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Newport to London
05/11/2015
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Beer, Poor WiFi
And Ham, Eggs and Chips
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#LDN15, Ale, Beer, Bier, Euston Tap, Fullers, John Wallace Linton, London, Mad Bishop and Bear, Newport, November 2015, Premier Inn, Queens Hotel, Wetherspoons
Tanks and Rain–Bovington September 2015
13/09/2015
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And the odd fine ale. Saturday 12 September 2015.
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| Premier Inn Full English Part 01. | Premier Inn Full English Part 02. | |
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| Iraqi T62. | Chieftain MK 5. | |
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| The Museum Observation Tower. | Ferret with Swingfire ATGW. | |
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| Churchill Mark I. | Challenger I, not part of the Museum. | |
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| FV4030/4 Challenger 1 Tank. | The reason The Tank was invented. | |
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| Tiger II. | King Tiger. | |
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| Jagdpanther. | A DUKW for Mr Manning. | |
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| Comet 1. | M26 General Patton. | |
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| Finish Sturmgeschutz III. | Centurion Mark 3. | |
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| Leopard 1. | East German T-72M1. |
Categories: Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#AFV2, Ale, Beer, Bier, Bovington, Challenger, Chieftain, Dorchester, Real Ale, Royal Oak, September 2015, T55, Tank Museum, Wetherspoons
Tanks and Rain
13/09/2015
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The rain later stopped
And some excellent photos were had
Categories: Food and drink, History, Military, Spoons Tour, Travel
#AFV2, Ale, Beer, Bier, Challenger, Chieftain, Churchill, Dorchester, Real Ale, Royal Oak, September 2015, T55, Tanks, Wetherspoons
The Return Political Trip Photos
13/09/2015
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South Wales to Dorchester – 11/09/15
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| It was early and more importantly dry. | Guided by Waze. | |
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| Dorchester Brewery Square just after Sun Up. | The warning was incorrect. | |
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| Much too early to check in. | But not too early for coffee. | |
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| Local Art. | I have a voucher. | |
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| The Royal Oak, the local Spoons. Friendly and informative Staff. | Local Brewpub. Brewhouse and Kitchen. | |
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| Tom Browns – Real Ale Pub, free Wifi. | The Blue Raddle – Real Ale Pub, no Wifi. |
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#AFV2, Ale, Beer, Bier, Costa Coffee, Dorchester, Real Ale, Royal Oak, September 2015, Subway, Waze, Wetherspoons
The Return Political Trip
13/09/2015
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Travel in the dark
Arise at Sun Up
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#AFV2, ale beer, Bier, Dorchester, Premier Inn, Pubs, Royal Oak, September 2015, Wetherspoons
The Vulcan and The Queen’s Head
09/08/2015
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The Jet Age Museum
And a classic English Country Pub
Categories: Aerospace, Food and drink, History, Military, Travel
#mb06, Ale, August 2015, Beefeater, Beer, Bier, Brockworth, Cold War, Costa Coffe, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Jets, Longford, Meteor, Premier Inn, Queen's Head, Tesco, Vulcan
Sunny Jet Age Museum
08/08/2015
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Saturday 08 August
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| Bedwas was Summery. | Tesco Extra Brockworth – Breakfastville. | |
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| And the till was down, no clubcard points. | Doing a @trafficsham | |
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| The sunny and reflective museum. | Gloster Meteor T7 WF784. | |
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| And tail first. | Gloster Meteor NF(T) WS | |
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| Gloster Javelin FAW9 – XH903 and Firestreak | ||
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Categories: Aerospace, History, Military, Travel
August 2015, Cold War, Cold War Jets, Gloucester, Javelin, Jet Age Museum, Meteor, Vulcan
All Three V Bombers
26/07/2015
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Cold War Museum – RAF Cosford
Vulcan, Victor and Valiant
Antwerp on a Really Hot Saturday
21/07/2015
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On Saturday 04th July 2015
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| Healthy Ibis breakfast. | Ibis Full Belgian. | |
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| Waiting for my train at the Gare du Midi. | Antwerp Central. | |
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| Antwerp Central, more like a Cathedral than a Station. | Protecting from the sun. | |
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| And from the other side. | Bier Central – a stone’s throw from the station. | |
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| Inside Bier Central. | Also inside Bier Central. | |
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| Gueuze 1882 – Girardin – 5.0% ABV. | Chapeau Abricot – De Troch – 3.5% ABV. | |
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| Bourgogne des Flanders – Timmermans – 5.0% ABV. | Framboise – Girardin – 5.0% ABV. | |
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| Oude Gueuze – Hanssens – 6.0% ABV. | Emergency Flemish Burger & Chips. | |
Bier Central is 100m from the Central Railway Station
Cooling Belgian Seaside Breeze
21/07/2015
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Friday 03 July 2015. Ostend, Flanders, Belgium.
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| The Belgians love the Seaside too. | Their trains have locomotives. | |
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| Their stations have bikes. | And Trawlers. | |
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| And Cafe Botteltje. | With pumps. | |
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| And bottles and glasses. | Helleketelbier – Brouwerij de Bie – 7.0% ABV. | |
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| Framboise 1882 – Brouwerij Girardin – 5.0% ABV. | Lichtervelds Blond – Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers – 9.0% ABV. | |
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| Oude Gueuze Tilquin a l’Ancienne – Gueuzeerie Tilquin – 6.4% ABV. | Cafe Manuscript. | |
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| Massive Manuscripting. | Oud Bruin – Vanderghinste – 5.5% ABV | |
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| Cuvee des Jacobins – B Bocknor – 5.5% ABV | Local cuisine. | |
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| And back (well morning shot). | The bus station under the Gare du Midi. |
Categories: Food and drink, Travel
#BRX15, Ale, Beer, Bier, Cafe Botteltje, Cafe Bottle, Hotel Marion, July 2015, Manuscript Bar, Ostend
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