Camden and Richmond

Thursday 14th February

I had originally intended to just go out to the Weekly Wind Up venue tonight but it turned out a bit different to that.
As I left Kentish Town West station I noticed an A board advertising the Camden Brewery. Curiosity got the better of me so I walked up the side street and this is what I found.

fermenters outside

keg not cask

There is now a bar as part of the brewery so I thought I would see what was on offer.

entrance to the bar

 Three halves were drunk here:

No handpumps here!

Detailed info about the beers

Then on to the Weekly Wind Up which was at the Tapping the Admiral pub.

I thought I had blogged about this pub on my previous visit but no so the photos below were taken on  26th April 2012.
A pint of each of Timothy Taylor Dark Mild and Elgoods Black Dog Mild were consumed here.

As I was drinking my 2nd pint, I got a text from a friend saying he and 7 other Wind Up members were in the Southampton Arms at the next down the line at Gospel Oak. A couple of interesting beers were mentioned, so I decided to stop there on my way home.

When I got there, they were still available and a pint ordered (in a straight glass).

The beer wot I had

The pub also does some nice simple advertising outside:

And so back home. You may remember one of my early posts about old BR posters at Richmond station. If not see here

Well they have made a proper feature of them and updated photos are shown below.

and now for something completely different

Thank you John Cleese for introducing this post.

I've been thinking about something different to write about so I have scanned some tickets (mostly railway related) and present them here for your enjoyment. Most are from the early 1990's. Another long term project is to scan some old photos but none done yet.

A big thank you to David Scard who edited the images for me.
Thanks also to the Six Bells Junction website for Railtour information.


First one is from my first visit to the Swanage Railway. A Comp because of a reciprocal arrangement with working volunteers on MHR. I started as a volunteer on the Watercress Line in 1990 by the way.

Some Charter train tickets now

The Denby Phoenix. 47926 and 58042 used on this tour

The Coalville Swansong. 56015, 56018, 60032, 60057 used on this tour

To Folkestone Harbour and Newhaven Marine with 33109, 33118 and  6-REP no 1901

Real Ale Ramble to the Isle of Wight

The Wensleydale Ranger to Redmire with 20092, 20169, 47501, 90025

The Cattle Grid to Thorney Mill, Brentford Goods, Ardingly, Angerstein Wharf with 56059 and 47820

To Matlock and Peak Rail HST trip with 43051 and 43064

Some Open Day tickets now

An Old Oak Common Open Day

Some other railway travel tickets. These are some of the earliest tickets in my collection that I Have found so far. There maybe more lurking in the back of a cupboard somewhere.

Not sure where I went but I remember doing trips to Exeter and Kings Lynn on these Network Days.

7 day Freedom of Scotland Rover

And finally a bus ticket from not so long ago

From 2007