I've been occupied with Real Life over the Christmas holidays - my young man came to stay (we spent a lot of time watching pirate movies and Doctor Who).
I saw him off on the train from Hereford yesterday (via Worcester Foregate - the Newport line is closed for engineering works). On the bus back, I sat next to a neighbour, who asked how my New Year's Eve had been. She had a quiet night in, and said she didn't hear anything going on outside.
So, she missed the fight outside the Wheatsheaf, then.
Mark and I started the evening by the real fire in the Three Tuns, and moved on later to see what beers were on at Kilvert's. We planned to finish the evening at the Crown, which has the best selection of whiskies in Hay - I claim Scottish ancestry, so a glass of whisky for Hogmanay is essential!
On the way down the hill, we saw a big crowd outside the Wheatsheaf and up and down the street there. There's a lad in a wheelchair who drinks there with his mates (he was in a car crash a year or so ago) - well, the wheelchair was on its side in the middle of the road and he was sprawled on the floor. We didn't linger to see any more - but there was a police car headed that way shortly afterwards.
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The Wheatsheaf seems to be sinking into an ubiquitious den of eniquity again!
A happy new year, Lesley and Islay.
We went to the clock tower at 11.55pm and John and Karen from Tinto House plus their seventeen dinner guests came out and we all linked arms and sang 'Auld Lang Syne' under the watchful eye of the Brecon Constabulary.
I'm glad we missed the Wheatsheaf brawl!
We were still in the Crown at midnight - we'd got talking to a friend in there - but on the dot of midnight Mark rushed out to do a quick little pagan ceremony to honour his ancestors (it involves turning to the four points of the compass with an offering of vodka).
I'm sorry the range of beers was some-what diminished, last year the period between Christmas and New Year was a lot quieter than this year! And by the time Festival comes around we should have a pleasant surprise for ale-lovers!
Happy New Year! I'll have to try and make it to the clock tower next year. I quite enjoy Jools Holland though...
Ahh, but the beer that was on the pumps was very nice. Good luck with the building work.
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