Back about three four hours ago from day two of the exhibition in Broadstairs of the photos I took circumambulating Thanet, all thirty miles of it. Trying to avoid going to bed too early ( Read more... )

ETA: Clearly a work in progress - as the Lympics occur I imagine trips to London will be curtailed and I will venture aross the border into Sussex. This is shamelessly plagiarised from a CAMRA page, but tidied up into my obsessive compulsive gottacatchemall format of a list in alphabetical order. A few of them are about to go into production; ( Read more... )

I thought I'd posted this sort of list already, but I can't find it and here it is. Brewers in Kent or just nearby. I've ticked a few more off, and added more.

Abigale Brewery (Ashford) [keep missing this at The Unicorn]
Black Cat (Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells) [I reckon they don't want to sell them - here's their website. Maybe it's only ( Read more... )

Having done much walking of late, I've felt very inspired by (and jealous of) the artist Hamish Fulton, who has said "If I do not walk, I cannot make a work of art", and lives round these parts. Most of his art are posters (or, rather, large areas of paint with vinyl lettering) recording walks - from coast to coast, from source to sea, across ( Read more... )

I keep enjoying not going to the Bubble.

( Wednesday )

I'd planned to do a bit of work tonight, but the walk home seems to have intoxicated me. My sense of direction wasn't good, either.

Sampled (half pints) tonight:

Hydes (Manchester): Owd Oak 3.5% http://www.hydesbrewery.co.ukRead more... )

I finally did a day trip to Chichester by train (having done overnights or by car) in order to see the Edward Burra exhibition at the Pallant - http://www.pallant.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/current/main-galleries/edward-burraRead more... )

On Thursday I went forth to teach at the BFI. That's the British Film Institute - and the constituency was a group of home schooled 12-16 year olds, although I swear most looked younger. It was difficult to know how to pitch it - instinctively I didn't talk down, but three hours is a long time or not long enough. For reasons which need not detain ( Read more... )

That cusp I mentioned, I came out on the wrong side of it. So it goes.

And not entirely unconnected with that, I need to get drunk. I need an evening of loss of control.

Tonight is out because I need to be up at daft o'clock to go to Bexhill to see a movieSaturday night is out because I'm out watching, well, not stand up, but comedy, and might ( Read more... )

I thought this weekend would be busy - the Euro Food Fair, the Brogdale Cider Festival and the Broadstairs Food fair - but I figured I could one a day, although it was likely making going to see Scott Pilgrim vs the World and Tamara Drewe awkward. Then I realised the Broadstairs thing was later, and we had a natural Euro Fair Friday, Cider Festival ( Read more... )