No wonder they brew it in Bavaria

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OK. I am a little bit unsober. Must be lack of food, heat plus a little beer, because I haven't had much to drink. We were both feeling a bit flat (we had thought of going out to the River Festival, but the trains are off here today), and rhionnach had been a busy bee, so we went out for a walk and ended up in the Clockwork.

The Clockwork is not as good as it was: it still is one of the best pubs in the city. They had Budvar Dark on tap, which suited rhionnach, and I experimented with a couple of bottles of the German beers. They had some Rauchbier, which I had not sampled. Wow! Smoky flavour: it makes you long for bratwurst and sauerkraut.

Now, back for some food (linguine alla putanesca) and some chilling out.

Before that, though, I should say that subsequent to my last post I realised what we should be wishing rather than peace: frith.

Frith sort of means peace, but it is a positive peace, not simply the absence of strife: it is the peace where there is justice, where there is the rule of law, where the weak are protected, where the community is whole and healthy. Now that I could wish for anyone.