Friday Smirk

The boys discussing the rather ludicrous rituals that pervade their respective religions, as we atheists often remark to our religious brothers and sisters. All those thousands of other religions are a bit daft, obviously fake and stupid, but yours, yours is the right one, no question.

Ted's dead baby..

Much sadness in our household as the news that Ted, the Patterdale Terrier on the program "Gone Fishing" has died was released today. Not often you see real character in an animal but this little chap was full of it, much like his two co-stars, so long Ted and don't forget your briefcase!

Sign o the times..

New (Banksy) statue in London, certainly a theme for our times, faux patriotism and (blind) nationalism on the rise (again!)

London Stories

A view of Battersea Power Station (are we allowed to call it that anymore?) looking up from the ground. 

We visited the recently renovated turbine halls and surrounding developments back in March of this year to visit an Egyptian exhibition going on in one of the warehouse-like buildings that are adjacent to the main power station building. Inside the station itself is an upscale (aka posh) shopping centre and various bars and restaurants, it's a nice space, very respectfully done, I believe you can also ascend one of the chimneys for what is probably a spectacular view from 100 metres up, we will return!

Midweek Mirth

Seems reasonable..

Memories

The recent warm weather in the UK reminded me of our trip earlier in the year to South Africa. Such a colourful and diverse place, we had a really great time there and ticked quite a few of our (retirement) bucket list items. I leave you with the view from our hotel room at our first stop Cape Town, it's the back of the famous Table Mountain which dominates the skyline of the city and provides a magnificent backdrop to the place. We vowed that we would return (kerosene availability permitting!) sometime in the next few years, being firmly in the Southern Hemisphere it's a great place to escape the grey, cold Northern Hemisphere months of January and February providing a welcome shot of Vitamin D and a boost to the old immune system when you need it most!!

New old beer

Soundwave is one of the original Siren beers (founded in 2013), I first came across it back in 2014 and at that time it tasted new and interesting as well as bloody delicious! Now Siren has reinvented the beer using bang up to date hop products and adjuncts, some of these include Columbus Cryo, Terpenes and various hop extracts. This translates into a light, dry, crisp and flavoursome beer, this one will be an absolute killer on a hot Summer day IMO, citrus fruits, dank, decent bitterness and a delicious grapefruit backbone running through it, I like it (still!)

Sunny Sharks

My second "garden beer" of the season and it's not even May yet! I must say this sunny spell we're having in the UK at the moment is most welcome, life seems to hold so many more possibilities when it isn't cold and chucking it down with rain. For those that are interested this is a beer from my favourite producer, Verdant down in Penryn, Cornwall. It's called "Even Sharks Need Water" and one that I've had a few times before over the years, never gets old, always tastes absolutely banging!

Friday Smirk

The lads pointing out that praying to a rock in a box is about as effective as praying to an imaginary deity, stuff seems to work roughly as frequently as you'd expect by pure chance..