Anticipation

I haven't had a beer since last Sunday.

I think I've mentioned before that I usually don't drink beer on my own and as this last week has been a lot of travelling about on my own, there's been no real opportunity.

Thinking about it, last Sunday's beer was at an odd choice of venue.  The Angel's Reply which is S's nearest pub.
We usually go to this pub to watch football matches on the TV.  McMullens' beer is fine, but not particularly exciting although they are starting to make more of an effort with their seasonal beers under the brand "Whole Hop Brewery".
This time, the reason we went was sheer laziness (on my part).  We'd walked a couple of miles around the nature reserve, I was recovering from a virus which left me feeling knackered and unwilling to go too much further for beer (especially as it was raining).
The sports bar was closed so we went around to the family restaurant side and were surprised to see it thronging with customers.

We enjoyed the seasonal beer far more than we'd expected and chatted about how pleased we were to see the place so busy.  We've been wondering for a while how it manages to keep going, but we'd only judged that on the numbers in the sports bar (where we were usually outnumbered by the staff).

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward far more to the beer promised this weekend.  I'm sure The Half Moon will get a visit, and probably the Bricklayers Arms (which last week became a borderline three pint pub).  But we're also off to Watford for football spectating and I'm led to believe there's a Greene King Pub there which I'll like. Now, that's something to look forward to.