Music in the Beer Garden, Trowel and Hammer, Cotton - 2nd August 2026

Suey's band is playing in the garden of the Cotton Trowel and Hammer for its beer festival, so in-between the construction of Sunday's tapas tea we head over for a while to catch their set, along with a bit of the next band - Those Colchester Buskers. Obviously a couple of the festival beers are sampled too, whilst the boys somehow manage to get a pizza by way of a "snack". Before that, Nosher and Harry go for a walk around Redgrave and Lopham Fen, at Harry's request.

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Fred's added to the Spanish 'don't forget' list

Fred's added to the Spanish 'don't forget' list

The big skies of Redgrave and Lopham Fen

Interesting purpley flowers in the reeds

A bleached fallen tree trunk

A Red Admiral butterfly

A tree-covered footpath around the fen

Suey on vocals with her band

Harry, Fred and Isobel in the beer garden

The beer garden of the Trowel and Hammer

The back of the pub

Suey and the band

The boys blag a pizza

Marc and his mum on a bench

Mr. Shades in the band

Marc comes back from the beer tent

We catch a bit of Those Colchester Buskers

Suey has a chat

Isobel grins

The Colchester Buskers pause for a glass of water

Funky classical guitar action

Marc gets a shoulder rub

Harry heads off with an empty Bulmers bottle

Sixteen barrels of beer on stillage

Up in the overflow car park