An impressively diverse set of sponsors at this beer festival including Spoons, the local Passenger Transport Executive and...the Freemasons?

Newcastle coming out as pro-growth (pasties division) yet again.

Somehow, the catsitter has made the cat look even more rotund

What does this mean for Britain's approach to economic growth?

Unfortunately, the book I am reading has mixed up the approaches of the Green Book and New Approach to Appraisal, therefore my holiday is ruined.

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Happy 62nd birthday Runcorn!

The Essex v Somerset stream is in the midst of a detailed discussion of Seaxes vs Scimitars, it's absolutely great.

A holiday is sort of like a reading week where you catch up on articles you haven't got around to finishing yet, isn't it?

(I actually think it may have gone in a recent street upgrade - www.cumberland.gov.uk/planning-and...)

Have you tried looking opposite Pizza Express?

Big Bacon Strikes Again

Well, who wouldn't to enjoy their breakfast burger with a Madri at 6am?

Everything appears to have gone downhill since I posted about the Kenton Bar Regional War Room. Sorry, War Room.

I’m spending the day sitting in front of a laptop with your ex-husband, where we’re taking turns to refresh the live national grid energy stats until it shows 0% fossil fuels for the first time in history. When it happens we’ll nod and smile at each other then celebrate with a can of 0% Guinness.

Essex Cricket setting a precedent after Tom Westley retires hurt and becomes the first use of the new replacement player trial in the Championship. As he wasn't dismissed, his replacement can apparently bat (?) but can't bowl (??)

Local transport plans

This will only mean something to a certain subset of my followers, but new Local Transport Plan guidance has been published today: www.gov.uk/government/p...

The local beer festival has sent this out to everyone on the mailing list who has historically bought a ticket from them. CAMRA are not beating the 'slightly disorganised' allegations.

A merry Q1 to you all. May your Q4 reviews be filed on the performance management system before the 30th.

You never used to get this in the local Facebook groups down south.

I'll need it expressed in QALYs

Can you find some way to tie this into TAG?

I do! I just like that it's so prominent in a brand seeking funding to expand

Enjoying the prominence of being stocked at Tebay Services here

Twitter's got you covered.

Some of us are handymaxxing, which means we are 40,000 to 50,000 DWT and can put up a shelf.

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Kaunas has a steam train standing at the entrance to a railway tunnel, that could be a tiebreaker.