Sunday, April 17, 2011

The Ale Trail: I am taking a short Sabbatical

I went looking for ale and all I found was beer !
I'm taking a month off from this Blog to recharge my batteries, smoke some Cuban cigars, do some more investigative journalism, drink some more ale and hard liquor, visit a few more pubs and then I will be back with a vengeance with new material and a fresh approach to this Blog now on the Ale Trail.
The one's I didn't get to finish...
It's true when they say, "So many Ales and so little time."  This blog right now is taking almost 800 hits a month from far away places like Egypt, Figi, New Zealand and Australia.  I have picked up a nice following in the UK and what a surprise for all the visits I get each month from South America.  I write this Blog, The Ale Trail,: for American's thinking about visiting or returning to visit the UK.  That's been my primary audience.  Hopefully this information has been of some use.  As for me, I see a book somewhere here as I only have provided on this blog about a 5th of the information I have gathered, so we will see.
The 800 year old pub in Axmouth
Michael serving the ale in the above photo was Mr. Informative.  I wish I could have stayed there all afternoon and had to be carried out.  What a great "Traditional Pub" that you will find just across the street from Saint Michale's in Axmouth.  I will return for a meal with my family one day and for now will say I highly recommend this place if you are traveling the Devon Coast.
One pint after the other
I have made so many friends on the Ale Trail.  I wish in some ways there were local pubs everywhere in the States.  I have yet to run into an annoying person having an ale in a country or small town pub. And for Ale, I like ale you can chew like my nephew Ryan say's.  If you can chew it it's good and who am I to argue with the experts.  I have decided that My Happy Eye will be on the Ale trail until further notice and that might be for some time to come.
Havana's
When I was deployed on a peace keeping mission after Yugoslavia went to war with itself I was in Sarajevo quite a bit, and when we were there we would go to the French, British or German Military Exchange Stores to purchase Cuban Cigars.  We once bought a box of 25 Romeo and Julietta's for about $20 dollars at the German PX... and let me tell you there is nothing like what Kinky Freedman say's when he says he's burning Castro's fields.  I was a fan at one time of Kinky Freedman and the Texas Jew boys and have also read his "A Case of Lone Star," which if you haven't read it... it's a not too bad dime store detective novel.  I look forward to my sabbatical and those long tasty smoking sessions that will last for hours as I slowly burn those Havana's savoring every draw whilst sipping aged single malt scotch whiskey... yes...
Life goes on as it must....
For now I have places to go and people to see and I will be back... with a vengeance.

Sabbatical: Click Here

Romeo and Julietta # 3's: Click Here
The 800 Year Old pub in Axmouth: Click Here
Kinky Freedman the author: Click Here
Kinky Freedman and the Texas Jew boys: Click Here

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