Caol lla tasting at the Whisky Exchange near London Bridge. Included a nice 150th anniversary bottle http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-1625.aspx

Not my price range; but interesting to sample. Whisky with cheese and chocolate not for me though. Swiss, Russian and Indian at our table.

Swift pint in The Wheatsheaf, Borough Market beforehand. In earlier decades that was a delight. Walk swiftly over the bridge from Gresham Street/Cheapside and you escaped the City at lunchtime - interestng beers marked up on a chalk board and door step sandwiches. Now it is just another venue in trendy Borough Market. I preferred the old market with nothing but the lingering smell of rotten cabbage to distract you.

I was wondering about the plastic containers shoo, would it be better to avoid plastics being used? Especially with how hot it gets out there

I finally got round to trying the session beer BBC2  from Brentwood brewery. I was in the White Horse pub near Brentwood a pub now owned by the local brewery director. The pub has recently been taken over and refurbished and boasts a minimum of 10 cask beers. A bit of a dodgy pub in terms of clientele (it went quiet as we entered and everybody watched our progress to the bar) but the landlord was friendly enough. When I asked for the session beer he pointed to the BBC2. I was pleasantly surprised with the drink. Although they sold all the Brentwood Brewery offerings (and the owner was hovering in the background) he said he preferred the Adnams Broadside from Suffolk so later I had a pint of that,which was nice.

Glen Garioch ( pronounced Geery) tasting at the whisky shop in St Pauls.

It all used to go into VAT69 but now all production is used for single malts. Owned by Suntory along with Bowmore and Auchentoshan.

Virgin Oak, Founders Reserve, 12 year old, 1994 & 1991.

Nice to be drinking up town with the cathedrals bells ringing in the background.

On to Ye Olde Watling and the Wetherspoons by Bank station.