tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post4688736057436944747..comments2023-10-07T17:06:09.593+01:00Comments on maeib's Beer Blog: Coventry Beer FestivalMark Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862251527980938136noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-20319196335794063212008-04-18T20:39:00.000+01:002008-04-18T20:39:00.000+01:00Actually Haddonsman, having looked again at my bee...Actually Haddonsman, having looked again at my beer notes, I did score the beers pretty highly so I would agree the quality was pretty decent.Mark Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862251527980938136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-3479585540004939482008-04-18T20:37:00.000+01:002008-04-18T20:37:00.000+01:00Come on, Cov's not that bad. It's got a transport ...Come on, Cov's not that bad. It's got a transport museum. And a shit football club. And... er... a frequent and fast train service to Birmingham. <BR/><BR/>I went up the old cathedral tower before the festival and it did offer a good panoramic view.. of a huge, multi-storied fu(k-off sized Ikea.<BR/><BR/>BTW - the beer quality wasn't *that* ropey - the only real shame is that there wasn't a cracking pub close by after the kick-out (nearly every fest I do has at least one good pub on the way back to the railway station).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03387325466589229898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-52706346941988934962008-04-16T18:56:00.000+01:002008-04-16T18:56:00.000+01:00My mate was wrong, in that he set out to mislead -...My mate was wrong, in that he set out to mislead - he didn't go to Warwick University, he went to Coventry University. One is far more respected than t'other. Guess which! ;-)Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-11515390459001698332008-04-15T17:07:00.000+01:002008-04-15T17:07:00.000+01:00StonchWarwick University is in Coventry, so your m...Stonch<BR/><BR/>Warwick University is in Coventry, so your mate wasn't wrong. Its from before the boundary changes for counties.<BR/><BR/>GlenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-41490859310408613822008-04-15T07:34:00.000+01:002008-04-15T07:34:00.000+01:00Thats because it was completely flattened in WWII ...Thats because it was completely flattened in WWII and not rebuilt with the care that German & Belgian Cities were rebuilt and then to top it all they got the 60's concrete bug. Ghost Town was written by The Specials about Cov and it hasn't changed any. Other places are going for regeneration, even my pob Brum is looking a lot better, but Coventry seems determined to become even more run down.<BR/><BR/>GlenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-37028159678584138132008-04-14T23:28:00.000+01:002008-04-14T23:28:00.000+01:00My mate Lenny went to uni there. Recently I overhe...My mate Lenny went to uni there. Recently I overheard him telling someone he'd gone to university "in Warwickshire" in order to imply he went to Warwick. I must say his stock plummeted with me.Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-21509559642639661472008-04-14T21:35:00.000+01:002008-04-14T21:35:00.000+01:00Cov is particularly depressing though. Of the cit...Cov is particularly depressing though. Of the cities I go to regularly (Nottm, Derby, Leic and Bham) it's by far the bleakest.Mark Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862251527980938136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3003698046664815822.post-62208058018021077102008-04-14T12:00:00.000+01:002008-04-14T12:00:00.000+01:00"Apart from the cathedral I cannot really think of...<I>"Apart from the cathedral I cannot really think of a good reason to visit Coventry."</I><BR/><BR/>I'm afraid the same could be said of half the cities in England...Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.com