The sheer amount of weather, recently, has reduced our excursions both in Bristol and Sussex. Frankly, I simply don't enjoy getting soaked. Nor does BBB.
Things are brightening up (where brightening up = gone from wet and cold to stupidly hot) so yesterday we decided we'd stroll along the greenway, cross the railway bridge and make an attempt at a Totterdown venue. I'd heard good things about the Shakespeare so we started there. For us, there wasn't really any choice but they had a cracking pint of W&T Kaleidoscope. It was fresh, with plenty of condition and it's soooooo much better as a cask beer than a can or keg one.
In fact, it was so good we had a second pint and decided to swerve the Oxford this time around. Apparently not all the other punters were so keen. The Butcombe was off and one of the other customers didn't like the W&T at all. Never mind, eh?
Not a pub we'd hack up to every week but if we lived in the neighbourhood we would probably be regulars.
We walked back via the Greenway again. All in all, a pleasant trip.
This evening I'll be insisting on Martha's. It's our last evening here for a couple of weeks (back for a wedding towards the end of the month) and I wish to be in familiar and pleasant surroundings. Martha's is most definitely that.
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