Abigail Newton - The Gongoozler (Part 1)

The Moon Under Water

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🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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We’ve all been there: a beautiful pub reveals itself in the distance, resplendent in the gloaming hour. No alehouse has ever looked so inviting, so you decide to head in for the perfect pint of ale. But wait; what’s that they’re serving on draught?! 3 lagers and a fruity cider?! Where’s the real ale? Where’s the bitter?! For the love of God where’s the mild?! It’s a common problem, but thankfully this week’s guest is on a mission to keep our pubs serving a wider range of pints. It’s Abigail Newton - vice-chairman of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale).

Abigail is possibly the most passionate pint defenders in the world. Like us, she is always fixated on the small details that make pubs such special places and is committed to promoting the importance of taverns as community hubs. She’s also on a mission to make alehouses as inclusive as possible, and is often found singing the praises of one of the finest exports this country has to offer: the humble pint.

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0:00.0	Hold fast, my lover. Hold fast against the swift and swain. Kling tight in the buffet and
0:20.4	heave of this uncertain realm.
0:24.1	Cast your eyes to windward in the squall, for it too will pass, and we will meet again,
0:32.1	misty-eyed in the firelights, bound together in the moon underwater for some hours in the quietness of the day.
1:17.2	Just watching the sun cast itself across the many surfaces and woods, the pine grains and the knots of oak,
1:26.9	the dark, dark, plummy depths of mahogany here.
1:30.4	And I have to say, it's given me great solace to watch as the many different seasons pass.
1:37.9	All in one day here at the moon under water, which is not, doesn't happen very often,
1:41.7	but sometimes you do get four seasons in one day as a crowded house once proclaimed.
1:48.9	Perhaps prophesying the existence of the moon underwater, at least sensing it in their work.
1:54.1	But I tell you what, though it's nice to sit here alone in the moon underwater, just sort of let time fool around.
2:05.8	It is also nice when it becomes a crowded house.
2:12.2	So it's so nice to see the light finally cast its angles and its wedges across the lovely Robin Allander as he takes up his seat at the bar here.
2:24.7	How fair thee, Robin?
2:27.0	Oh, I'm very good, John.
2:28.1	Thanks for that lengthy introduction.
2:30.2	It was really wonderful.
2:31.8	I love that crowded house song.
2:33.4	I was teaching it last year on guitar. It's in 6.4. Quite unusual.
2:39.2	Is it really? Yeah. Well, we might come on to this because we've had a very publy weekend.
2:46.6	We really have, haven't we? And they will continue tonight because we're popping back to the other realm to head to a few pubs.
2:54.4	And I think maybe we might discuss some of those pubs in more length on the behind the cellar door podcast.
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