewery 16/13

We went to Deal for the day

Febrewery 13/10

Febrewery 12/10

Febrewery 11/9

Too much work

Febrewery 10/3

Febrewery 9/2

I get up when I want, except on Saturdays

Febrewery 1/1

Our day at the Young Voices concert @ O2 Arena 2024

Runuary day 31

Runuary day 26

Runuary day 25

Runuary day 22 @ O2 Arena 2024

Runuary day 19

Runuary day six

Feeble week for exercise

Too busy

Strange work social in London

Sandgate Hotel yesterday a success

Horrible weather for a parkrun

Nice day off in Canterbury

Reasonably productive day in Stratford

Overwhelming dadmin task list today

Friday night out in Folkestone

The Fareham to reopen 1st December

Spontaneous lunch run

Out for dinner to the Bouverie Tap

Nice day mooching around Folkestone

Tax problem mostly averted

Big Sunday gig day out part 8 - The Hawley Arms

Big Sunday gig day out part 6 - The Spread Eagle

Big Sunday gig day out part 5 - The Queens Arms

Big Sunday gig day out part 3 - The Warrington Hotel

Big Sunday gig day out part 2 - The Warwick Castle

No parkrun today

Shifting my Top Of The Pops chart

Will Docker start doing real ale? @ Docker. Taphouse 2023

Venice Parkrun again

It's dark @ Portsmouth Pyramids 2023

I have voluntarily written some Typescript in my own time

Too busy weekend

Back to the Potting Shed today

The guts have been completely ripped out of The Ship

After the funeral

Journey to the funeral weekend

Website hosting bill is in

Beer vs wine with cheese tasting

No parkrun today

Thought we could sneak in a pre-dinner pint

Good day to cross the channel

Messed up shopping

Just got stung by a wasp

London Friday

Let's do the weekend in reverse order then

Long walk to beer

Splendid long weekend

Ooh booked The Prince Of Greenwich

Folkestone heaving today for the air show

The thunderstorm properly arrived overnight

Wednesday was a beautiful day @ The Tower Theatre Conversion 2023

Holiday 2023 - Center Parcs day five???

Holiday 2023 - Bath day two

Holiday 2023 - Bath day one

I get up when I want, except when there's an extreme weather warning

Looking forward to my alcohol free beers I bought at the weekend...

Back to not drinking today

Busy but productive day

Just about made the day work yesterday @ Brixton Academy 2023

First full day of the Summer and no-one died

Building up to it slowly

Friday day off 6. The Betsey Trotwood @ Betsey Trotwood 2023

Friday day off 4. The Olde Mitre @ The Olde Mitre 2023

Friday day off 3. The Fox And Anchor @ Fox And Anchor 2023

Friday day off 2. The Holy Tavern @ The Holy Tavern 2023

Friday day off 1. The Barrel Vault

The final London KISS show? @ O2 Arena 2023

The Tap And Tumbler (Nottingham metal pub)

Nottingham Micropub

To a bigger Nottingham pub for a bigger session

To Nottingham

Burton Bridge Inn @ Burton Bridge Inn 2023

Where did I get to on my long weekend of gigs?

Hot parkrun, but no thunder yet

Woke up with less of a hangover than I might

Beer and vinyl @ Wembley Stadium 2023

We went back to Seven Dials food market for lunch

Cooler today @ Birmingham National Indoor Arena 2023

have I posted more about beer than I have about fitness this week?

Free bus

Good Foo Fighters set

Still hot here

The best day of all

Happy Birthday Mum

This was my happy place

Happy fathers day

Another slow parkrun

Busy week

Sunday we avoided the weather again

We had our third pizza of the week

London weekender: The Prince Of Greenwich

London weekender: Friday night dinner in Greenwich

Beautiful day here today

Even slower parkrun

Let's play darts!

Dinner at the Radnor Arms @ The Radnor Arms 2023

Roast dinner and jetwashing did not cane the energy usage

Took a walk to a new park

Thought I was not going to complete parkrun today

Not really a beer festival @ The Pullman 2023

Less busy, less productive day

Another thing I missed from my day off post - PUMP

Great long weekend in London

Happy Mother's Day @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2023

Friday night pub action

Febrewery 28/28 @ The Providence Inn 2023

Febrewery 27/25 @ Three Mariners 2023

Febrewery 25/19

Febrewery 24/18

Febrewery 23/17

Febrewery 22/16

Great pirate themed escape room @ The Pullman 2023

Cold

February 17/16

Febrewery 10/5

Febrewery 8/4

Febrewery 4/3

Febrewery 2/2

Febrewery day one: behind schedule

Did we just get affected by deadline transfer day?

Runuary doneuary

Feel like I'm just biding my time

Runuary day twenty-eight

Want to buy a beetle?

