title Music in the Beer Garden, Trowel and Hammer, Cotton - 2nd August 2026 intro 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. imgp1307 Fred's added to the Spanish "don't forget" list imgp1308 The big skies of Redgrave and Lopham Fen imgp1311 Interesting purpley flowers in the reeds imgp1313 A bleached fallen tree trunk imgp1321 A Red Admiral butterfly imgp1323 A tree-covered footpath around the fen imgp1326 Suey on vocals with her band imgp1328 Harry, Fred and Isobel in the beer garden imgp1332 The beer garden of the Trowel and Hammer imgp1335 The back of the pub imgp1337 Suey and the band imgp1339 The boys blag a pizza imgp1340 Marc and his mum on a bench imgp1344 Mr. Shades in the band imgp1347 Marc comes back from the beer tent imgp1348 We catch a bit of Those Colchester Buskers imgp1350 Suey has a chat imgp1353 Isobel grins imgp1357 The Colchester Buskers pause for a glass of water imgp1361 Funky classical guitar action imgp1362 Marc gets a shoulder rub imgp1363 Harry heads off with an empty Bulmers bottle imgp1364 Sixteen barrels of beer on stillage imgp1366 Up in the overflow car park