Thank you, yes has been grand so far!

Hey thanks pal!

Cheers Emma!

Yes! A recommendation from Joel @ The Hop Locker as somewhere to rest our feet after checking out the MOSI!

Cheers!!

Thank you, from us both!

A quick dip into @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social - huge barrel aging storage going on here!

Thank you! Making the most of it!

Aww pal :-(

It's just ace, couldn't have picked a better place for some birthday beers?

Made it to @trackbrewingco.bsky.social , to drink IPAs in the sunshine!

Thank you!!

It's quite chilly (very blowy) but definitely blessed with the sunshine and blue skies!

Having a sunny birthday in Manchester! Have fitted in modernist concrete art (William Mitchell sculpture), Science and Industry (excellent museum) and now first beer of the day is a West Coast from @lostcausebrewingco.bsky.social - cheers!

Well, this is quite the selection .... and beautiful looking cask to boot! At @cafebeermoth.bsky.social to warm up after a chilly walk back from the Arch

David says thank you very much!

Normally yes I would agree - I feel I am cheating by ordering a half 😳 but I need to leave room to try the other lovely beers!

Now visiting the Marble Arch for David's birthday tea - he's having pie & mash, I'm having fish & chips - both having some excellent @marblebrewers.bsky.social beer!

Flip, quite the Pomona Island line-up at the North Westward Ho! Lots of keg, several cask too. Choice anxiety!

I sure am!! Heading there next!

Made it to Manchester - yay! Now drinking Pomona Island pale, ruby mild, pilsner and IPA on their home turf (The Gas Lamp pub)

Apparently Stone Brewing USA acquired by Duvel Moorgat

Instead, I'm going to work my way through these @trackbrewingco.bsky.social beers and read @totalcurtis.bsky.social new book, to prepare for (hopefully!) travelling tomorrow

So, was meant to be off to Manchester today for a joint birthday trip, shoulda been drinking in a Pomona Island pub right about now ... but Simcoe-cat was poorly yesterday, so we have delayed travel till tomorrow to see if she is better

Spargelzeit!

an advertising figure that is a cone of chips with a face. Inexplicably the guy is eating one of his own chips and has his thumb up in appreciation

another advertising figure, this time a hotdog, who in similar vein to the chip guy, is putting sauce on his own head, presumably with the intention of eating himself.

Existential crises

#Photography

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A grid of nine illustrations of brutalist buildings

The National Theatre has joined my Brutalist Collection.
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Out for pre-birthday martinis in this beautiful building

Good luck!