From Snow to Rain
14/12/2012
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Cold and White
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| A touch of white on the way to breakfast. | Looking towards the Metro station. | |
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| Sunderland Central looking North. | Sunderland Central looking South. | |
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| Sunderland Central looking wet. | The Sir William Jameson. | |
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| The return. | Old style Turkish money. |
To Wet and Dark
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#NCL12, December 2012, Metro, Newcastle, Sunderland, Wetherspoons
50 and the Sea
14/12/2012
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Not above zero
and from 50 to 52
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#NCL12, Ale, ale trail, Beer, Bier, December 2012, Newcastle, porter, South Shields, Wetherspoons
A High of Zero
13/12/2012
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To the sea
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| Callerton Parkway at dawn. | Looking south towards Newcastle. | |
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| Changing trains at Heworth. | South Shields and the end of the line. | |
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| The Wouldhave and Ale Trail #50. | The Centurion, Newcastle Central Station and Ale Trail #51. | |
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| The Mile Castle and Ale Trail #52 | Too full for a curry. |
For a large T-shirt
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#NCL12, Ale, Beer, Bier, December 2012, Newcastle, porter, South Shields, Wetherspoons
Dream Team: 13 December 2012
13/12/2012
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Results from Wednesday 12 December 2012
| Position | Team | Manager | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water Boys | Daniel Roberts | 805 |
| 2 | Saunders Valve | Dale Parker | 772 |
| 3 | Save the Bale | Paul Jones | 728 |
| 4 | Elite 11 | Michael Roberts | 722 |
| 5 | Redbirds | Sarah Jones | 709 |
| 6 | max’s millions | Carl Price | 698 |
| 7 | JP United | Jennifer Price | 692 |
| 8 | Marching On Together | Ian Page | 683 |
| 9 | Tanauan terriers | brian mills | 681 |
| 10 | Talwg United | Barrie Niblett | 666 |
| 11 | LENNOX 101207 | neil page | 664 |
| 12 | Bluebirds in Red | Neil Lintern | 650 |
| 13 | Sharkys Dream Team | Mark Jones | 648 |
| 14 | Olympic United | Mike Simonson | 646 |
| 15 | Gabalfa Rangers | Russell Calderwood | 643 |
| 16 | Hutchys hammers | Lee Hutchings | 640 |
| 17 | HQdlaty | Magdalena Walczak | 639 |
| 17 | whisky boys | david malatynski | 639 |
| 19 | Sassy’s Boys | Sarah Pritchard | 633 |
| 20 | Brents boys | Brent Parry | 624 |
| 21 | Evs11 | Richard Evans | 619 |
| 22 | Living Liberty Loca | Joanne Jones | 613 |
| 23 | Malky’s Blue and Red | Robin Gibbs | 603 |
| 24 | The Glory Boys | Mark Lonney | 596 |
| 25 | He Who Dares Wins | Matthew Hoskins | 581 |
| 26 | The Price is right | Gareth Price | 577 |
| 27 | Open Source Stars | Roger Nash | 573 |
| 28 | Alabang athletic | brian mills | 572 |
| 29 | UPANDWIN | Chris Vardon | 566 |
| 29 | Victory | Victoria Page | 566 |
| 31 | little troopers | leslie withers | 543 |
| 32 | craigy cavaliers | Craig Holley | 538 |
| 33 | Matthews Marvels | Jane Williams | 532 |
| 34 | Willmott’s Warriors | Andrew Willmott | 526 |
| 35 | Blackwood Bluebirds | Alec Withers | 471 |
| 36 | liams team | liam page | 458 |
| 37 | FRANNYS BOYS | frances page | 446 |
Categories: Dream Team
#NCL12, December 2012, Dream Team
Six and Out
13/12/2012
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The final beano of 2012
Cold with a saint
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#NCL12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brewdog, Bristol Airport, December 2012, EasyJet, Newcastle, Newcastle Airport, Wetherspoons
Minus Four To Plus One
12/12/2012
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Butcombe BRS
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| Not my but like my plane. | BRS, beer and Christmas. | |
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| Traditional Starbucks Christmas. | My flight. | |
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| My Airbus. | More Starbucks Christmas. | |
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| And tastes of Newcastle. | It got rather full. | |
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| Minus 4 but the roadway was de iced – Bristol Airport. | A slightly warmer Newcastle Airport. | |
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| NCL – out front. | Newcastle Monument Square. | |
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| Starbucks – use the app get free cream. | Wetherspoons – Union Rooms. | |
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| Christmas in the Union Rooms. | Brewdog – Newcastle. | |
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| Brewdog – 5 AM Saint. | Brewdog – to the sound of Jimi Hendrix (live). | |
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| On the way back – The Union Rooms. | My Gaff – PremierInn Newcastle Airport South. |
To Brewdog NCL
Categories: Food and drink, Spoons Tour, Travel
#NCL12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brewdog, BRS, December 2012, NCL, Newcastle, Wetherspoons
Like Last Time But Colder
12/12/2012
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This time North
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| A touch of ice. | This time with Waze. | |
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| BRS, in the distance. | A rare flash photo. | |
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| Still the middle of the night. | Zesty and Tikka. | |
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| Allocated seats, £3.00 each way. | Bar Zero, gravity fed. | |
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| Butcombe Traditional & Tribute, breakfast. |
But in the same time zone
Categories: Food and drink, Travel
#NCL12, Ale, Bar Zero, Beer, Bier, Bristol Airport, BRS, Waze
Oranges and Lemons
09/12/2012
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It’s a long way to Merthyr Tydfil
On these modern trains
Categories: Spoons Tour, Travel
Ale, Beer, Bier, December 2012, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, Wetherspoons, Y Dic Penderyn
Garden – December 2012
02/12/2012
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Rather frosty
Rather quiet
Categories: Gardening
Bedwas, December 2012, Frost, Garden, South Wales
November 2012
01/12/2012
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The month of:-
TWiT shirt
Ten again
Du
Fireworks
Vote
Broken and late
Chez Moeder Lambic
Het Waterhuis aan de Bierkant
Bottles and Red Things
Fontainas
Remembrance Sunday
BRU -> BRS
Android 4.2
AC/DC
Harry & Rafa
Amber storms
Minus Three & 3
1K 5W hits
Frosty
Coming in December 2012
Newcastle (again)
More blood
That Christmas thing
Categories: That Was...
November 2012, review, That was
