Back from Chester

Eastercon was a lot more fun than I think many people expected.  The hotel layout encouraged people to mingle because the bars were central and the light programming meant many opportunities to sit in same and natter.  We managed to drink them out of the draft Bass before the con started from what i heard but this meant they got a clue and we didn't mamage to do it again, though for some weird reason we did drink them out of Malibu.  I think we also managed to drink them out of the Speckled Hen, Newcastle Brown and Youngs Bitter though they still had some Pedigree left.  Apparently the bar manager likes us because he's been looking for an excuse to put in lines for real ale to the bars and now he's got them.  Feoreg was going to have a word before she left about valves and suchlike to help with the long draw from the celler.

The Hall costumes were few but good.  Whoever it was in the Noface outfit was very good but beaten by the fishnets of the female Teledu.  The paper doll masquerade worked very well too and is an idea I'd like to see run with again.

All in all a very nice hotel with only the usual arguments about the beds being too hard/soft and the temperature being too high/low.  the central location meant many good places to eat nearby and a couple of the local bookshops had worked out what had hit town and were doing discounts.  Redemption are going to be using Chester for their next con so it will be interesting to see if it does get more use now Hinkley seems to no longer want us.

Now going to sit in the sun with a book of ghost stories and something long and non-alchoholic.  Got to give the liver a rest sometimes...