Runuary day twenty-five

Runuary day fifteen

Runuary day fourteen

Not a late night, should have been a better parkrun

Brussels and Cologne the full story

So much to unpack, from London, Brussels, and Cologne

The Puttshack scores are in

Packed but relaxing weekend

London today (but nearly not)

Trying to find a reason not to go to London tomorrow

Ice skating was great

Awesome gig yesterday @ Kings Cross Water Rats 2022

Another 6am work start

Parkrun 100 and no-one even knew

Someone very excited by the safari park

We did go to the Clarendon

Keep scrolling

My presentation went well

No parkrun today

Midlife Eurotour part nine - Vatican City

Midlife Eurotour part six - Bratislava

Midlife Eurotour part five - Vienna

Midlife Eurotour part four - sleeper train to Vienna

Midlife Eurotour part three - Cologne

Mini beer fridge now unplugged

Todo: todo a new todo list

Midlife Eurotour part two - Brussels

Midlife Eurotour part one

See that holiday energy usage

Holiday countdown

Hot parkrun, within a second of last week

Train travel has changed

A tale of two pubs

Booked the final parts of my grand Eurotour

The magnificent seven @ The Hawley Arms 2022

Happy 15% off day

Sunday afternoon off

Foo Fighters, nearly @ Three Mariners 2022

Prague day three

Bohemian Like Me

Hot slow Parkrun

Get Borexit done

A week from now I will be waiting to take off

Booked another part of my grand eurotrip, nearly done now

Getting things done

Running and drinking

Lovely weekend with Mum and Dad here

Smashing the May exercise challenge @ Three Mariners 2022

London went well

Easter London trip

Easter lunch at Lucky Chip @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2022

I should have stayed in London

I did not forget to go to Robert Plant @ Leas Cliff Hall 2022

Lovely long weekend and not over yet

Dover adventure @ The Booking Hall 2022

Not going out

Relaxing day off

New micropub in Portchester looks good

Secret recliner action

Dryanuary well and truly over

Runuary day thirty-two... no, wait

Runuary day twenty-seven

Turns out I did have time to do the new light in the study

Runuary day twenty-one

Runuary day fifteen

Another very cold start this morning

Happy New Year

Last train to covid central

Day to myself

Is this not the absolute dream?

More car fun

I've got a bad feeling about this

Car trouble

Lovely day in Canterbury in the rain

Docktoberfest

Good day on the stonks, following a bad day on the stonks

Where is my furniture?

Ashford fun day

Weekend trip to Winchester

Still so busy at work

Drizzly food fair

Action packed weekend

Help Are Own First

Jolly boys outing worked quite well

And we are back @ The Good Mixer 2021

Pub and then not pub

How to get things done

First day of isolation

Birthday treat day

Rained here today

Lovely long weekend continued with a bit of a pub crawl

Ultrasound done

Trying to make plans for the weekend

Free beer at the Inn Doors

Inn Doors opens today, but back to the office soon

Up early and no plans

Good exercise, bad cryptocurrency @ Three Mariners 2021

A deserved pint @ Three Mariners 2021

Back to the pub - The Three Mariners @ Three Mariners 2021

Back to swimming

Broken Google Home

Frittering the long weekend away

A rare trip out, to Dover

Pub updates (pubdates?) @ The Fountain 2021

Do I really need a bike store?

Too much beer

Do you have an antique you'd like completely ruined with a drill?

Got shoots on my hop plant

Bad run yesterday, better today

Nothing to say

Might have figured out why Phoscon / Deconz thinks my bulbs are sockets

Cash back

One out of hospital, one in hospital

Some snow

The best day of all

Double delivery day

Runuary day thirty-one at last!

Runuary day twenty-five

Runuary day seventeen

Happy New Year

Belated merry christmas

No run today did not sleep well

Pizza and cocktails

Good day of smart-homing

Another Friday without going to the Inn Doors

Running with a pace setter today went as well as expected

Just about done decorating the study

Tin And Tap was great

Potential breakdown disaster

Day out in Canterbury

A lot of rain

Hythe Hops beer is available already

Banksy's Art Buff is back in Folkestone

Rest day

Few days with no updates

Friday night pub crawl

Our holiday to London and Warwick (part two)

BACK from our holiday to London and Warwick (day one)

New pub adventure mostly worked @ White Hart 2020

New pub day

Bonus day out, average dinner

It is still hot

Jolly Boys' Outing

Big day out on the bus @ The Pullman 2020

Happy birthday

33 years ago today

Epic all dayer with visiting friends @ Red Lion 2020

Not such a nice day for a run

Epic Friday walk with garden beers

Totally mixed up my Thursday

Tuesday epic walk and a new book

Went to the zoo and got soaked

Oh our other news was a baby seagull

Heavy thunder in the night

Great socially distanced walk and beer

IPlayer has stopped working on the TV

No more Joe Wicks!

We got litter pickers

Some updates from the news

It's threatening to rain hard out there

About to go for a run, but

Double beer mix up

Beer mix up

Not much to report

Figured out what was wrong with popex

Walked to a different pub!

Just about to head out and

Amazingly the web archive has old copies of this website too

Up early running off a curry

Busy doing nothing

Nice walk to Morrisons

Very little to say

Waiting for my weekly social event

Coronavirus hit a bit closer to home

Hot day

Saturday beer delivery!

What day is it again?

A slow 5k

Work confusion

Dug out the Trangia

Another day another walk

Walked to Sandgate

Firkin Alehouse just closed by THE POLICE

Coronadryrus lock in day one

Second cataract operation done

New pub in town

Quiz and a busy weekend of stuff @ Potting Shed 2020

Great long weekend, and Febrewery completed

We must be about due a car breakdown

Febrewery day nineteen

Febrewery day eighteen

Over halfway through the week already

London pay day profit share weekend part 2

London pay day profit share weekender!

