Firebottle
20-06-2015, 19:45
..or otherwise titled 'A visit to Symon's place'.
We arrived down in Bristol at around 12 midday, the M5 was quite busy with a small hold up on the way.
The arrangement with Peter was to demonstrate a valve phono preamp to him to help with his future upgrade path, plus to inspect and collect the Lenco GL 75 he had for sale.
A welcome hot drink and a few tunes put us all in a mellow mood and the Firebottle 2 was plumbed in.
A bit of a chinwag and listening to the likes of David Bowie, Led Zepplin, Bill Haley, and Gerry Rafferty filled the first couple of hours.
Listening position:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040890.jpg
Peter had his recently acquired Lenco as the source and very well it sounded too:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040892.jpg
The talk came around to ale, and local ales in particular. Turned out there was a brewery in walking distance so a walk around a few blocks was in order. It was a really enjoyable little outing, one of the streets we walked had a street party in progress with local adults and kids all having a good time.
There was a lovely air of community plus longer views of Clifton and one end of the suspension bridge.
Anyway back to the ales, it transpired that the brewery was shut but we did get samples of the local brews from a local outlet:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040894.jpg
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040893.jpg
Popping into the local charity shops on the way back found a few new CD's to our respective collections.
The GL 75 was agreed upon so that's given me a rather good project to work on :)
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040895.jpg
All in all a lovely day out, thanks for the hospitality Peter,
:cool: Alan
We arrived down in Bristol at around 12 midday, the M5 was quite busy with a small hold up on the way.
The arrangement with Peter was to demonstrate a valve phono preamp to him to help with his future upgrade path, plus to inspect and collect the Lenco GL 75 he had for sale.
A welcome hot drink and a few tunes put us all in a mellow mood and the Firebottle 2 was plumbed in.
A bit of a chinwag and listening to the likes of David Bowie, Led Zepplin, Bill Haley, and Gerry Rafferty filled the first couple of hours.
Listening position:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040890.jpg
Peter had his recently acquired Lenco as the source and very well it sounded too:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040892.jpg
The talk came around to ale, and local ales in particular. Turned out there was a brewery in walking distance so a walk around a few blocks was in order. It was a really enjoyable little outing, one of the streets we walked had a street party in progress with local adults and kids all having a good time.
There was a lovely air of community plus longer views of Clifton and one end of the suspension bridge.
Anyway back to the ales, it transpired that the brewery was shut but we did get samples of the local brews from a local outlet:
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040894.jpg
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040893.jpg
Popping into the local charity shops on the way back found a few new CD's to our respective collections.
The GL 75 was agreed upon so that's given me a rather good project to work on :)
http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt97/Paramotorpilot/Goldring%20Lenco/P1040895.jpg
All in all a lovely day out, thanks for the hospitality Peter,
:cool: Alan