Beer in the 'hood

 As I've rambled about ad nauseam, this neighbourhood we live in whilst in Bristol is pretty much perfect for this section of our lives.

Not yet quite retired, but not doing the whole 9 - 5 career path.  It gives us the flexibility to deal with stupid things breaking, and to leave it all alone and pop to the pub at a time that suits us.

Saturday, there was rugby to be watched but didn't really want to hack over to the main sporty bars to watch it - they'd be busy, and probably quite annoying. 

The broken fridge meant the only beer was warm beer (yuk) so we watched the first half in the flat.  Just before half-time we mused what we might like to do for the second half.  I suggested that Martha's has decent wifi and we've got decent mobile phones so perhaps huddling around a phone screen - but with beer - might be a good compromise.

When we put our mind to things, we can certainly get our collective shit together - so coats and shoes on, nip along the road, choose and buy beer and we were settled down before the starting whistle sounded.

Admittedly, we weren't in our favourite spot initially (one of the two enclosed booths) but within 10 minutes we were able to trade up.  As used as we are to watching sport on larger screens - it was still a nice way to watch (maybe a 10" tablet would have been even better).  Just goes to show that good experiences are often not where/when/how you expect.

Yesterday it was cold, windy and rainy - all day.  Come 4pm neither of us were very much in the mood to walk far - so we went back to Marthas to sit with a couple of pints (well, 2/3rds) and played cards.  It's rare of us to visit the same pub two days in a row, these days, but sometimes you just know where's the best place to do what.

We still had a bit of budding anxiety about whether or not the new fridge would be delivered safely today. An early text message said arrival from 12.30pm (perfectly acceptable) but at about 8.15 a phone call from the courier company asked if we minded an earlier delivery since they were in the area.

So here it is - a shiny new fridge, which truth be told we'd been planning/musing on changing for about 3 years.  A bit of installation shenanigans, a a chance for it to settle and now it's humming away and I assume it's getting cooler (give it an hour and we'll know).

Weirdly, now that all this is done, I'm struggling to concentrate on much else.  However, the need to pick up some teabags (there are reasons) from the Amazon locker means I've already suggested LHG for beer (and potentially pizza).  It's the furthest we've walked since Friday!