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Can confirm Hawksmoor in Manchester definitely meets all three of his criteria, and no I wasn't thinking of his video the entire time I was eating it, honest.

Slightly giddy that I've raced in an event with someone who participated in #bm100, ngl.

Don't watch much Scottish football, but this Rangers v Hearts match is a cracker.

Well that's the next few days sorted...

This is also a good way to socially engineer call centres for nefarious purposes, our security training tells us repeatedly...

American employment conditions though 🫣😫

Why have we cut away from the speed skating to have a studio discussion? Wtf?

Under no definition of the word is that a "lengthy" discussion on a Wikipedia talk page.

OK. Not the final stop. There's donzoko, almost on the way back. The velvet curtain of out there.

Final stop: Two by two. Decent lineup here. Tried the Strata Krush and New England pale.

And so to Full Circle, one of the main events of today's tour. Represented here by their Rotator Neipa.

Wobbly Duck. Last city centre bar of the day (there are others, skipped with an eye on time and sobriety) another small basement bar. Cosy, and with merch. Featured beer is from Azvex.

Mean eyed cat. Not on v1 of the plan, but showed up with all four of the Polly's 8th birthday collabs. Therefore, a must visit for me. This is the Rivington collab, a fruits of the forest gateau pastry sour. Much more than the generic purple beer it appears to be.

Town Mouse. Very difficult to spot basement bar. Tip I was given for Newcastle: if it has an animal in the name, it does good beer. (photo: Holy Goat Spectral Lore (Tayberry sour)

Newcastle, I am in you. Jesmond Dene parkrun first thing. Breakfast at a decent social nearby. Now for the beers, starting with Wylam Brewery Tap. Posh place.

Welcome to Gas Town Happy New Year, and Welcome to Gas Town!

Because I got lost down a rabbit hole yesterday and read this, I think you should too. But probably only if you're in software and have feelings about AI. Batshit. Crazy.
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I'm glad your kitchen cupboard tops are also home to discarded Christmas chocolate tubs.
Ours are mainly Celebrations, though. Goes better with the colour scheme.

Thanks Morrisons. That'll go great in my curry.

I think it's fair to say that most councils are a disaster area at the moment, just Reform promised to fix everything and, unsurprisingly, can't.

25 miles a week was life goal level for large parts of last year. Trying to start 2026 with some consistency and build on that. But it's such hard work right now.

The thing stopping me entering races currently (other than recurring plantar) is a weekend beer addiction. I will take no questions.

If I had a quid for every time one of our fans, or fans of those down the road, demanded "investment" from current or prospective owners, I'd probably be able to afford to buy a football club.

Football needs sustainability, and the responsibility for that starts with fans.

Poor pooch 😢

Why can't all the traitors obsessives use a hashtag or even the word in their posts so I can mute that boring, pointless, mind numbing bollocks?

If it's diverted via Aberdeen instead of Highland mainline it'll be a ghost on RTT until it rejoins the booked route.

And that's a great run! Welcome back!

These are awful. I want to be able to scarf a full packet of jaffa cakes without spicy regret.

That's an impressive outcome.

Maybe your wife is giving the dog something better?

I mean better treats, obviously...

So much excitement about Traitors. As an unwitting sharer of the sofa with a viewer, I can feel my brains leaking out due to the stupidity constantly on display. There's no wonder everything has to continually be dumbed down for public consumption