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Faversham Visit
Jan. 25th, 2011 08:47 pmToday I took a bus to Faversham as I really needed the fresh air and away from the stifling atmosphere of a boring village. The sun was out and it was quite a warm morning and a lot brighter than it has been recently.
I arrived in Faversham , a mere five miles away , but a return bus journey costing £5 makes Arriva buses more expensive than any route radiating from Brighton. Also after seven in the evening there are no buses.
I first went to Boots to get some more shaving gel, but actually , I decided to visit this salubrious town to look for a seller of flavoured pipe tobacco. The first two shops I had no joy but on my third attempt at another outlet I discovered the only shop (so the counter assistant told me) that sold pipe tobacco in the whole town. They only had two flavours available, cherry , and my favourite, vanilla and cherry combination. I bought 25 0z.
I then looked around the charity shops and a couple of second-hand bookshops. The charity shops had little to tickle my fancy but the second second-hand bookshop , Past Sentence, had a good variety of books. I gravitated to the philosophy and history sections and bought a copy of Rousseau’s “Social Contract” (Penguin) for two pounds.
I had a pint of Red Late before I left ,and then walked with a happy gait smoking my briar pipe full of quality shag, I felt like being part of a club that included (until recently) Stephen Fry, Albert Einstein, Sir Conan Doyle, and Marcel Duchamp, plus fictional characters like Sherlock Holmes - all pipe smokers dear Watson.
Thursday I will be back in Brighton for a few days. I have the 2011 Dark Star Tasting Notes on my person and they are brewing some new seasonal and monthly ales which I want to try.
Last Wednesday I was in Sittingbourne again as I wanted to pop into the local 99p Stores to pick up some Heel Balm and vitamins. I popped into the Summoner for a pint of beer I had from the Nelson Brewery a foaming glass of Nelsons Blood (6.0 % ABV) and it was only £1.70 a pint. The brewery is based in Chatham. The beer is really lovely, and fulsome. I ended up having a second pint of this dark brew.
I arrived in Faversham , a mere five miles away , but a return bus journey costing £5 makes Arriva buses more expensive than any route radiating from Brighton. Also after seven in the evening there are no buses.
I first went to Boots to get some more shaving gel, but actually , I decided to visit this salubrious town to look for a seller of flavoured pipe tobacco. The first two shops I had no joy but on my third attempt at another outlet I discovered the only shop (so the counter assistant told me) that sold pipe tobacco in the whole town. They only had two flavours available, cherry , and my favourite, vanilla and cherry combination. I bought 25 0z.
I then looked around the charity shops and a couple of second-hand bookshops. The charity shops had little to tickle my fancy but the second second-hand bookshop , Past Sentence, had a good variety of books. I gravitated to the philosophy and history sections and bought a copy of Rousseau’s “Social Contract” (Penguin) for two pounds.
I had a pint of Red Late before I left ,and then walked with a happy gait smoking my briar pipe full of quality shag, I felt like being part of a club that included (until recently) Stephen Fry, Albert Einstein, Sir Conan Doyle, and Marcel Duchamp, plus fictional characters like Sherlock Holmes - all pipe smokers dear Watson.
Thursday I will be back in Brighton for a few days. I have the 2011 Dark Star Tasting Notes on my person and they are brewing some new seasonal and monthly ales which I want to try.
Last Wednesday I was in Sittingbourne again as I wanted to pop into the local 99p Stores to pick up some Heel Balm and vitamins. I popped into the Summoner for a pint of beer I had from the Nelson Brewery a foaming glass of Nelsons Blood (6.0 % ABV) and it was only £1.70 a pint. The brewery is based in Chatham. The beer is really lovely, and fulsome. I ended up having a second pint of this dark brew.
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