The half pint of Badger First Call, thinking about Augustus ...

It was a warm August afternoon in Wareham - the river was brimming with shining water - a yacht motored up to the Town Quay - a girl with slim brown arms secured the painter - 

Later, Purbeck's legend, Jim Etherington, would play some growling blues - 

Summer visitors thronged the High Street - dads in chinos gazed at the seagulls flying up the river - their wives licked gaudy ice lollies - bare legged boys paddled canoes upstream, past fragile willows - laughing girls took selfies with their I phones - 

We called in at The Granary - I ordered two half pints of Badger First Call - 

Up on the roof terrace, we sipped the rich hoppy beer - 

I felt the beautiful fragility of the moment - I thought of words attributed to Augustus - the gods, if they exist, do not matter - 

16.00

23 August 2014

The Granary

Town Quay

Wareham 

Reference to John Williams' "Augustus"

Vintage Classics 2014