Summer Beers

And something of a festival mood here too, as the pub is having a beer festival with music.  And campers, people camped out all over the common overlooking the valley.  A distant guitar playing, the murmur of singing, gentle and peaceful.  Last night and the night before we had pub rock bands on until 11pmish.  I realised that I am too old or have too much taste to go wild for renditions of 'Alright Now' and 'Smoke on the Water'.  This gentle, almost hesitant guitar music makes it a mellow afternoon; the sounds flow over the hill and fade softly, rather than fight the landscape with electric light and amplified sound.  When it stops - as it just has - it is like a rain cloud's passing, leaving a gentle space where the sound was, a sudden silence.