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20220307 mb04 Day 02 Wrap
Monday without a plan, forgot the crisps in a Tesco Meal Deal again, Tech Support, Monday Spoons, First CAMRA voucher in two years, The Queen Vic, Snowflake and MBP power supply.
Mostly Cask Monday
A Costa in a Tesco, forgetting crisps for a meal deal again and a fruit based drink to start in Spoons. Using a CAMRA 50p off voucher for the first time in two years. And ending up in the Queen Vic.
20220306 mb04 Day 01 Wrap
Spring Drizzle, Next to Tesco, a cellar in disarray, The Long Walk, Post Covid, Fast symmetrical WiFi, you need to book. Premier Inn.
A Year Late For The Book Festival
So it rained up to turning off the M5. The Premier Inn is next to a large Tesco and Costa Coffee. Ten minutes to the town centre and 40 minutes to the Stroud Brewery both by foot. The local Spoons is very friendly but they are having cellar issues. However the chance to have a last pint from the now closed Woods Brewery. Good job I booked a table at the Stroud Brewery. It certainly is a popular place and fast symmetrical WiFi to boot.
20220306 Prelude mb04 Stroud March 22
Rather fresh but almost light on leaving. Stopping near the end, at a Tesco Express for tonight’s Tea. Park up at Premier Inn and then onto Stroud’s Spoons. A table booked at Stroud Brewery for 12:00 and then after I have sampled their ales, back to the Premier Inn.
20220213 mb03 Day 02 Wrap
Rainy days, Premier Inns, Pub opening times, POS and WiFi down, Micro Pubs and Taprooms, revisit. #mb03
The Other Optimised Start
Start the day with a Premier Inn all you can eat. Remember that Costa Coffee and Premier Inn are owned by the same people. Search for a Pub to start the day. That’s where Spoons was so handy. In the end it was Pennies which used to be a Spoons.
On and mostly up to The King & Castle as the rain continued to fall. It was very warm and the POS system and WiFi were down. However a great welcome. Luckily the train station next door had a cash point. So the Fine Ale drinking continued.
A Chippy open on a Sunday and a Real Ale Bar on the way to The Bear & Wolf. It’s all saying second visit. Maybe with a later start?
Without A Spoons
The M5 North just as it’s getting light on a Saturday morning. Kidderminster which is full of hills and roundabouts. Blowy with lots of expensive supermarket petrol. The Premier Inn car park is pay too. No Spoons and no Central Costa. Luckily the Swan opened at 10:00. Unluckily the WiFi was down.
What a find the Beer Emporium is. Extremely friendly welcome. Cask, Keg, Cider, Bottles and Cans. FTTC WiFi too. A must come back.
For Saturday 12 February 2022
The Saturday Wrap for 12 February 2022. Classic sandwiches, Android and Windows patching, Tumble opinion, The Beer House is back, mb02, 5G Pelican and Warehouse, too much, Wales, mb03. #Kidderminster #SaturdayWrap
20220212 Prelude mb03 Kidderminster February 22
The first time I have Beanoed and there is no Spoons. There is a Pseudo Spoons where it used to be but no Spoons and no central Costa. No problem, The Swan opened at 10:00 and it is a cracking city centre pub.
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