Birmingham - June 2024 Day 2

 9/6/24

At lunchtime of the conference I rode the tram to Edgbaston Village and back plus time for a couple of beers.

 Once I had finished at conference I rode the tram to Wolverhampton station and then back to the city centre.

First pub was the Good Intent:

then the Colmore

And finally te Sommar Tap

I had all 5 Untappd checkins at the bottom of the screen

Beers:

Silhill Brewery Brasshouse Blonde 4.1 The Brasshouse Birmingham Cask New Brew Amorillo 3.8 Prince of Wales Birmingham Cask Craddock's Brewery King's Escape 4.7 The Good Intent Birmingham Cask Craddock's Brewery Cast Iron 5.0 The Good Intent Birmingham Cask Tapped Brew Co Wicker 3.4 The Colmore Birmingham Cask Thornbridge Brewery Cat's Eyes 4.0 The Colmore Birmingham Cask GlassHouse Beer Co Laurel 4.8 Sommar Tap Waterloo Street Birmingham Draft Vault City Brewing Mini Mangoes 3.3 Sommar Tap Waterloo Street Birmingham Draft Sommar Brewing Company What’s My Name 4.4 Sommar Tap Waterloo Street Birmingham Draft PLAY BREW CO̠ HIGH ROLLER 5.4 Sommar Tap Waterloo Street Birmingham Draft PLAY BREW CO̠ Blue Raspberry Tropical Milkshake Pale Ale 5.0 Sommar Tap Waterloo Street Birmingham Draft PLAY BREW CO̠ Strawberry Jelly & Ice Cream Sour 5.5 Sommar Tap Waterloo Street Birmingham Draft

Birmingham - June 2024 Day 1

 8/6/24

I travelled to Birmingham, primarily for the National Conference of my trade union Prospect. I was there as a Conference Steward/Helper.

 This was held at the International Convention Centre

After registering in my hotel I took a short walk to the Sommar Brewery & Taproom

I  then met up with my fellow stewards and collected my conference information.

Time now for some more pubs and walk to Wolf. Google Maps gave me a canalside route.

Just before I got to Wolf I noticed a place not on my list, The Barrel Store

Then to Wolf

Final pub was Tilt

Some photos taken on the walk back to my hotel.

Beers:

Sommar Brewing Company Scoops 4.5 Sommer Brewery Birmingham Draft Sommar Brewing Company SUP 4.3 Sommer Brewery Birmingham Draft Sommar Brewing Company Waves 4.5 Sommer Brewery Birmingham Draft Sommar Brewing Company Mango POP 5.5 Sommer Brewery Birmingham Draft Sommar Brewing Company Muir 5.8 Sommer Brewery Birmingham Draft Sommar Brewing Company Tropic Like It’s Hot BAB 6.0 Sommer Brewery Birmingham Draft Sommar Brewing Company You’re Not  38 Forever 8.4 Sommer Brewery Birmingham Draft Attic Brew Co. Life Raft 3.8 The Barrel Store by Attic Birmingham Draft Attic Brew Co. Orders 6.6 The Barrel Store by Attic Birmingham Draft Buxton Brewery Featherbed 4.7 The Wolf Birmingham Cask Burning Soul Brewing Company Like Clockwork 5.5 The Wolf Birmingham Draft Holy Goat Brewing Funk Weapon 5.8 The Wolf Birmingham Draft Leigh On Sea Brewery The Thirst Amendment 4.5 Tilt Birmingham Draft Exale Brewing Bossa 6.0 Tilt Birmingham Draft

I Was A Conductor On A Routemaster Bus

 1/6/24

My story starts on 25 May when I received a message from a friend asking if I could be conductor on a bus he was driving on 1 June. Having checked my diary was empty for the day, I replied yes.

The bus he was supposed to driving was a one man operated bus that had encountered a major mechanical problem a week previous and was not available.

Over the next few days we arranged all the details of how the job would work.

The bus was going to be Routemaster RM5, the first production RM, owned by Peter Hendy Lord hendy of Richmond Hill.

The actual job was a private hire from Cheam to Epsom Racecourse (Derby Day). Another bus and crew would work the return journey.

I met the bus with Richard driving it, in Claremont Road in Surbiton.

We then headed off for Cheam. We stopped in a layby near the pick up point as we had some spare time. I posed for a photo there.

We then made our way to residential street in Cheam to pick up our passengers.

Whilst waitng, Richard posed for a photo.

After dropping off our passengers I took more photos.

A most pleasnt few hours doing something a litlle bit different.