Smoke Free

In a few weeks, on July 1, England joins Ireland, Scotland and Wales in banning smoking from all public workplaces.

The Dove here in Ipswich went smoke free a month early, hosting a beer festival and a Fag End party (bit of a pun there ... also refers to a cigarette butt). I visited days after, and could still smell some residual smoke even though the doors were open. I dropped in today, a week later, and didn't notice any. Hopefully that will be the experience in all pubs.

I'll appreciate it because some of the London pubs I frequent with mates over lunch are quite thick and it will be a relief to be done with it. Margo will appreciate it because her Friday nights at the pub with her mates are very smoky.