Hey guys!
Super late I know, I'm sorry! I find it pretty hard to blog when I'm not at home so I've made the decision to try my best to have my posts ready to go a week in advance. That way there will be no excuses!
Last night I went to a real ale festival with my boyfriend and his family. It was a really good event and actually much better than I was expecting. Every year my neighbouring town holds this event but yesterday was my first time actually attending. Basically it is just a good event to show case all the local ales on offer. Personally I hate ale or beer or lager or anything of that beery nature haha so I wasn't expecting much going into this thing.
This year they had a gin stall too - but me being incredibly difficult I don't like gin either (but in this instance it was better that beer so it won). I was actually pleasantly surprised by the gin I got but I really wasn't going in there with high expectations. For a start it had gin in it - then it had tonic which I also hate - and to top it all off it had mint in it which is my least favourite herb ever. Together though - it was the perfect combination. I actually really liked it! The gin was a fancy rose/earthy flavour and the tonic was flavoured with elderflower. The mint really complimented too and I didn't think I would ever hear myself say that! I don't know why I liked it so much - perhaps it was because I had just suffered through half a pint of gross ale before hand and in comparison it was a heavenly combo but who knows!
There was also live music, a magician (who I didn't see but heard much about), and plenty of amazing smelling food. My main complaint would be that there wasn't any vegetarian options - but I was starving and grumpy and had I eaten before hand it wouldn't have been so much of an issue. Of course it was freezing - but that's Scotland for you. All in all it was actually a really nice event with a great busy atmosphere.
Did you guys get up to anything cool yesterday?
robynisabella x
