If I have one major gripe with visiting bars in London it’s the fact that so few of them seem to open before 12:00 but maybe that’s just me. This week however I spotted that one of the places on the Guide “To Do” list opened at 10:00. Result! I worked out that I could spend a hour there and still get down to my […]
Things are improving, not only did I set out this week with a plan but I had an actual itinerary. Don’t worry, this level of organisation won’t last. Indeed it nearly didn’t this week as once I told Jezza of my plans he immediately responded with, well as you’ll be there could you just pop in to… Enough of the preamble, on to the details. […]
Another week, more ‘research.’ This time I left home with a plan. I had a list of 12 Guide entries in a relatively small geographical area. This is how I used to roll, things were getting back to normal. Except. I hadn’t allowed for just how out of practice I was, my body still isn’t used to this. The list was 12, in days of […]
After last weekends successful research trip I decided I was good to go again. Time to catch up with the bars that have been added during my enforced absence and also time to recommence my project to revisit all entries – purely for quality control purposes you understand! The day didn’t start well when I go to my first new entry only to find that […]
A while ago I arranged with Jeremy to go out on another Beer Guide London research trip, a chance to catch up, be sociable and drink lots of sparkling mineral water. In reality it was this date on my calendar that sowed the initial seed that led to my eventual decision to start drinking again. It was now going to be a “proper” research trip! […]
So it’s been just under two months since I was told to stop drinking alcohol. Two months where the weeks have been spent at work and the weekends have been spent moping at home feeling sorry for myself. At least in recent weeks I have been able to watch on enviously as Jezza starts to ramp up efforts to clear the backlog of potential London […]