I've been organising trips for friends mainly to the bars and breweries of Belgium and Germany for a couple of years now. The highlight was probably my 50th birthday bash at the Drie Fonteinen at Beersel just outside Brussels.

The tours seem to have a winning combination of good beer, good food, great bars and restaurants and a few unusual sights, plus of course the unexpected. My friend Tony has been on many of them and his photograph album is available here.

I'd like to expand this commercially to introduce people both to the fantastic old haunts, but also to explore new places. If you are interested get in touch

I'm also happy to run trips for small groups of people to Belgium and Germany. if you know where you want to go but can't be arsed to organise it yourself, let me know.

STOP PRESS - one or two places are available for a trip to the Somme over a weekend in mid-March 2009. Price about £210 for two nights accommodation, train tickets and guided tour by minibus of the main sites. If you are interested get in touch now.