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Ben McCormick

@benmccormick.bsky.social
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Writer, beer maker and drinker, lefty, inventor of the Beer Advent Calendar, slow cyclist, even slower guitar player, deft exponent of the reverse mocker.

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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sitting down to enjoy my holiday...
A bag, a glass of rosé wine and Don Quixote on a table in the main square of Ax-les-Thermes, France.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Closing time at the festival. A frankly brilliant four nights. Roll on next year #convenanza
Lots of people dancing at a DJ set.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Didn't expect Sean Johnson to get in on the #FallFriday action...
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ok, so Birrificio Lambrate is fucking great, isn't it? Cheers.
A pint of lager on a bar in a pub.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
POV
A pint of Murphy's on a table in a pub.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Shot of the evening.
Way too many Lime Bikes
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I'm out on 'Kym' this evening. Lights will be fitted shortly.
A blue bike attached to a lamp post with a purple bike behind it.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What could this silver package from Scotland contain? #1of100
A silver plastic package in which there is a T-shirt.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I'll be honest, I couldn't find this for ages and thought some git had nicked it. #nowplaying
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Cheers dude
A beer and the bottle it came in
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Fini. #thankfuckforthat #lifeback #lelongwinded
The three volumes of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Easy to miss the Cave. Look for the barrel.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hydration break #hydrationbreak
Two Belgians drinking extremely large glasses of beer outside a bar.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What fucker reserved that?
A reserved sign in a pub. The person reserving the table is Bruce Robinson. Who wrote Withnail & I. To which the skeet refers.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Found it...
Interrail pass from 1988Interrail pass from 1988
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Getting ready to head back to the UK for riot season.
A pint of Stella Artois on a café table in Dieppe.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Scenes from the point at which I was meant to cycle to the station to catch my train...
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Had some feathered friends sharing my croissant this morning.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Found a decent gaff in Rouen that's selling, among other things, 75cl bottles of Avec Les Bons Voeux for €8.50 a throw. Given it's raining outside, I may be here for a while.
Several fridges containing many different cans and bottles of beer. In a bar in Rouen
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Anyhow, to take our minds off the stench of everyday life, here's some ducklings dabbling about in central Niort.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Been waiting hours for this place to open...
A shop with a sign saying 'Godot & Fils'
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I have reached the Loire.
A small glass of beer on a table outside a bar overlooking the Loire west of Nantes.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Hydration and carbohydrates are important on any bike tour...
A glass of lager on a table outside a bar in France.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Aaaaand we're off. #bikesky #biketour #montourdefrance
A bike laden with bikepacking bags and water bottles.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Greetings from quite possibly the most hectic and humid city I've ever visited.
A bottle of beer on a ledge at the rooftop bar of the Hotel Amira, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Just bought this badboy. Look at that colour.
A turquoise Fender Made in Japan Jazzmaster.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The sun sets on a thoroughly pleasant long weekend.
Sunset over the Douro river, from the rooftop bar at Mirajazz in Porto, Portugal.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Send thoughts and prayers, etc.
Five glasses of Port and a cheeseboard, on a table overlooking the Douro river in Porto.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
This should do it.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Obligatorio
A pint of beer
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Paging @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social. I'm now in deep, deep trouble.
A beer menu at a craft beer shop.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Deserved pitstop.
Cheese roll and pint of lager outside a pub The Ypres Castle in Rye, East Sussex.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Right. Time to cycle the Cantii Way and dodge the downpours all weekend. #bikesky
A bike on a train.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Fartificial Intelligence
A ChatGPT prompt to review a series of fart sounds as if it were a piece of music.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Hats off to Tunnock's for some epic product placement.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The silver package of joy from @weare1of100.bsky.social has arrived. #adonis #1of100 #tshirtcult
A silver coloured package that contains a T-shirt.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I get this...
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
For example...
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Show someone who absolutely rocks a hat (who isn't Indiana Jones).
Wolfie Smith from the 70s UK TV show Citizen Smith
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Spotted in a bookshop earlier. Can't begin to imagine what dreck and milquetoast forelock-tugging non-arguments it contains.
Shit Centrist books that should never have been commissioned, sandwiched between more worthwhile offerings.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Possibly the most performative of performative reading down the pub. #performative #reading #pub
A big book and a pint of beer on a table in the pub
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Acid House Outdoor Solo Pints Club. #AHOSPC
Pint of beer on a table outside a pub in the sunshine.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Ooh, you are Orval...
Three small glasses of Orval beer with accompanying cheese on a wooden planche.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I quite agree.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
You know you're in Belgium when the local chippy has aged Orval on the menu.
Menu from a chip shop showing the beer selection, which includes aged Orval.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Cheesing into it.
Cheeseboard at Espace Chimay, Wallonia, Belgium.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Made it.
A small beer on a table at the Brasserie de Ranke in Wallonia, Belgium.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
No sparklers have been used in this excellent pint.
A pint of very well kept Fuller's ESB.
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Ben McCormick @benmccormick.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Now playing...
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