Guardian - Beer-v-Wine with food.

:o)

happy new year, btw

Following up to Reid

weather was c*** so went out to Foxfield, having neglected to note its closed Monday, Tuesday and week lunchtimes :-(

Following up to MikeMcG

I prefer to draw a line there to stop brewers muddying the waters with various semi cask approaches and it tastes better IMHO, at least to my taste and my priority is preserving British beer styles..

sure, RA is likely to be served badly in some pubs, IIRC one of big brewers excuses for phasing it out.

In message , Reid writes

What wonderful pics on your site, Mike. Thank-you so much. They bring back many happy memories. I used to cycle along the side of the lake on my ancient, fixed-wheel, gearless bike many, many, many years ago when I had a summer job at Gosforth Hall. There was supposed to be a ghost of a woman along that lakeside road but I never saw anything.

A boyfriend stayed in the lodge by Burnmoor Tarn in 1959. It was wild then. All post went to Boot. I can't remember why he was there now. I think it was some youth club thing. Very basic. A mate and I cycled from Whitehaven to see them. Must have been mad.

Following up to June Hughes

Thank you!

It still is! Belongs to NT IIRC. But still well off the beaten.

Well, maybe...........:->

On topic *Wasdale Head beer trip report* Jo the new barmaid - whooooaaaahhhh! Oops, sorry about that. Scawfell, what a lovely pint!