tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post8378818150664507955..comments2023-07-10T00:44:36.377-07:00Comments on Seeing The Lizards: Keswick - Why Bother?Lizard Seerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07497330695288945161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post-44662316287079703602014-07-14T04:14:21.780-07:002014-07-14T04:14:21.780-07:00O eye, Nev. There is a lot of cross fertilisation ...O eye, Nev. There is a lot of cross fertilisation occurring between the gortex brigade, train enthusiasts, morris dancers & real ale drinkers. Have you never noticed?<br /><br />I see someone in a berghaus fleece and I think "real ale drinker" just like I see someone in an adidas originals jacket and think "lager drinker"<br /><br />I reckon 90+% of the time I'm right.<br /><br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post-16130625819448475762014-07-14T03:18:24.004-07:002014-07-14T03:18:24.004-07:00Do they, CL? Never noticed that.Do they, CL? Never noticed that.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post-14326347070018081572014-07-14T00:25:10.459-07:002014-07-14T00:25:10.459-07:00The English countryside has lots of places you can...The English countryside has lots of places you can take a coldbox full of cheap lager for an afternoon lying in the sun & littering the countryside.<br /><br />Anyone noticed that the goretex glad hikers tend to like beards and real ale?<br />Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post-40077247043704353372014-07-13T09:02:54.153-07:002014-07-13T09:02:54.153-07:00I suspect I'm rather more appreciative of the ...I suspect I'm rather more appreciative of the glories of the British countryside than yourself, but even so I've always much preferred the Yorkshire Dales to the Lakes. The Lakes seem deliberately designed to appear on a chocolate box.<br /><br />I remember having an excellent pint of Yates' Bitter in the <a href="http://www.pubcurmudgeon.org.uk/beer05/curm0504.html" rel="nofollow">George Hotel</a> in Keswick.<br /><br />But I'd agree a Spoons will shake them up.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6059712069593608891.post-3815824638942074102014-07-13T08:37:01.912-07:002014-07-13T08:37:01.912-07:00As a pub goer since the early 1970s, I know that d...As a pub goer since the early 1970s, I know that drinkers at that time seeking a decent pint would have welcomed Wetherspoons with open arms: we wouldn't have believed our luck. But nowadays they often face opposition just as you describe: a combination of snobbery, scare tactics and protectionism. <br /><br />Spoons vary in quality, like the pubs of any other pub company; I like ours in Southport, although it's not my local, but there are some I'd rather not go into. I'm certain that Keswick will benefit from a Spoons.Neville Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923209266005338452noreply@blogger.com