Went to the Great British Beer Festival today. 450 beers, a trade ticket (ta Tony 
), and 4 hours to get around and try a few halfs of strange and wonderful brews 
The fav of the day was a mild that tastes of Lapsang Souchong tea, a brew Jonathan introduced me to in his early London days. Very smokey, but only to my taste. Did end up drinking a lot, since everyone else didn't like their samples. Also, a number of delightful light summer ales, a corking honey beer, and plenty of Bishops Finger.
A quick dash back to the tube, home, sleep, and, thankfully, awake in time to get off at my stop. I'd have ended up in Kings Lynn quite easily otherwise.
Owh, and of noticable and puzzling interest, beyond the HUGE amount of police around on the tube, the streets, and the trains, was the Apache gunships hovering around the centre of London. I'm not really sure what purpose they're serving, after all there's not than many battlefield tanks on the streets these days. And until today I'd guessed it was some sort of fly past. But today was the third time I've heard or seen them, so it appears they've become a fixture of the skys, at least for now.