Febrewery day fourteen valentines special

Febrewery day thirteen

If only I had not exhausted the most local of pubs...

UFO on the beach last night

Back in the office

Where was I?

Moved about a bit more today

Strangely tired every day

Cataracts operation recovery day three

Not such fun rugby

Afternoon in the Inn Doors, with the rugby

Runuary / Dryanuary is done and so am I

Dry-vegan-runuary final day and a record 10k

Inn Doors is closed next week!

Dry-vegan-runuary day twenty

New PB on dry-vegan-runuary day eighteen

Dry-vegan-runuary day seventeen

Everything was conspiring against this morning's run

Planned to get up and run early before work, really I did

Oh how I long for the last working day of the decade

Not panicking over christmas shopping

Busy week

Brewdog advent calendar day three

Outrageous advent calendar

I went to the Hythe Hops meeting @ Docker. Taphouse 2019

Rail replacement bus service changes our weekend plans

Remember to vote

Dire weather but a great weekend

The wheels are coming off the Glastonbury fun bus...

I thought Friday was an epic day of exercise @ Unit Number 1 Limited 2019

Huge exercise Friday, with a mini pub crawl

Let's go this way I'm sure it's a footpath... @ Docker. Taphouse 2019

Epic excursion to Bristol @ The Seagull 2019

Active day with the boys

Took today's parkrun too seriously

No parkrun today

Is that treadmill nearly paying for itself..?

Pub tour by bike

Birthday weekender: Brewhouse and Kitchen

First proper day of the Summer holiday

KISS setlist @ O2 Arena 2019

Holiday 2019 day nine - XCaret itself Mexico!

Holiday 2019 part two

Good park run, relaxing weekend

Busy week

Fareham has its first Micropub

Incredible sky on the way to the Inn Doors

Speedy Suede weekend with a lot of trains @ Southampton Guildhall 2019

Robbed at the Chambers quiz

Lunch at the Gatekeeper

Chambers easter ales festival 2019, check

And another lovely day off

Dentist

Super mothers day weekender: the night out @ The Seagull 2019

Super mothers day weekender: the dinner

Finn's Gins & Real Ales, Cheriton

Hmm Elis and John book tour a bit average

Going out in the week! @ Islington Assembly Hall 2018

Massive weekend @ Leicester Square Theatre 2018

GREAT weekend in London

New York day two

New York day one

Awesome few days in Portchester (before we get on to New York) @ The Seagull 2018

Bonus day off

Almost too quiet

Fast beery weekend in Portsmouth

Popular at home this morning

13000 year old beer

Novotel are reserving some funds on my account

I put on a kilo while on holiday

I will probably not write out holiday up chronologicaly

No running today

Birthday in Gunwharf

Lovely night out at the Seagull @ The Seagull 2018

The Fountain is back open again

Time to start RUNNING

I should be sat in the sun on a day like today @ B+B Project Space and Gallery 2018

Good lunches in Bulgaria, bad dinners

Sofia work trip

Quite a full day @ The Britannia 2018

Thursday night beer festival

Chambers Easter Ales festival

Gig was good @ Leicester Square Theatre 2018

Wet February has started well

Can I carry over some of yesterday's steps to today? @ Chambers 2017

Corfu: Splash pool

Nice day in Canterbury

Albania

The Fountain is still open... @ The Fountain 2017

Work Jolly to Bulgaria

Why not come along with the family and check out our Dark and Fruity Beers Bar? @ Merton Farm 2017

Bonus pub trip @ The Fountain 2017

Friday trip to Gun Wharf @ Still And West 2017

Absolutely booted it down with rain last night

Beer festival was good @ Portsmouth Guildhall 2017

Afternoon in the sun at the Still and West @ Still And West 2017

Back to the Old Customs House in a roundabout way @ The Old Customs House 2017

Saturday night pub: The Cob and Pen @ The Cob And Pen 2017

Pay day tomorrow

Bank holiday pub crawl 1) Chambers Easter Ales Fest

Googies lunch was really good @ Googies Art Cafe 2017

Second pub of Saturday? The Bath Arms @ Bath Arms 2017

Beautiful day today quite the contrast

Last pub of the weekend: The Ice Wharf @ The Ice Wharf 2017

Pub five of the weekend: The Queen's @ The Queens 2017

Pub, uh, four of the weekend? The Hawley Arms @ The Hawley Arms 2017

Last pub of the night: Brewdog @ Brewdog 2017

Second pub of the weekend: The Camden Eye @ Camden Eye 2017

Another scraping of the car today

Clare got me a wallet ninja

Thick frost on the car this morning

Out out Friday night with my Dad!

Next stop, confused, was it The Kings?

