I was in Leeds, at the Palace, retrieving my jacket that I left behind yesterday.
Only around 78 miles in total.
9 hours ago
Sunday, 16 August 2009
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A bit of a CV. Tandleman is a veteran beer lover, local CAMRA Chairman and activist, beer writer, beer reviewer and pursuer of all things good in beer. He lives in the North West of England and London. Despite his CAMRA membership, he does not limit himself to cask conditioned beer, though he believes that cask conditioning, when done correctly and appropriately, brings a quality to beer that is hard to equal by any other kind of presentation. He is a strong supporter of Northern methods of beer dispense and avidly detests poorly presented beer and dislikes pasteurisation. He regularly visits Germany, has conducted corporate British and German beer tastings for CAMRA at the Great British Beer Festival where he has worked for years on Biere Sans Frontieres and was Deputy Organiser at CAMRA's very successful National Winter Ales Festival in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and at the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival from 2013 to date. He admires good brewers wherever they are and has travelled extensively in pursuit of good beer to drink. He also judges beer at both the International Beer Challenge and the World Beer Awards.
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Jacket? It's August. Or was this a formal few beers deputy do?
Can't imagine needing a jacket in *August*.
Nick, it's been effin' cold for August. Pack warm and waterproof!
Yes, I see that Thursday might be 12° C / 54° F in Lancaster. That must be about as far beLOW average as the heat wave in 2003(?) was aBOVE average.
Meine Frau will pick up rain pants at the adidas factory store tomorrow.
Will all the 16th century coaching inn pubs we hope to visit be firing up their coal fireplaces?
It's been a bit variable here, but we're just now heading into a week (supposedly) of 25-30° temp's and sunshine. Perfect time to leave!
I'll drink light summer ales in any weather though!
Doubt if you'll get coal fires. The forecast this week is quite warm though there will be rain.
My jacket was a light one which in fact I didn't need in the first place. Bloody British weather.
Been nice and warm down here in Kent. Hope the same applies the day aftyr tomorrow in Bavaria!
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