I'm excited to be going to my local festival, Guilfest, this weekend. As I live fairly close by, I won't be camping (no need to take "the festival experience" too seriously!).
Headliners over the three days are ROGER DALTREY, RAZORLIGHT and JAMES BLUNT. Something for everyone? Almost, especially as N-DUBZ are right behind Razorlight on Saturday night's bill, and ERASURE and second only to James Blunt on the Sunday night.
However, with the weather forecast not so sparkling for the weekend, I could be heading for the cover of some of the indoor stages. I have acquaintances, for example, in LOOK! NO HANDS! who play on Friday evening in The Liveclub Stage tent, and in PLAY DEAD SISTER who open proceedings on Sunday afternoon in The Big Cheese Cave tent. Should both be interesting.
Other acts I'll be seeking out will be FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, THE LAMBRETTAS, STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL, FORTY 45, HUGH CORNWELL, NYLON SKY. It's going to be busy!
Guilfest is renowned for its family atmosphere and, having been before and taken my family, I can vouch for that. Always, when I've been in the poast, it's been sunny. Come on sun!
Thursday 14 July 2011
Thursday 7 July 2011
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Monday 4 July 2011
Price of shandy is outrageous
I was at a pub on Saturday night. It doesn't matter which pub; it could have been any pub.
As I was driving I thought it sensible to have two shandies, rather than two lagers.
A lager cost £3.70.
A shandy cost £3.70.
I know that's "always" been the case, but how does that work? Even if you can justify £3.70 for a lager (and I'm not really sure you can), I can't see how you can justify £3.70 for half a lager and half a lemonade. How much is a bottle of lemonade? Less than 50p, I'll bet. And half a pint of the stuff? Let's call it 25p so we're not underpricing it. OK, we'll double it back to 50p to take into account pub overheads. In fact we'll call it £1.20 which is what they probably charge (more research needed!).
So half a lager is half of £3.70 = £1.85.
Half a lemonade = £1.20.
The maximum price for a shandy should be £3.05.
But it's £3.70.
The answer's obvious, isn't it?
I'll be ordering half a lager and half a lemonade separately next time.
Rip-off Britain lives on.
As I was driving I thought it sensible to have two shandies, rather than two lagers.
A lager cost £3.70.
A shandy cost £3.70.
I know that's "always" been the case, but how does that work? Even if you can justify £3.70 for a lager (and I'm not really sure you can), I can't see how you can justify £3.70 for half a lager and half a lemonade. How much is a bottle of lemonade? Less than 50p, I'll bet. And half a pint of the stuff? Let's call it 25p so we're not underpricing it. OK, we'll double it back to 50p to take into account pub overheads. In fact we'll call it £1.20 which is what they probably charge (more research needed!).
So half a lager is half of £3.70 = £1.85.
Half a lemonade = £1.20.
The maximum price for a shandy should be £3.05.
But it's £3.70.
The answer's obvious, isn't it?
I'll be ordering half a lager and half a lemonade separately next time.
Rip-off Britain lives on.
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