Oh joy! There is some brewing still going on! I hardly get down to Nott'm these days, even though I'm only about an hour away. If I do it's to go on a shopping trawl. What does the Talbot sell these days (aka Yates's Wine Lodge)?

I remember the good old days at the Trip when that model ship over the bar had enormous cobwebs hanging off it. (It is sandstone rock by the way, which is why there are so many natural caves under the city). It was the first pub my son visited, at 10 days old. Couldn't go in, but sat outside with him in his little pouch while I had some very nice Bass. He slept well that day!

It was also the pub where, 25 years ago, on Ian's stag night, the best man went to the loo and came out to find himself abandoned. (The toilets used to be across the courtyard). He then (as you do) tried various pubs in the vicinity, but missed the party. (I think they might have gone to the Bowling Green). He ended up getting a taxi from Slab Square to Ian's house in Carlton where his mum and I were, (as he couldn't remember the address of the house they were supposed to end up at), and arrived bleeding from the head. Daft beggar had decided to vault the railings down the middle of Maid Marion way, and caught his foot in the top! That's what Nottingham Ale does to you!

Andrea