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20231028 Prelude mb13 Portishead October 23
Showery, chilly and dark, however, it is a quality Beano. Avoiding the 20mph M4 protests and loading up with sandwiches in Portishead Sainsbury. Bacon Butty and all you can drink Coffee before the bar opens. The rest of the itinerary as well.
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20230929 Prelude mb12 Gloucester September 23
I didn’t think Oktoberfest Gloucester 2023 was going to happen but in the end it was announced and now here I am back in Gloucester on a very pleasant Friday, at the end of September. Kick off is at 12:00 in Warehouse 4 of The Gloucester Brewery.
20230825 Prelude mb11 Hereford August 23
A year ago for late summer bank holiday weekend, it was 2 nights in Monmouth. This year, it’s 3 nights in Hereford. It’s been such a Year. Mostly light on the journey up and the transcription was a little off. Good Beanoing Times are back.
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20230623 Prelude mb10 Hereford June 23
Starting in Premier Inn, Portishead with an All You Can Eat Full English. It’s rather cloudy. Then avoid the traffic with a late start, it’s off to Hereford via Newport. Get Petrol, park up and then a Costa with a Bacon Roll. The Orange Tree for Real Ales and Filled Rolls.
20230617 Prelude mb09 Portishead June 23
An Optimised Traffic departure and because there are no early opening, nearby Coffee Shops in Portishead. Then, a Sainsbury’s meal deal sitting in the car. 08:00 in the cool of The Posset Cup and at 11:30 a Curry Thursday. All afternoon in The Siren’s Calling.
20230617 Prelude mb08 Newton June 23
mb08, starting in Wales, overnighting in Wales and finishing in Wales. A little rain pre start but I still got the watering can out. I planned on stopping, mid journey and having a Crusader II boiled coffee. However it was rainy and the the tyre pressure warning light came on. Stopped a little later when the rain slowed and pumped both fronts up. They were fine. By now the coffee window had gone. So, I cleaned the brake dust off my hands and some ferns and restarted my journey to Newtown. Full Mid Welsh in the local Tesco.
20230604 Prelude mb07 Gloucester June 23
The reason why I’m back at Gloucester Quays less than a week after I left. Debris on the bridge and my slightly earlier start. Cut out the cold Northerly wind and exchange it for some rain. All that and Bagpuss and WWDC.
20230526 Prelude mb06 Gloucester May 23
Free Sats by listening to Podcasts on the Fountain App pre departure. A gentle drive up without the need for optimisation but with the sun visor down. Sunny but fresh on arrival and Coffee and a Bacon Roll in the now very expensive Costa Coffee. This is quality Beanoing.
20230429 Prelude mb05 Portishead Apr 23
The half and half Mini Beano. I’ve stayed in The Premier Inn a number of times before but never actually visit the place. However, it now has a Bristol CAMRA Pub of the year and a Spoons. So a’Beanoing I will go. And, to start, I think Spring has finally arrived. Spoons is The Posset Cup and The CAMRA Pub is The Siren’s Calling. Turned out that as soon as it got light, it got very, very foggy.
20230407 Prelude mb04 Hereford Apr 23
The body falling apart Easter Beano to Hereford. Conjunctivitis, a funny shin and a blocked ear. However, The Beanos must go on. It has it’s own routine and Fine Ales fix all. Also, there will be some bacon and coffee too. Going for bars of chocolate instead of Easter Eggs, as times are hard.
Frosty but mostly light on the journey up and a temperature of just 1c on arrival. So of my hearing came back too. So things can only get better. Happy Easter Beanoing.
Some slight technical issues. Mostly missing videos. The joy of Tech Beanoing.
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