Just filling out my tax return and got to this question. You need a bit of light relief when you’re doing this!
Perhaps is should read:
“Do you want to claim blind person’s allowance for married couples?”
What a beautiful day! My M&S vase and M&S daffodils were a lovely sight to see in the morning.
Yet another nail in the coffin for Jazz broadcasting: GCap Media is to close two digital radio stations: The Jazz and Planet Rock.
Typical! I only got around to listening to theJazz about a month ago, and already it is going the way of Jazz FM and shutting down.
I’d even been looking into DAB radio choices over the last couple of weeks so I could listen to it in the Kitchen and the Bedroom, but now it seems like there will be no point in buying one. Ah well, I guess it’ll save me some money…
The only option I’m left with now is listening to TSF Jazz, which is a French jazz radio station that you can get via internet radio (or on my squeezebox…). It seems like a reasonable station - I just have no idea what they’re talking about!
Last Friday I held a “Mini Beer Festival” ’round at my home. Because I got into this rather strange habit of photographing all my real ales before I can drink them, every now and then I end up with a large cupboard full of beer. I normally buy beers in threes (of each type) so that I have one to try, another one in case I really like it, and then one to keep in the cupboard until I photograph it. Yes, strange I know…. but it takes all sorts.
So this was the menu:
| Brewery | Beer | Alc % |
|---|---|---|
| Badger | Hopping Hare | 4.5 |
| Batemans | Victory Ale | 6.0 |
| Belhaven | Twisted Thistle IPA | 5.3 |
| Black Sheep Brewery | Yorkshire Square Ale | 5.0 |
| Brakspear | EPA - English Pale Ale | 4.2 |
| Brakspear | Oxford Gold (Organic Beer) | 4.6 |
| Cotleigh Brewery | Barn Owl | 4.5 |
| Cwmbran Brewery | Plum Porter | 4.8 |
| Dark Star Brewery | Espresso (Superior Coffee Beer) | 4.2 |
| Darwin Brewery | Rolling Hitch | 5.2 |
| Double Maxim Beer Company | Double Maxim (Premium Brown Ale) | 4.7 |
| Felinfoel Brewery | Double Dragon | 4.2 |
| Fuller’s | Jack Frost | 4.5 |
| Harviestoun | Bitter & Twisted (Blond Beer) | 4.2 |
| Hepworth & Co Brewers | Iron Horse | 4.8 |
| Hook Norton Brewery | 303 AD | 4.0 |
| Hook Norton Brewery | Double Stout | 4.8 |
| Hook Norton Brewery | Hooky Bitter | 3.6 |
| Hook Norton Brewery | Twelve Days | 5.5 |
| Innis & Gunn | Original (Oak Aged Beer) | 6.6 |
| Jennings | Sneck Lifter | 5.1 |
| Jennings | World’s Biggest Liar | 4.3 |
| Marston’s | Burton Bitter | 3.8 |
| Marston’s | Double Drop | 5.0 |
| Marston’s | Pedigree Six | 6.0 |
| Marston’s | Strong Pale Ale | 6.2 |
| Meantime | Pale Ale | 4.7 |
| Meantime | Pilsner | 5.4 |
| O’Hanlon’s | Goodwill Bitter | 5.0 |
| O’Hanlon’s | Royal Oak | 5.0 |
| O’Hanlon’s | Thomas Hardy’s Ale | 11.7 |
| RCH Brewery | Firebox | 6.0 |
| Ridley’s | Old Bob | 5.1 |
| Ringwood Brewery | Best Bitter | 4.0 |
| Ringwood Brewery | Fortyniner | 4.9 |
| Ringwood Brewery | Huffkin | 4.4 |
| Ringwood Brewery | Old Thumper | 5.6 |
| Sharp’s Brewery | Chalky’s Bite | 6.8 |
| Shepherd Neame | Goldings | 4.7 |
| Shepherd Neame | Whitstable Bay Organic Ale | 4.5 |
| St Peter’s | Best Bitter | 3.7 |
| St Peter’s | Cream Stout | 6.5 |
| St Peter’s | India Pale Ale | 5.5 |
| St Peter’s | Organic Best Bitter | 4.1 |
| St Peter’s | Ruby Red Ale | 4.3 |
| Theakston | Grouse Beater | 4.2 |
| Theakston | Old Peculier | 5.6 |
| Theakston | Paradise Ale | 4.2 |
| Thwaites | Double Century | 5.2 |
| Ushers | Founders English Ale | 4.7 |
| Wadworth | The Bishop’s Tipple | 6.5 |
| Wells | Bombardier Burning Gold | 4.7 |
| Wells | Bombardier Satanic Mills | 5.0 |
| Westerham Brewery Co. | Freedom Ale (william Wilberforce) | 4.8 |
| Wychwood | BeeWyched Honey’d Ale | 5.0 |
| Wychwood | Circlemaster (Golden Pale Ale) | 4.7 |
| Wychwood | White Wych (Golden Ale) | 4.0 |
| Wychwood | Wychcraft (Blonde Beer) | 4.5 |
| Wyre Piddle Brewery | Piddle In The Hole | 4.0 |
As you can see, there was quite a lot to choose from! We made a rather feeble attempt at getting through it all, so if you know me and fancy coming to the next ‘event’ then let me know!
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