tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post4258560673089228640..comments2024-03-29T10:53:19.170+00:00Comments on Paul's Beer & Travel Blog: Symonds Yat and the Wye Valley GorgePaul Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-82747850223750759912019-04-17T13:43:00.929+01:002019-04-17T13:43:00.929+01:00Etu. I hadn’t noticed that until just now. Serendi...Etu. I hadn’t noticed that until just now. Serendipity?Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-11577016191858519262019-04-17T10:43:15.858+01:002019-04-17T10:43:15.858+01:00...and I've just noticed the brew called "......and I've just noticed the brew called "Flat Tyre".Etunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-58820121786333615512019-04-17T09:42:01.554+01:002019-04-17T09:42:01.554+01:00*it was 2015 actually, not that it matters to anyo...*it was 2015 actually, not that it matters to anyone else.Etunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-21627290232645813382019-04-17T09:40:31.996+01:002019-04-17T09:40:31.996+01:00Well spotted Paul.
Yes, to a degree, you can make...Well spotted Paul.<br /><br />Yes, to a degree, you can make your own luck with the right call. Mine was deciding that I didn't care about cash that night, and guessing that there would probably be somewhere OK nearby.<br />Etunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-66295864591399116912019-04-16T23:10:02.377+01:002019-04-16T23:10:02.377+01:00"They walked alone by the old canal. A little..."They walked alone by the old canal. A little confused, I remember well, And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burning bright."<br /><br />From "A Simple Twist Of Fate" from the classic Bob Dylan album, "Blood on the Tracks"?<br /><br />The Saracen's Head has some good reviews Etu, and from what we saw on our brief visit the beer and the service were also first class. It's a pity the pub was so busy, as what we saw of the food, also looked good. My wife commented, just as we were leaving, on the well-stacked ploughman's being enjoyed by a woman sitting at the table opposite.<br /><br />It sounds like luck was certainly on your side that night!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722137562852954269.post-13273356967665246682019-04-16T18:58:36.900+01:002019-04-16T18:58:36.900+01:00It's good to read that you enjoyed Symonds Yat...It's good to read that you enjoyed Symonds Yat, despite the school holidays rush, Paul. Yes, I fell foul of the same oversight recently too.<br /><br />To continue a theme from elsewhere, I was steered to the Saracen's Head by A Simple Twist Of Fate, one dark wet Sunday afternoon in December 2016.<br /><br />Driving down the A40, I realised that I had a puncture. I Managed to pull off, but the squirty-spray repair kit supplied with the car was useless for the gash. Then I discovered that there was no spare wheel. Rather than wait in the danger, and in the rain for a breakdown service, I decided to look for somewhere to stay the night, and set off, tyre flapping, for Symond's Yat east, the turning at which I had pulled over. I limped into the car park as night fell.<br /><br />I knew that it was a tourist spot, but when I saw the pub-hotel I couldn't believe my luck. I was driving back to Mrs. E, but, well without her, I just had to make the best of my night there, the way that one does..<br /><br />I can't quite remember how many pints of Saved By The Bell I had, but the food and accommodation were both superb.<br /> <br />Thanks to the wifi and the web, the next day I was able to get a breakdown truck, to take me to a tyre dealer's in Ross-on-Wye.<br /><br />I only wish that I could have more bad luck like that, really. Etunoreply@blogger.com