Stop four, pub two, drink? Anyway The Vaults @ The Vaults 2016

First stop proper - the Victoria and Albert @ Victoria and Albert 2016

Looks like a trip to Portsmouth is on the cards for the weekend

Hunters Inn menu from the 1980s @ Hunters Inn 2016

Shopping after dinner

Home brew bargains

Poured away my latest home brew today

Yes really dinner at TGI Friday

I found a better pub, The Old Fountain @ The Old Fountain Public House 2016

Went for a beer in Hill and Szrok

Saturday evening OUT to the CINEMA @ The Fareham 2016

Colder and drizzly here today

Started another brew yesterday

That Alan Davies warm up was at Ashcroft Arts Centre @ Ashcroft Arts Centre 2016

More beer in the Old Green Tree @ Old Green Tree Public House 2016

I enjoyed a pint in the garden of the Pig and Fiddle @ The Pig And Fiddle 2016

Time to start investigating Bath @ Acorn 2016

Have moved the temperature probe out of direct sunlight

Beer festival weekend @ Ashcroft Arts Centre 2016

Beer festival @ Ashcroft Arts Centre 2016

Beer festival @ Ashcroft Arts Centre 2016

Food diary (Saturday) @ The Thomas Tallis 2016

Food diary (Friday)

Food diary (Tuesday)

Number one son's birthday was the best day ever @ Frankie & Benny's 2016

Ciderfest 2016 @ The Fountain 2016

Some updates from slack @ The Fountain 2016

Don't believe this is a real product launch

I went in the Cheshire Cheese @ Cheshire Cheese 2016

raspberry pi network issues

Beer temperature is staying pretty consistent

New brew on the go

Also good boozing at The Crown @ The Crown 2016

We didn't do badly at the Chambers Easter Ale Festival quiz @ Chambers 2016

Chambers Easter Ales Festival @ Chambers 2016

Beer fridge of the future

I am going to the Chambers Easter Ale festival @ Chambers 2016

Home brew kit for sale - used once

I have been to the North

Making plans for Manchester @ Bakerie (Pie and Ale) 2016

Spent the afternoon in the Harp @ The Harp Bar 2016

Temperature dropped last night

Very windy here today

Splendid weekend @ Potting Shed 2016

Cracked open my home brew

I had beer! At Kings Cross Parcel Yard @ The Parcel Yard 2016

Day 28 of not drinking @ The Harp Bar 2016

Fixed my temperature monitor

Twenty five years ago today, one of my top favourite gigs @ London Astoria 2016

And we're off to Center Parcs

Never mind twenty years ago what about now?

There's a hole in my butt

The Swan in Hythe is closed @ The Swan Hotel 2016

Gritters are out today

Forgot to turn my aquarium heater on

Aquarium heater is in

Aquarium heater arrived

Getting an aquarium heater for my home brew

I think those spikes on the beer graph must relate to the tumble dryer going on

Home brew gets some dodgy reviews here

New brew is started

Delme was good on Christmas eve @ Delme Arms 2015

Christmas gadgetry

When I don't know what I want for my birthday

Comedy gig last night was ace @ HoHo Theatre 2015

The Ship are brewing their own beer now @ Ship Inn 2015

Fixed my home networking issues

Portsmouth weekender @ The Old Customs House 2015

OUT tonight @ Copper & Spices 2015

Still not convinced by The Hunters @ Hunters Inn 2015

Home brew is still good

My beer is leaking

Got some deliveries on the way today

Ruby and Rugby

Jessica Hynes was at swimming yesterday

Finally we went back to the White Hart @ White Hart 2015

Folkestone Beer Festival @ Dance Easy 2015

Day TEN of not not drinking @ Harbour Arm 2015

Folkestone Beer festival can take card payments! @ Harbour Arm 2015

Folkestone Beer Festival @ Harbour Arm 2015

Day NINE of not not drinking @ Copper & Spices 2015

Folkestone beer festival has moved to the Harbour Arm @ Dr Legumes 2015

Hacked Amazon dash buttons

Planned to go out this bank holiday monday

Splendid afternoon on Folkestone Harbour Arm @ Docker. Taphouse 2015

We went to Bakewell, The Peak District, Derbyshire

Second day at Edinburgh Fringe

First day at Edinburgh Fringe

A positive review here for the Miner's Arms @ The Miners Arms 2015

"in some cases, children were failing to turn up to school because they were too hung-over, and that Vegemite was an increasingly common factor in dom

Stop five, though really only stop three, The Old Buttermarket @ Old Buttermarket 2015

Third time lucky, The Foundry @ The Foundry 2015

Next stop The City Arms @ City Arms 2015

First stop The Shakespeare @ The Shakespeare 2015

Still hella hot @ The Fountain 2015

Portsmouth Summer Show was so so @ King George Playing Fields 2015

Sunday not quite so action packed

Action packed weekend part three @ The Royal Oak 2015

More pub action @ The Fountain 2015

Going to the Royal Oak, Nonington for tea @ The Royal Oak 2015

The next supper club date is set for Sunday, August 2nd at The Firkin Alehouse in Cheriton Place @ Firkin Alehouse 2015

Happy Birthday Number one son

Oh, I already did... @ Kipps' Ale House 2015

Fabulous supper club tonight @ Kipps' Ale House 2015

Dr Legumes Secret Dinner Club @ Beano's Vegetarian Cafe Bar 2015

Raspbrewery update

Booze run to Calais good, despite eurotunnel

Having a beer in the office

Pub review: The Golden Lion @ The Golden Lion 2015

Catgate

Seems like I can get along to Chambers beer festival for a bit @ Chambers 2015

Rare night out part one - RockSalt @ Rocksalt 2015

Chambers Easter Ales Festival on again - will I miss it again? @ Chambers 2015

Scary ride home @ Potting Shed 2015

We went in another pub - The Foundry @ The Foundry 2015

The Evening Star @ Evening Star 2015

Home brew is now barrelled

Busy weekend @ Beano's Vegetarian Cafe Bar 2015

I think that BBC video is slowing the page right down

How's my brewing?

