Your botf correspondents alway try and get some ‘back of the ferry’ time in the exotic locations we get to visit. With this in mind I caught the ferry on route RB1 down the Thames from London Bridge to Greenwich. …
Our heart goes out to @thebeachclub58 Collaroy
The East coast of Australia got smashed by a “low” on the weekend. For all intents and purposes this was a tropical cyclone, except Sydney’s below the Tropic of Capricorn and the barometric pressure didn’t reach the required minimum. The …
Bucolic Cambridge & it’s namesake Brew House
Today’s trek took me to bucolic Cambridge. The weather was stunning and it’s insanely easy to get to from London – just 50 mins on a train service that runs every 15 mins or so. This explains why it’s one …
Market punishment & The Bermondsey Beer Mile
My iPhone health app tracked me as walking 25 klics (or taking 30,000 steps) today. It was a big one…with most of it spent stuck behind the madding crowds in the large London Markets. Once out of the blocks in the …
Union Electric, the Supper Inn and Boilermaker House – Melbourne magic
Back on the road again to good old Melbourne. One the crew said he felt like a China for dinner. A quick Google search gave us a likely option in Heffernan Lane. Looked in, sparse crowd, time for a pre-dinner …
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Mother Kelly’s & surprising London
My trek today took me to a part of London I’ve never had cause to visit before, Bethnal Green. A part of the botf craft beer passion is that it gets us to all sorts of places you’d never normally visit. …
Craft Beer Co & piling on the miles
Your correspondent has continued his London treks to fight off the jet lag. For today’s venture I crossed the Thames on the London Bridge and walked west along the Thames to St Paul’s then back through Cheapside to the Tower, …
Fortuitously in London – The Old Red Cow
Your correspondent is having the current pleasure of spending some time in London for his day job. As per the unofficial #botf manifesto I am also maximising my tourism time by walking for bloody miles while sampling, what will become evident, …
@FiveBarrels Hoppy Amber – TRY IT
Recently, one of Back of the Ferry’s favourite* (beer) blogs put up a post on Five Barrel Brewing. This is a new brewery in Wollongong and read the back story on Beer is your Friend. I used to get to …
May Day, M’aidez!
As global warming sets in, there are two quandaries. How come May Day seems to be getting colder each year (we had snow in the UK yesterday), when in pagan times they celebrated the coming of summer on 1st May? And …
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