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20260707 mb05 Day 01 Wrap
An early train that ends up going backwards from Bristol Parkway. Always use Google Maps not your Spidey Sense. Easy to miss Premier Inn and the Spoons around the corner bar does not open until 10:00. The Crosse Keys is huge, has portable aircon units but only Cloud WiFi. The Bear In Paddington meets 90% of my Beanoing needs. I got to The Premier Inn and immediately feel asleep. Climate Climate no doubt.
Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 04 July 2026
Caerphilly, when The Malcolm Uphill is having Cellar problems. The Project where it may become Sir Dry Roasted and a rather Fine selections of Ales on Tap.
For Saturday 04 July 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 04 July 2026. Transfer, FIFA App, Passing, Geography, Rainbow, YouTube, LW, Skin, Safe Keeping, Apple, Rain, Octopus, England, Salad Leaves, Why. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #Jul2026
Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 27 June 2026
An Afternoon of Cooling Off with Little CoPilot
Summer Weather, Summer Aircon and Fine Summer Ales. A little Gemini AI too.
For Saturday 27 June 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 27 June 2026. 8 cans, Fluidvoice, Red Heat, Coping, Soundgarden, CSB, Planting, Hot rain, Lemon Basil, Cooling Tescos, Prime Day, Thunderstorms. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #June2026
Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 20 June 2026
Cinnamon and Full English
A Saturday morning Full English for the first time in ages in the Malcolm Uphill at table 30, my coal mine booth. Then I moved on to the Lock-Up bottle shop, but it was closed. It did eventually open up; however, no video because of lots of loud music in the background, and I didn't want a takedown.
In the afternoon, the Project in Caerphilly. A Welsh cake, lots of Fine Ales, wonderful air conditioning, and Cinnamon. Who'd have thought? Lots of Cinnamon.
For Saturday 20 June 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 20 June 2026. Makerfield, Shottr, Age, Nights, Hawkwind, trust, White Wellies, Cucumber, Lawn, £1.42, Ynys, Drunks, Android 17, Octopus, Top, Election. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #June2026
For Saturday 13 June 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 13 June 2026. Pubfluencer, Hermes, Politics, Friends, Supertramp, Washer, Xmas lights, Father, Tomatoes, Radish, For All Mankind, WWDC, mb04, Kings Head, Virtual WhatsApp, Two Breweries, World Cup. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #June2026
20260609 mb04 Day 01 Wrap
What happened on the first day of mb04 2026
This is the wrap for Day 01 of mb04, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. A new parking space, A nicely refurbished Class 158, Confusion over my name because it was backwards, Soaked in a cloud burst, A new Spoons, The Robert Fitzharding, Heritage pub, The Kings Head and Fast symmetrical WiFi in the iBis
Really good start.
Beers Of The Beano - Tuesday 09 June 2026
A new Spoons and a quality heritage Pub. The first time in Bristol since October 2021.
For Saturday 06 June 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 06 June 2026. DickOver, Google Eloquent, Transparency, trust, Ozzy, Shave, Tomatoes and Chives, ATV+, Star City, GWR, Watershed, Curry, BTN. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #June2026
Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 30 May 2026
The Project, Caerphilly, their birthday party. Lots of Vault City sours and, on the food front, barbecue chicken on skewers with dirty fries. The aircon was lovely. Hats off to The Project and Happy Birthday.
For Saturday 30 May 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 23 May 2026. Boil, Permute 4, Enhanced, Tweet, Big Log, Seeds, OneDrive, LV, Sun Garden, Planting, Sour Chilli, 4.5 TOG, Potatoes, No Cask, Meal Deal, Shower, Heatwave, Slugs. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #May2026
Beer of The Beano - Saturday 23 May 2026
Your Standard Saturday Hybrid Beano. My Thanks to Aldi and The Project, Caerphilly.
For Saturday 23 May 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 23 May 2026. Blue Dot Fever, Zone Bar, Vote, Heat Wave, Twt Lol, Rickards, Otley, Chopping, Seeds, Octopus, Sats, Strawberries, TFL, Radishes, ISA, Heat. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #May2026
Beer Pictures Of The Beano - Saturday 16 May 2026
When May is rather wet and not very early summery, it's time to revisit pubs that you haven't been to since June 2021. The Rickards. What a great place that is. Twt Lol Lollfest glasses and Grey Trees beer. Then on to the Otley, where I got waved at. Still haven't fixed the WiFi though, but the beers are really rather good. Nearly lost my bus pass as well.
For Saturday 16 May 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 16 May 2026. Control, CoPilot, Tesco, Values, Scorpions, Cents, Welsh Beanoing, Lawn, Boiler Service, Apple, False Alarm, Patch Tuesday, Hailstorm, People. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #May2026
Beer Pictures Of The Beano - Saturday 09 May 2026
Hybrid Beano. Three cans at home and caught the bus to Caerphilly, for a quality afternoon at The Project.
For Saturday 09 May 2026
The Saturday Wrap for 09 May 2026. Vote, iMovie, Three, Life, BOC, leaves, mb03, BHM, Tomatoes, Peppers, Water, Openrouter, Cucumbers, Pipit, Results. #SaturdayWrap #Bedwas #May2026
mb03 2026 Unplugged
Badly lit, poor sound. May Day 2026 Weekend in Chippenham. Picture in Picture and settling on iMovie. New Bristol Brewery won out.