Crime dramas embiggen your brain

A slice of relay

It's the final countdown

Swimtastic weekend @ Royal Hotel 2015

A picture of my great-great-grandfather Samuel Rainey

Successful dinner for sixteen at our house

Was certainly regretting not not drinking last night this morning

New Years Resolutions

Tryanuary

Something wrong with mum and dad's loft

Good trip to France

An internet campaign? That seems to have worked???

Free beer at the Firkin Alehouse today @ Firkin Alehouse 2014

Revisiting my RF Butler

Very clever move labelling booze with calories

Went to Escondido with work @ Escondido 2014

Thermal probes arrived

Massive Brewery

Thermal probes!

The Delme sounds like it is worth a visit again @ Delme Arms 2014

Nice review of The Red Lion (aka Doris') @ The Red Lion 2014

The last working day of the month

On the plus side my beer might be OK after all

Folkestone beer festival starts today @ Dance Easy 2014

Folkestone Beer Festival @ Dance Easy 2014

Weetabix in a bottle?

This cold snap might kill off my home brew

Wine - The French - A largish country across the English Channel. Visable from Folkestone on a clear day. @ Dance Easy 2014

Just started another home brew

New micropub opens in Hythe today "The Potting Shed" @ Potting Shed 2014

It's brewing time!

Not really a beer festival at The Ship @ Ship Inn 2014

Victorious Festival @ Southsea Common 2014

Anniversary night out part 3 @ Googies Art Cafe 2014

Folkestone Beer Festival 26th September! @ Dance Easy 2014

Victorious Festival in Southsea @ Southsea Common 2014

Our birthday weekender: The Dolphin @ The Dolphin 2014

60p a pint off beer (possibly)

Not another rare night out @ The Duke of Cumberland 2014

Yet another bank holiday weekend with no DIY

Are you looking for a job?

Excellent ebay bargain complete cider making kit

An unexpected night out! @ Princess of Shoreditch 2014

The Brewery Tavern: surprisingly surprising @ The Old Brewery Tavern 2014

Chimichanga: surprisingly nice @ Chimichanga 2014

Raspberry pi timewasting

Portsmouth pub crawl 6 - The Hole In The Wall @ Hole in the Wall 2014

Portsmouth pub crawl 5 - The Barley Mow @ The Barley Mow 2014

Portsmouth pub crawl 3 - The Eldon Arms @ Eldon Arms 2014

Portsmouth pub crawl 1 - The Brewhouse @ The White Swan 2014

Budget pension reform looks like a good one to me

Day off @ Firkin Alehouse 2014

Good things about my bonus day off part 3 @ Kipps' Ale House 2014

Round up of the best London pubs @ The Harp Bar 2014

Terry Pratchett beer

Dream day out @ The Harp Bar 2014

Itching to get to the pub @ Kipps' Ale House 2014

The Wine Vaults @ The Vaults 2013

Serendipity @ Hole In The Wall 2013

The Florence Arms

Free beer in Folkestone tonight

Good range of beer + wine making kit for sale locally!

Weekend hacks

Free beer! @ British Lion 2013

Whatpub goes live today

Weekend of colds

Leas Lift beer festival next weekend @ Leas Lift 2013

Converted my node test skeleton generator to mocha

Minorca 2013 holiday write up

Date night at Centreparcs (Centreparcs roundup part two)

Center parcs roundup (part one)

Cricket

Joan Elliott RIP (slight return)

Beer festival good, chickenpox bad

Practical uses for my magnetic door contact texter / tweeter

Chambers Easter Ales Festival 2013 @ Chambers 2013

We did it

Done more home automation tinkering today for the first time in ages

More local thrills @ Chambers 2013

I might get to go to The Harp on Wednesday! @ The Harp Bar 2013

I forgot to say, we had a lovely weekend

I went in the Firkin Alehouse this week @ Firkin Alehouse 2013

Bits and pieces sort of day

Nearly went to Googies today @ Chambers 2013

Energy usage

BrewPi is the business!

Leas Lift Beer Festival @ Leas Lift 2012

Smashing weekend with mum and dad @ The Mayfly 2012

Is it time to shut down the folkestone gerald? @ Chambers 2012

Great weekend in Watergate Bay @ Newquay Watergate Bay 2012

Red Lion takes my pub vouchers! @ Red Lion Hotel 2012

Looks like the Portsdown is gone for good @ Portsdown Inn 2012

We went to some new pubs #2 The Duke of Cumberland @ The Duke of Cumberland 2012

We went to some new pubs #1 The Black Horse @ The Black Horse 2012

RE: The 66 - new restaurant in Sandgate - 16588 @ The Sixty Six 2012

Street party outside Chambers this weekend @ Chambers 2012

Leas Lift beer festival @ Leas Lift 2012

Lovely fathers day weekend @ Tenterden Station 2012

CAMRA beer festival at Tenterden Station next weekend @ Tenterden Station 2012

Local beer news @ Cullins Yard 2012

What a nice pub! @ Botolphs Bridge Inn 2012

Average day, turning in to a lovely evening

240v relay for 2.29? @ Chambers 2012

Chambers easter ales festival is on all next weekend @ Chambers 2012

e-petition about beer

Mad Dremel skills

Things I learned about the White Hart (Hythe) @ White Hart 2012

Cider / wine press for sale!

