illiards and bladdamasta’s weekend in the wilderness was not completely spent scale rocky outcrops and a journey to Rylstone was called for to collect supplies and refreshments. Rylstone is 240kms North West of Sydney and has preserved the look of …
BoTF @ the Great Wall with Corsendonk and Fullers 1845
Unfortunately good luck on the weather front did not accompany us on our visit to the Great Wall and our day was “misty” as the locals like to say, which means it was a little like Pea soup and in complete …
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Stone Circles, Druid Arms and the George at Laycock
After all the travelling, back to some more familiar surroundings and couple of pubs to add to the BOTF list. I took the kids down to Staunton Drew on the River Chew (unsurprisingly for some I have spent many hours fishing …
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RIP Steve Jobs and @4Pinesbeer OktoberFest
Short post. Much of this blog has been developed on the back of Apple Devices. That means Steve Jobs has been an enabler of this blog. The photos, the immediacy, the ease etc, He was (I hate to use that …
Licher wheat beer and a room with a view of “Chang Cheng”
The National Holidays have provided this BoTF correspondent and his family the opportunity to escape Beijing to a not-so-touristy section of the Great Wall called Mutianyu. Bladdamaster and his family were also regular visitors to this spectacularly picturesque and natural …
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Owain Glyndwr(pub) and Cwrw Dewi(beer)
Today decided would have a trip across to Cardiff for a bit of shopping with the kids. We caught the train from Brunel’s Bristol Temple Meads on the Great Western Line. It was a short trip of about 40 minutes …
Vale/DRK and the Manly Jazz Festival, a meteorological certainty
You’d be a mug to think that you could predict the weather a year out from a particular date. There’s one exception to that rule, and if you are planning a wedding in Sydney or an outdoor function and you …
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Collie Wobbles at WaterEdge
I will cover a bit of ground in this blog literally from north west to south west of England. The family went on a trip up to the Lake District this week for a few days. A university veterinary reunion …
Urbock and Namibian Rugby
This is the second Namibian beer to grace the Back of the Ferry pages. Windhoek is reasonably widespread and I’ve seen it on restaurant beer lists. It was a pretty standard German influenced macro. Urbock is also a drop that …
Daylight Savings Eve, @CoopersBrewery Best Extra Stout, BotF Canoodling & @Untappd 400
The BotF calendar is a full one. Winter Solstice, Summer Solstice, Christmas Eve, first Friday of the week etc. A big moment is the commencement of Daylight Savings, which is just around the corner, which means another event – the …
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