The Hitchin base currently has no internets and that may continue for a couple of days. I'm heading there for the weekend so unlikely I can fulfill my mental aim of doing a blog per day.
However, I can reaonably predict that some time between 4 and 5pm this evening, I'll meet S in The Nightingale which is the closest pub to the station and usually it serves a jolly good pint.
I feel like a regular there now, recognised by the bar staff and even able to get a grin or a wry chuckle out of the taciturn landlord from time to time.
Usually home to some Tring beers which are decent, if not awe-inspiring and those from the Colchester Brewery which have their moments, and sometimes from the ladies at Brewsters, who can brew a cracking pint. Yep, that's right the brewery is a female affair which I think is brilliant.
In addition, this weekend will hopefully include a visit to my favourite Hitchin pub - The Half Moon - which always has interesting beers which are turned around incredibly quickly and so are in tip-top condition. The landlord knows his beer and likes his customers to enjoy them. He's even been known to exchange a pint which I thought was off, but turned out I just didn't like it. I'm not sure he'd let me make a habit of that, but you have to appreciate a pub like that.
In fact, the only thing I don't like there is the fact that some people have a habit of clustering tightly around the pumps to do their drinking which makes it hard for the rest of us to get served...but it's a small quibble.
So, should you ever be passing and you see this pretty ordinary, possibly slightly down-at-heel pub on the road toward Stevenage - give it a try.
Oh, the food's pretty good too.
May your weekend be blessed with good beer...like mine probably will
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