Bruges 4

It's now Sunday & we've beaten a hasty retreat to Brussels to avoid being trapped by the transport strike. We've arrived in a puppet theatre which is also a bar.


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Bruges 3

It's now Brugge as we are classed as locals. A couple of pictures.








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Bruges 2

For one nasty moment we thought the BAD velociraptor had missed the trip. But here it is.


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Bruges Trip

We've all arrived at the station. Except the person who has all the tickets. In just a few hours we'll be drinking gay beers.


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Cider Update

It's crystal clear & the colour of a darker white wine. It smells earthy & of apples. It's dry & tart but not harshly acidic. It has a warming alcohol finish & it's streets ahead of any cider we have made so far. This one is actually & genuinely good. And at 6% ABV it doesn't need an artificial boost.


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Symposium 2

We've tried the beer, the Christmas beer & we've now started on the bottles. It could get messy.


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Symposium 1

We are sitting in the semi dark listening to music & drinking beer. It's Cottleigh Tawny Bitter on steroids. 6.2% ABV. All too drinkable. As there's only half the group turned up it's not a big tragedy that the keg leaked & we lost half the beer.


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