Things I learned from Marsh Mash this week @ The Britannia 2012

Southsea Fest is on again @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 2012

Internet meat up

More presents

Merry Christmas @ Leicester Square Theatre 2011

Compasses Inn, Crundale @ Compasses Inn 2011

Dear secret santa

Limited time for the blog

Pretty mean

I started on cider batch 1

Cider: bottled

In London for a conference @ The Brewery 2011

Lovely weekend @ Leas Lift 2011

Apple scratter for hire

Leas Lift beer and cider festival this weekend! @ Leas Lift 2011

The cider has come back to life

Cider diary

You can buy a still to make your own vodka on ebay

What's a small demijohn called?

Strange brew

Also on the topic of Phoenix 1995 @ Avon Park Raceway 2011

Going to home brew me some cider

Lovely bank holiday weekend @ Ship Inn 2011

Where did my holiday go (part three)?

Other pubs we went to at the weekend: The White Hart @ White Hart 2011

Happy birthday us

Another cracking day today

Chambers beer and cider festival on all weekend! @ Chambers 2011

London double dinner @ Hemingford Arms 2011

Also good luck on this book case!

MJ Hibbett's Totally Acoustic with Jenny Lockyer (again) @ The Lamb 2011

Further news and reviews from the FIRST Leas Lift Beer Festival @ Leas Lift 2011

Spectacular cider, man @ Leas Lift 2011

More on my famous friends @ Brixton Academy 2011

Leas Lift Beer Festival 25th and 26th Feb @ Leas Lift 2011

RE: Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? - 14144 @ The True Briton 2011

Has The Harbour been renamed The True Brit? @ The True Briton 2011

Lunch at the Easton @ The Easton 2011

Phone controlled beer cannon

Haircut

Confusing new year @ Leicester Square Theatre 2011

Went to The Fountain for Jim's birthday @ The Fountain 2010

Kent Life Beer and Hop Festival is on this weekend

RE: Strangely racist Beer Festival crowd - 13692

Taken a break from painting

Best pub on Romney Marsh. @ Botolphs Bridge Inn 2010

Lots going on at the Cheesegrater over the bank holiday @ Quarterhouse 2010

Our big holiday in Winchester

Strangely racist Beer Festival crowd @ Merton Farm 2010

What a shame about Alex Higgins

His Holiness?

Kent Beer Festival @ Merton Farm 2010

Anyone got a spare ticket for Kent beer festival? @ Merton Farm 2010

He cries in the night, Daddy whispers baby it's OK @ Googies Art Cafe 2010

Great family pub/restaurant/hotel @ Castle Hotel 2010

Canterbury Beer Festival @ Merton Farm 2010

White Hart Hotel, Hythe, Kent @ White Hart 2010

Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy! @ Leas Cliff Hall 2010

HTML5 Rocks @ Glastonbury 2010

Chambers quiz on this weekend, but no beer festival! @ Chambers 2010

The Pullman is shockingly nice now @ The Pullman 2010

Nice hot weekend @ The Pullman 2010

Forgot we had family trying to fly right now @ St Mary's field 2010

It ticks every box! @ The Fountain 2010

Nicely matured vintage ale

Proof I did not spend the whole weekend indoors getting drunk @ Brockhill Country Park 2010

Won a prize at the Chambers Beer Festival Quiz @ Chambers 2010

Ah of course I can go to the pub this weekend @ Chambers 2010

Chambers Easter Ales festival on all weekend don't forget @ Chambers 2010

It's national cask ale week @ Earls Court 2010

I went out two nights in a row! @ Royal Albert Hall 2010

Our trip to Dublin (part one)

KISS VIP hospitality package at Wembley @ Wembley Arena 2010

Still Suede tickets available @ Royal Albert Hall 2010

Fetch a bucket!

Weekend and that @ Quarterhouse 2010

The Seagull is CLOSED! @ The Seagull 2010

RE: I'll show you the regeneration of Folkestone RIGHT HERE! - 13234 @ The Elizabethan 2010

Day 2 of clean and healthy living already, this is easy @ Chambers 2010

Spencer Davis Group 1967 @ Toft's 2009

Find Good Beer Guide Pubs on your iPhone / iPod Touch

KISS VIP packages are more affordable than I thought! @ Wembley Arena 2009

Two trips to The Crown in one weekend @ The Crown 2009

Good weekend @ The Seagull 2009

RE: OFT taking no action on CAMRA's beer tie complaint - 12990

RE: OFT taking no action on CAMRA's beer tie complaint - 12985

OFT taking no action on CAMRA's beer tie complaint @ Sandbanks Restaurant 2009

Chambers 2009 christmas menu @ Chambers 2009

Another lovely weekend @ Lord Arthur Lee (Wetherspoons) 2009

Weekend treats @ Portsmouth Guildhall 2009

Hello from The New Inn, Etchinghill @ The Gatekeeper 2009

CAMRA just sent out their whole mailing list to everybody

Another successful sleep through the night

Appalling service! @ George Hotel 2009

Maybe I'll make it to the NEXT Frog and Frigate reunion... @ The Frog and Frigate 2009

Don't forget it's an old school night at the Frog and Frigate tomorrow @ The Frog and Frigate 2009

Chest of drawers: collected

Gurkha palace RULES @ Gurkha Palace 2009

A non slating comment about cafe belge @ Cafe Belge 2009

Real Ale and Cider Festival at Tenterden Station @ Tenterden Station 2009

Sponsored skate

wards hotel @ Wards 2009

Where did the weekend go?

