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Cracking boozer, that.

De Dolle Stille Nacht = incredibly good. I had a few when I was in Belgium last month and they never disappoint.

Tube15 is apparently great for the price (except the reverb, natch). I've got one of the HB Teles and it's brilliant. Really rate it and even more so when you consider it was £129 brand new.

No, the MkII doesn't have one.

I've got the MkII and it's been great, reliable, decent sound and features. etc. I like it. I'd probably not bother with the reverb, though, and use a pedal instead. Haven't used it for recording, mind. But there are emulated outputs (1x12 and 4x12 cabs) on the MkII.

I can already hear my wife saying there’s not enough counter space for two coffee grinders.

See, I didn't think I had enough counter space for two coffee grinders until I ended up with two coffee grinders.

In de Wildeman for beers. I'm also a big fan of Mulder's Café and the Belgian place just off Dam Square (assuming it's still there). And I'd recommend the boat cruise too - it's such a great way of seeing the city.

I've got a grey 60L one from Decathlon that has rucksack straps too, which you can have for nothing if you can collect.

I'd second this. Went there for a browse, ended up buying something but not before I'd tried stacks of guitars. When I narrowed it down to two, they let me try them both out in the vintage amps room too. On several different amps.

I'd be tempted to go Belgian and the excellent De Struise range. Their Black Albert/Black Damnation stuff is aged in all sorts of barrels, while Cuvée Delphine is the nectar of the Gods.

Kernel Imperial Brown Stout?

I'm a big fan of the Harvey's Imperial Extra Double Stout too.

LOL, that gearing would not be perfect for tackling the steepest of gradients for me.

Yeah, I really enjoyed it there. Quite fancy heading back next year.

I looked into AirBnB but there was a deal on a hotel near the old port that worked out better.

Yes. Cat still there and exceptionally cute.

Kernel Table Beer? It's not an IPA as such (but then nothing that's 3% will be), but it has all the taste of one.

£30 according to the Etsy shop.

Overheard in the Golf Club Locker Room, surely?

All this talk of French ferry adventures has tipped me over the edge. I've just booked an overnight ferry to St Malo, from where I'm going south to my mate's place in the Vendée then up to the Loire and along it as far as Blois. I've done Amboise to Orléans before and it was wind-in-your-face drudgery, so I'll train it to Paris, then out to Gisors or maybe Gournay-en-Bray and take the Voie Vert back to Dieppe.

I called 'series over' on Bluesky after Root was dismissed, so am claiming this recovery.

Nice one. Needed some walking strides but was reluctant to pay Fjallraven prices. Cheers.

arriving at 5am in summer time, which is perfect for starting a tour.

Word of warning: I did this at the end of May last year and it was fucking freezing when I got off and for the first 15km before I warmed up.

Ooof, Sri Lanka have utterly crumbled against SA. An utterly risible batting display.

I did a nice leisurely mini-tour a couple of years ago that involved Dover-Calais, cycling down the Calais to St Omer canal, up to Cassel then over to Ypres in Belgium via the Mont de Cats, then back to Bergues and Dunkirk, where I got the ferry back to Dover. Only took four nights/five days, but you could easily extend it as @MTB-Idle says above and take in some Flemish bergs to the east of Ypres. The bonus here is that area of France is incredibly quiet as most tourists drive through it on the motorway and never bother with it, so the roads (in my experience) were practically deserted. Plus they sell decent beer in Nord-Pas de Calais and Belgium, so there's that.

England clawing it back in the final session after a decidedly mediocre start. Woakes is bowling about as quickly as Sam Curran does, which is a concern. Did Bashir deserve any of his four wickets? Maybe the one that got Matt Henry? The rest were from absolute dross deliveries. Still bowls way too straight, for me.

Meh, takes five seconds. Ensures there are no stray grounds left over and means I'll never have to worry about the chute being clogged. I'll take that.