Travelling down from the North East and back in one day makes for a long day. In 2009 I stayed over on the way there , and back with a friend who lives in Nuneaton. A few weeks before the big day he announced his daughter had bought him an appropriate T Shirt from Asda, pictured.
"Must get one of those" so off went Mrs Ken shopping , coming back with the aforesaid apparel.
We agreed we should get the others we would meet on the day to do the same so an email quickly went out to the rest of the guys.
On the day , our train from Nuneaton to London pulled into Rugby. There on the platform were 2 guys with the same T shirts. " Look at them two idiots". It was only when they got on that we realised they were meeting up with us, one of whom I hadn't seen for over 10 years.
This year the festival is at Olympia but back then it was held in Earls Court. As the afternoon wore on, more and more of us trickled in, all wearing the same. Not one guy bottled it, as you can see from the photograph below, taken by a bemused CAMRA steward. I think she got a fright as I'm the one with my fly open.
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