Home pub for sale in Southampton

Is Chambers Easter Ales festival on this year? @ Chambers 2009

Lionel Richie meet and greet! @ O2 Arena 2009

Special events at the New Inn @ The Gatekeeper 2009

Inside the Cheesegrater @ Quarterhouse 2009

The rest of the weekend @ The Allotment 2009

Not Dover beer festival @ Dover Town Hall (Maison Dieu) 2009

Munich @ Dillinger Chicago Bar'n Grill 2009

Seven second pint @ IndigO2 2009

99p pints at Wetherspoons? @ Samuel Peto 2009

Coldplay with Girls Aloud??? @ Wembley Stadium 2009

Motorhead 2004 @ Leas Cliff Hall 2008

Backstage at Elton John's new year's eve party... @ O2 Arena 2008

11693 @ Royal Oak 2008

Ew, I used to drink Carlsberg Export!

Great weekend (belated weeekend-o-blog)

Yeah shame

Sandbanks menu @ Sandbanks Restaurant 2008

Beer festival at the Ship this weekend @ Ship Inn 2008

live music cultured pearl @ Crabble Corn Mill 2008

PHREADZ podcast

Lovely wedding!

Simple Simon's: GONE! @ The Parrot 2008

Gone Ape @ Leeds Castle 2008

Portchester weekender @ Portchester Castle 2008

Priorities!

Our actual first day in Key West

Day two in Key West

Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!

Mighty Easter weekender, with The Cure @ Wembley Arena 2008

hi hopes dashed!! @ Cafe Belge 2008

Hey Jez - it's George (geordie

Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything! @ Cafe Tusk 2008

Lost: bit annoying

Beer festival on today in Dover @ Chambers 2008

Beer and rugby @ The Eight Bells (Wetherspoons) 2008

Two completely different properties this week @ The Radnor Arms 2008

Three Mackeral @ The Captains Table 2008

Botolph's Bridge Inn. @ Botolphs Bridge Inn 2008

My recommended events

If a picture paints a thousand words...

Hell yeah, encouragement, that's what I need! @ Abode 2007

What the beer? Well I thought it was Smethwicks

Fullsome weekender @ Royal Festival Hall 2007

Mulled wine! And BEER!

Frank Skinner last night @ Leas Cliff Hall 2007

What's the event?

jquery is great

RE: xml namespaces in jquery - 10456

Royal Oak (Brookland) @ The Royal Oak 2007

Off to the Dolphin! @ The Dolphin 2007

Reporting from the Lake District (being the fourth part of my two week holiday write up)

RE: Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday) - 10337

Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday)

Canterbury beer festival this weekend @ Merton Farm 2007

The wedding (being the first part of my two week holiday write up)

Good weekend

I used to see Allan about once a year

Sweet

She's good, she's a city high flyer

Nob off

Canterbury weekender

The Hope Inn @ Hope Inn 2007

Boom shake the room!

Lost and beer @ Chambers 2007

Good weekend, to be sure @ Chambers 2007

Beer: not bad

It really might keep

What time is it?

Worth a trip to Dover for @ Blakes 2007

Some shopping @ Blakes 2007

Folkestone on TV @ Ship Inn 2007

RE: Rabbits and finches - 9983

Rabbits and finches

Monday morning roundup

Black Horse @ Monks Horton @ Black Horse 2006

Gigs at The Black Horse Monks Horton @ The Black Horse 2006

Spamalot @ Three Greyhounds Public House 2006

Quiet night in Folkestone

Weekend roundup

Did all my links break? @ The Grand 2006

Aching again

ZZ blows his top

We don't really go out any more

What I done on my weekend

Get well soon Rich

The rest of the weekend

Tiring weekender... @ The Jackdaw 2006

I dream of dreaming

Beer festival for the weekend! @ Chambers 2006

The Earl Grey, still going! @ The Earl Grey 2006

Impressions of Tontine Street, a first visit to a new bar @ Ess 2006

Weddingtastic weekender @ The Coal Hole 2006

Stag wins!

BUMS!

The Heights - Jamaica Beer Eyes

Weekend report @ Leas Cliff Hall 2006

It's too big! @ Leas Cliff Hall 2006

And a clearer view

Billy Webb's Lament

Thanks for that brief but useful comment...

Lovely weekend, thanks for asking @ The Coal Hole 2005

Popex redesign @ The Coal Hole 2005

Not a very relaxing weekend then @ Chambers 2005

San Francisco

Black Mariah

re: Great gigs held at LCH - 3869 @ Leas Cliff Hall 2005

Ghost town @ Chambers 2005

Beer festival @ Chambers 2005

Lunch at the Jackdaw @ The Jackdaw 2005

My last working day as a single man @ Chambers 2005

Weekend review

When commuting goes bad

Four Men On A Train

Lunch!

