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The LolFfest Without The Footbridge
LolFfest 11 if you are interested and the closed footbridge was on the publicity materials. However, I thought it was another bridge but my step count for the day was well up. It rained but not as much as LolFfestX. The Beers were Fine but there wasn’t any Folk Music, so I couldn’t embarrass myself. I enjoyed and there were buses on time, this time. Bit sleepy afterwards and the Luma Fusion test went well. Not sure when the next LolFfest will be.
Brew Monster Caerphilly Taproom – August 2022
Fast WiFi, good access to Public Transport (when it runs) ands the Finest of Fine Ales. Saturdays from 12:00 and an excellent view into the Brew Hall. Shadowfax, a Belgian Pale Ale to start, 6.0 ABV and a we3ll deserved B++. Jinmenju, a Blackberry and Mango Pale Ale, lovely mouthfeel, fruity, full bodied and slightly sour. Really rather good, 4.8% ABV B++. Hafermann, a Mosiac Cryo Pale Ale weighing in at at 4.1% and very sessionable. Complex, hoppy, bitter and sweet and very drinkable. Happy B++.
For Saturday 06 August 2022
The Saturday Wrap for 06 August 2022. Dizzly Saturday, Thinking it was Monday, Womens Football, Detail Tech Support, 6A June Update, Lenses tear, Red Onions, 34GB, Amazon refund, 9p on a Guest Ale, WinAmp, Non replication, FAM again, Last in Both DTs. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #August2022
The 4K Emergency Beano
A late start Emergency Beano after booking a Gloucester Oktoberfest and a GooglePixel 6a. Two away from Four Thousand Untappd Uniques. Starting in the Pen and Wig (Newport) and plus one and on cask to boot. The 4K was in Tiny Rebel’s Newport Bar, the corner by the bar and with a Triple Tropica, weighing in at 10% ABV, which I though was fitting. Moving on to try out Weird Day’s Taproom. It started to gently rain, which I thought was a good sign, post Amber Heat Alert. With it only being 15 minutes from the centre of town, it’s a hidden gem. Friendly staff, a great selection of beers, live Untappd and FTTC WiFi. If only it could open at 10:00 instead of 14:00. Revisit planned.
Working At Bragdy Twt Lol
Megan with what it is like working at Bragdy Twt Lol – The Trefforest Brewery. Recorded at LolffestX – 25 June 2022.
LolFest X – Thunderstorms & Buses
So you have an app for the buses which shows you if they are running late. What it doesn’t do is show you if they are cancelled. I just shows you that they are running on time and they just never arrive. Public transport isn’t really for the Public. Prepping in The Malcolm for the first LolFfest since December 2019. In the meantime Storm Dennis flooded the brewery and The Rhonda shut it down.
Anyway it rained, it Thundered and it Lightninged. Three UK had installed 5G locally and I arrived 30 minutes early. However I was able to bag my favourite seat in the corner. At least until the live music started. The Beers were great and I also came away with a hoodie. Apparently there’s another LolFfest in August. Good times.
For Saturday 11 June 2022
The Saturday Wrap for 11 June 2022. #mb07, Free Cappuccino, File Browser Deal, Platty Joobs, 10 AM Saint, 1K Pi, #mb08 and the bridge was up, Keys On The Go, WWDC on Win10, iPod and MBP not to be updated, Pelican, Petrol and Beanoing, Changing SIMs, New Chromebook, FAM s3. #SaturdayWrap #Newport
20220608 mb08 Day 03 Wrap
Lots of early morning things. The joys of remote Beanoing. Moving my iPad Pro SIM from Three to Smarty. Replacing my Chromebook which had gone End of Life. The last full day. Bacon Rolls are back in Costa. Petrol pushing £2.00 a litre in some parts of the UK, is this Beano limiting. It certainly looks like it. All Cask Ale in The Regal whilst listening to MacBreak Weekly. The Pelican’s WiFi is down and it’s not even raining. Luckily Mike is on hand with the backup WiFi. Belgian Ales from Scotland and Stockport whilst outside Cloudbursts. And there you go, it just went.
Skateboarding and Cloudbursts
The last day of #mb08, in fact the last full day of the combined Beano. Blowy out but dry and Costa has Bacon Rolls back. A wander over to the Skateboard Park, which it isn’t and Fine Ales in The Regal from 08:00. All £2.19 a Pint. Internet issues in the Pelican but he Can Cooler is fully functional. Meanwhile, outside Cloudbursts.
20220607 mb08 Day 02 Wrap
So the WiFi worked with the MacBook Pro this morning. A few, WiFi issues with the Dell but it was soon up and working. Put June’s security patch on the Pixel 3a and listened to the political updates on Boris’s No Confidence win. Learned that Dark Sky and it’s API will be gone by the end of the and March 2023. A misty world out of the window. Priced the MBA M2, expensive for mySKU. Lack of Bacon Rolls and Staff in Costa Coffee, no free drinks today. Video recording, posting and Cask Ales in The Lord High Constable Of England. Went to The Pelican, it is my Number One Pub.
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