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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.
For Saturday 19 February 2022
The Saturday Wrap for 19 February 2022. mb03, Kidderminster Beer Emporium, OneDrive Woes, DU Meter, Forgotten, Same Day Wiper Blade, Ponty goes Red, Big Jet TV. #Bedwas #SaturdayWrap
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?
20220212 mb03 Day 01 Wrap
Blowy, M5, Parking apps, No Spoons, No Central Costa, A wedding at The Swan, The awesome Beer Emporium. #mb03
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.
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.
20220211 mb02 Day 03 Wrap
Vax passes, more Apple WebKit updates, New Warehouse 4 SSID, Brewing in progress, Manager’s special. #mb02
Back To The Warehouse
Feeling rather strange, however Doombar had no adverse effect. It’s a short hop across the bridge from The Lord High Constable of England to Warehouse 4. New SSID in Warehouse 4, just a password, which is good. Lovely smell of malt, as it a brewing day.
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