Conversations On The Pup

[lupestripe]

The garden is going well largely because we have had good weather. We have cleared a huge section for the new patio and moved the soil up to the top end of the garden. We have also nearly completed building a wall to segregate the patio from the grass bit. All we need to do now is finish the wall, lay the sand and put some slabs down and we are largely done. It has been an awful lot of work and hampered slightly by this week's rain but we are still hoping to get this completed in the next fortnight, when we can start having BBQs.

Wolfie and his Dad built the wall during the Easter weekend when I was unfortunately held up with work. It was a frustrating working weekend for me as it seemed to expand to fill all the time I had. On Monday though I did manage to finish early and we headed down to Sheffield to meet my sister, who wanted to try the new BrewDog bar which has just opened there. This was our 11th bar and we were served by a beardy man with whom I have enjoyed some good banter on twitter. The style of the bar is a little different to that of the others, having a more canteen feel with a bright white sign. I'm not sure I like it as much as the usual industrial theme but the beer was great and it was good to meet up with my sister for the first time this year. Not much has really changed although Wolfie nearly told her about the dungeon in our house - she will probably find out eventually, when she comes to stay, but we will broach that subject when we come to it.

Before this we had gone to a Gastropub for an excellent lamb and Stilton burger. The place was opposite BrewDog at the top end of town near the university, a place which has become something of a hipster's paradise with bars and niche shops. I quite like it but even BrewDog had to blend in, it's signage being different to those of the other bars. We could only afford a couple of hours in Sheffield before we had to get our train back but it was a great time nonetheless.

The rest of the week has seen the resurgence of the diahorrea I suffered last week, with Monday night and Tuesday morning being the worst, having had to visit the toilet on seven occasions between 1am and 8am. I think it's a stomach bug that I reactivated by eating rich food and the symptoms are only just receding now. I hope this means it has finally gone for good but I'm eating plain foods just to be sure. It hasn't been pleasant.

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[porsupah.livejournal.com]

You're very, very behind on posting photos, you know. ^_^; (Your East Asian whirlwind tour comes to mind!)

I still need to get to visit one of BrewDog's bars. Trouble is, whenever I head into the city, I keep being lured back to places I know serve very good food and great beer, like the White Horse. Or, for that matter, the Royal Standard - not nearly as voluminous a selection of beers, but still nicely varied, and particularly good food. Come down and let's go for a pub crawl. ^_^

Hope you're feeling rather perkier and fluffy-tailed once more!