My weekend in pictures

Did I have a fab weekend or what? Food, drinks, owls, canals and a ferris wheel! We didn’t venture very far, but we saw new things, old things, friends, acquaintances, ate curry, ate meat, drank cocktails, drank fruit beer and generally just mooched around and about the city and suburbs we call home.

Here’s a pictorial round up

New sandals
        New sandals
Still dressing for summer (it was a nice day on Friday, honest!)
Friday outfit
Cocktails
Prince of Wales Motiki bar
Cocktails
Chilli cheese fries
Chilli cheese fries
The Big Hoot
Owls
Finding a new (to us) pub – The Old Joint Stock in Birmingham. The interior is stunning. I can’t wait to go back and try their pies!
Old Joint Stock pub
Old Joint Stock ceiling
Old Joint Stock interior
Inside the Old Joint Stock
A stroll along the canal
Birmingham canal
Birmingham canals
Beer garden (how pretty is that colour combo?)
Pretty bench
Street festival
Kings Heath Street Festival
Stilt walker
Cherry beer – slurp
Cherry beer
Funfair
Ferris wheel
I’m the world’s worst for always wanting to go on far and wide adventures, but sometimes all you need is right on your doorstep.

A great bank holiday Monday

Here’s what I got up to.

We drove to Clent Hills for some sunshine and fresh air and beautiful views.

Clent

BUT…

The rest of Birmingham had the same idea and it was manic. No parking spaces and an impatient husband conspired against us.

So we came home and went out locally.

We watched great blues and jazz music c/o Moseley’s best pub on a sunny day, The Prince of Wales.

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Hannah Johnson and The Broken Hearts are a great Country band with a sweet female vocalist, a cool steel guitarist, an amazing lead guitarist and a double bassist. Double bass is my favourite instrument.

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So cool.

So we drank some cocktails (an Old Fashioned for him and a hmm.a.hmm.aaaa.hmm for me…I can’t remember the name, but it contained gin and elderflower).

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And then went for Moroccan food, starting with mussels with chilli which, I am so hooked on, I can’t have anything else when I eat here.

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Much love for Bank Holiday!