Crawling the Bermondsey Mile

It's common for the weather to be awful for a long weekend---it was rubbish on the first May bank holiday---but at last the sun has chosen to do us a favour. Since mid-May it has been permitted for the pubs to open indoors although on this sunny Sunday, many people are enjoying the great outdoors anyway.

Bermondsey, the eastern part of Southwark, found its way to 21st century fame after "Bridget Jones's Diary", much of which was filmed there. It's best known for its dockland connection as in Rotherhithe and Surrey Quays but now another transport link has put it on the map---the railway. The main line runs out from London Bridge towards Kent and in recent years the arches, long favoured by bicycle repair shops and hand car washes, have been taken over by microbreweries. By now there's a good dozen of them, seeming to have pulled through the long lockdown. Beer doesn't mix well with photography so I stay sober, but I know from a pub crawl before Covid how good some of them are.Read more