Tipsy Pig - Romsey

27/8/17

Another free ticket with my Annual Season Ticket Gold Card.

This pub transformed in December 2016 from the William IV to the Tipsy Pig.

I happened to notice on Facebook that they were having their first beer festival today.

And only a 5 minute walk from Romsey station.

The beer list is below:

A great selection of beer in my opinion and all fairly local. Good prices as well.

Some pub pics

The festival stillage and 2 pins on the bar

I spent a very enjoyable 3 hours spent there.

Ram Brewery - Wandsworth

17/8/17

On 22nd June 2006 I paid what I thought was my last visit to Youngs Brewery in Wandsworth.

In fact beer has continued to be brewed there ever since thanks to the efforts of a former Head brewer there called John Hatch.

As the brewery was being dismantled, he put in place and collected items to set up a very small scale brewery on part of the site that remains as some of the buildings have been listed.

The brewery in agreement with present day Youngs management is not commercially registered and is only available at the small bar on site.

The entrance is through an anonymous door in the hoardings on the main road,

into a courtyard

The bar:

Two beers were available:

Unfortunately a brewery tour is not possible but I took some photos a window in the door.

Around the of the bar are pumpclips of all the beers that have been brewed there.

Thanks to the Weekly Wind Up group who arranged a very enjoyable evening.

I also took a couple of photos outside

This area of the brewery was the stables, back then all beer for local pubs was delivered by horse drawn drays.

I end this blog with some photos from my 2006 visit.

Heathrow Pods

16/8/17

A little journey on a different form of public transport.

Driverless pods transport passengers from Heathrow Terminal 5 to car parks outside the airport on a dedicated system of roadways.

I used this document to find the starting point in Terminal 5.

I travelled from T5 car park A, then car park B, then back to T5.

A word of warning. Usage is monitored and you may find like me that your journeys get cancelled after a couple rides. After all it is for car park users primarily.