Eighth Straight Win

The first thing to note is that the new settee turns up and so does the floor man, at the third attempt. Naturally they both turn up at the same time.

Still it’s early enough to get the boys on the park afterwards and then get to the match for the 1pm kick off where Derby record an eighth straight win against Leeds. Ta da. Very satisfying.

In the evening we head down to the Navigation on Meadow Lane for food, which is normally our post squash bolt hole. We would have stayed longer were it not for the bands they had on, which repelled our custom rather than attracted it.

Instead we embark on a not terribly exciting pub crawl. There’s still not any Midnight Owl on at the Vat & Fiddle, so we head across town to where the Ropewalk are running out of beer and the Borlase is totally out. The Hand & Heart may have had beer but lacked space, it didn’t even have standing room. So we wind up at the Blue Monkey pub, which I think is ok but L isn’t a fan of their beer.

(Saturday 8th December)

Pastures New

An interesting T-shirt.

Can I sue?

With The Globe closed we head to exciting pastures new for our post squash match drink. Well, we cross the road to the Trent Navigation on Meadow Lane. Which is also the home of the Navigation Brewery, so we won’t need to go far to complain if the beer’s not up to scratch. They have a rather nice stout, so I’m happy. Even opponent has a beer, so it must be good. No complaints. The food looks decent here too.

(Thursday 10th May)