Didn’t mind it to start with and I don’t even mind the odd IPA now (classic style), but the very hoppy contemporary ones all sort of taste the same.

Today that approach has royally bitten them on the arse. If it could break, it did.

The people that liked their beers dark and malty don’t brew anymore?

Even here in a fairly rural but of the south it’s wall to wall IPAs, NIPAs etc. And so many craft breweries in barns making hop juice.

Finding and drinking a pint of mild these days is almost insurgent.

⬆️or⬅️ That’s me. In my natural habitat.

Neil Sedaka singing Who Wants to be a Millionaire on prime time Saturday night television and Mystic Meg bringing the weird. What a time to be alive.

Ah yes but we’d been sat there for nearly 3 hours so the kids has a decent viewpoint and I could’ve done with another layer!

That is of course, hypothetical, but maybe a potential future player to take into account. I just can’t imagine it leaving that market alone.

Hypothetically, will Great British Railways not seek a piece of the action when it exists? I think we’re currently viewing GBR as likely to be the sum of its existing parts, but it’ll be big and I can see it using the clout to expand its reach, specifically towards HS1 if given the freedom to do so.

SNCF should consult British Airways before trying anything. Didn’t work out so well for them when they took Branson on…