I have been known to visit the odd pub on occasions and, unsurprisingly, the festive season is no exception. Christmas Eve was a reasonable session, but I managed to creep back in before midnight struck. On the big day I was much more restrained and it was just a few jars between midday and 2pm before heading home to enjoy all the trimmings. On Boxing Day I maintained an element of restraint but as The Swan was serving Bathams Bitter I felt it would have been rude not to partake. Safe to say, I’m following the advice I’ve been handing out to others for years – ‘Use ‘em or lose ‘em’. But, I was…