Folkestone Pubs

A new bar / restaurant in Hythe @ Earl Brownes 2005

Wireless

Glastonbury Festival hit by rain

Interactive map of Folkestone

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang @ The Dove 2005

How to Brew Beer in a Coffee Pot

Pub golf

Tip top weekend

More San Francisco tips

RE: Arthur Westbrook - 3231

Doctor Doctor please

Chambers Easter Ales Festival @ Chambers 2005

Bad Curry @ The India 2005

Text alerts success

COCKS @ The Lark In The Park 2005

The first rule about job club @ Earl of Clarendon 2005

The Pogues - alright @ Brixton Academy 2004

Ffffffreezing

Inspiration

Manic Tuesday @ Chambers 2004

Darkness review

Folkestone Pubs @ Chambers 2004

2132

BACON @ The Angelic 2004

Splish Splash!

Pub for sale @ Bar 24 2004

Folkestone mushroom magic

happarently

Action Plan @ The Eye 2004

Gordon Cunningham

Bank holiday WEEKENDER! @ Chambers 2004

Shanel's Brasserie @ Bistro 2004

The best day of the week?

Chambers Beer Festival @ Chambers 2004

Let's hope they hold their beer better than the old man !

Sharleen Spiteri

Pete Doherty

We're moving! @ The Daniel Defoe 2004

Rory McGrath

Alex James

Harvard guide to RSS

Not feeling too bright today @ Islington Academy 2004

Guns don't kill people, rappers do @ Islington Academy 2004

James Nesbitt

Schtop!

Wards Hotel and Bistro Bar @ Wards 2004

As one door closes... @ The Office 2004

Big knobs @ Cheriton Balti 2004

All you can eat @ Kalala 2004

Feedback!

RE: Power cut - 1466

Power cut

Naked Women's Wrestling League

Ghost of the Robot @ Islington Academy 2004

Half price curry @ New Delhi Tandoori Restaurant 2004

RE: Japanese vending machines are go - 1338

EastEnders Minty

Compensated Dating

Dungeness @ Kapetan Michales 2004

Chambers Beer Festival @ Chambers 2004

Folkestone beer festival @ Chambers 2004

Chambers Beer Festival @ Chambers 2004

Daytripper, one way ticket yeah

Nic P

Gate 28 @ Gate 28 2004

Trimming the Apache log

A full evening @ 12 Bar Club 2004

Bar 98

Miles Hunt

Bar 98 @ The Daniel Defoe 2004

Calendar

Another tense day

Clissold Park Accident

Smoked Porter wins out

Beer

Kings of Leon @ Alexandra Palace 2003

The Angelic @ The Angelic 2003

Goldie Lookin' Chain @ London Astoria 2003

Weekend review @ The Daniel Defoe 2003

MJ Hibbett @ Winchester Railway

Wykeham Arms

Weekend in Folkestone

Weekend review @ Kapetan Michales 2003

A good day @ Hammersmith Odeon 2003

Chutney's

Science Museum Again @ The Daniel Defoe 2003

My brane hurts @ Kings Cross Water Rats 2003

Camera Obscura @ Kings Cross Water Rats @ The Lucas Arms 2003

A night out in Stoke Newington @ The Daniel Defoe 2003

Lock Stock @ The Daniel Defoe 2003

Popbitch Karaoke Fallout @ The Daniel Defoe 2003

Shepway Festival and Air Show

Doctor Doctor @ Chambers 2003

Folkestone Weekender @ Chambers 2003

Fig Cafe RIP @ The Harp Restrung 2003

Family arrive this evening

Hangover

Weekender! @ Il Bacio 2003

Rocks single launch (slight repost)

Saint Rose @ Highbury Garage 2003

Staying In vs Going Out @ Bull and Gate 2003

John Hegley

Brooke Kinsella

Captain Soul Album

Steve Bedlow (Ex Frontman for The Libertines)

Clarke Family Tree

Islington Rock City @ 100 Club 2002

Jules, Nikolai, Mr. Albert Hammond Jr.

All of them

RE: Last night was cool - 7654

Reading and Leeds tickets here!

Party Like It's 1989 @ ULU 2002

Genius... Poet... Twat... @ ULU 2002

Athlete and Minuteman Friday Night

Rory McGrath

Green Day Winners

Edwin Collins

Cain Dingle off Emmerdale

Cooper Temple Clause @ Corn exchange 2001

Elvis Costello

Papa Roach Geezer/Frontman Coby Dick

I didn't have a purely geeky weekend

Finley Quaye

Yes, Kylie

A professional poker player

Win AC/DC tickets

Club Bier!

Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception @ Kings Cross Water Rats 2001

Eddie Vedder @ The Borderline 2001

Bitch Aid Tonight @ Saint 2001

Free Beer @ The Scala 2001

Elaine C Smith

The blind one out of PJ and Duncan @ The Scala 2001

Live in London tonight... @ Highbury Garage 2001

My Cousin Emmy-Kate

Thrills for tha neet @ Barfly 2000

Spill Your Television

Cocks go in Feet First @ Koko 2000

Beer Vs Betting

I'm sure I've nicked this from somewhere... @ Dingwalls 2000

Bobboon @ Kings Cross Water Rats 2000

Quite literarily, let's ROCK!

Barfly @ Barfly 1998