INSIDE THE WORLD OF MEETUP

A day out in Nottingham with the Leicester group looked good on paper. I was feeling a lot better and was ready for it. Met them an hour after the start, once I know a group for drinking events I don't become the first to arrive unless due to public transport. The canal house was very busy for the time of day with security already on the door. Moved on to Ye olde trip to Jerusalem which was a change from the usual. I'm a fan of going to old historic places especially on daytime sessions.   We moved on to other pubs including the Magic garden, nice place to sit on a summer afternoon but the price of drinks were 20-30% higher than the other pubs. We then headed to the familiar Pitcher and piano, by this point it was gone 18:00 and the group was starting to go downhill. Had one more beer across the road then called it a day. 

  Bit of an early start at 5:45 and only a small group of 6 but it was good to catch up with a few old faces. A warm evening with no coats required until about 9. It wasn't nearly as busy as usual a couple of obvious stag parties but no queues for food and drinks. Did my usual terrible self trying to pick winners 1 out of 12, left after final race and got bus straight home.

  Due to the heatwave I can honestly say I wasn't looking forward to this. It was only a short bus ride from Coalville to Thornton which made a change from the usual. We headed south to Bagworth heath woods, which offered some welcome shade. Looping up to the main road. There was an option for some of the group to cut the walk off early which 2 or 3 did. Then we did a lap of Thornton reservoir, another example of going somewhere I'd never been before despite being only a few miles from home. It was easy and flat with some welcome breeze from the heat. Has a quick drink a local pub while waiting for the bus. 

  I'd been looking forward to this particular meetup for a while because I'd not seen the Leicester crowd since the Camden pub crawl. We met in the distillery but it became clear that after a couple of drinks I was not feeling too good.  We moved around the corner to the Rutland and Derby and had a few more on the rooftop with the sun out. I still wasn't feeling it and it was clear that it wasn't happening that day. I bailed out around 6pm and got the bus home.