Beer, Batman and Boxing
The bar hop cousins have a funny family tree, we are spread out the length and breadth of the land. We cover all parts of the UK as well as Eastern Europe, probably further afield too. For today’s blog I want to concentrate on a crawl we did in Northern Ireland. Now the history of Northern Ireland is complex, far too complex for an idiot like me to try to summarize, I will leave that to far better educated folk than myself. I want trivia not a history lesson! – So, as an example, The anchor for the SS Great Britain is on display along the sea wall. And one of Bristol’s crown jewels is…. The rest of the SS great Britain! See how is that for trivia? So before I start I want to give you an idea of the crawl we had in a place called Newcastle. “But why on earth are you going on about Northern Ireland? If you now go on about Newcastle!?” I hear you ask. Well this Newcastle is in County Down, situated about an hour south of Belfast....