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https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2022/04/ The Pub Curmudgeon: April 2022 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon april https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/03/ The Pub Curmudgeon: March 2019 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon march https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/02/bottle-premium.html The Pub Curmudgeon: The bottle premium Recently, in the comments, Ghost Drinker mentioned that in his shop he was selling canned Grolsch alongside the bottled version at a conside... the pub curmudgeon bottle premium https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/07/keeping-in-touch.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Keeping in touch A week ago last Tuesday, the government confirmed that pubs in England would be allowed to reopen under certain conditions tomorrow, Saturda... the pub curmudgeon keeping touch https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2021/02/fancy-pint.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Fancy a pint? This Spring will mark forty-five years since I first bought myself a pint in a pub at the age of sixteen. Since then, obviously many things ... the pub curmudgeon fancy pint https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2021/08/ The Pub Curmudgeon: August 2021 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon august https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/01/ The Pub Curmudgeon: January 2008 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon january https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/08/what-colonel-ordered.html The Pub Curmudgeon: What the Colonel ordered Three years ago I wrote about the new wave of super-premium ales that were appearing on the supermarket shelves. Since then, they have s... the pub curmudgeon colonel ordered https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2015/05/polling-station-then-pub.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Polling station, then pub Well, here are the results of the Mudgie opinion poll for the 2015 General Election. I made a point of not sharing or promoting this anywhe... the pub curmudgeon polling station https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/10/such-nice-little-pub.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Such a nice little pub Tandleman writes here about his very positive experience of drinking in the Mill Road area of Cambridge. This is an area of densely-packed ... the pub curmudgeon nice little https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2017/03/ The Pub Curmudgeon: March 2017 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon march https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2023/02/hold-it-in.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Hold it in! Simon Everitt recently spotted this sign on his GBG ticking travels in the Split Chimp micropub in Whitley Bay, Northumberland. It comes ac... the pub curmudgeon hold it https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2017/12/ The Pub Curmudgeon: December 2017 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon december https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2025/10/realisation-dawns.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Realisation dawns From the beginning of this month, new government regulations prevent restaurants and fast food outlets from providing unlimited refills of... the pub curmudgeon realisation dawns https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2024/06/ The Pub Curmudgeon: June 2024 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon june https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/07/hoist-with-his-own-petard.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Hoist with his own petard I enjoyed a good dose of schadenfreude while reading this report of a pub in Wigan that had introduced its own smoking ban in February and... the pub curmudgeon hoist petard https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-pub-with-potential.html The Pub Curmudgeon: A pub with potential? On the face of it you would think this pub, the Estuary in Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, North Wales, has a lot going for it. Formerly known... the pub curmudgeon potential https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/08/drink-drive-deaths-at-record-low.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Drink-drive deaths at record low Hat-tip to RedNev for reporting the welcome news that road deaths attributed to drink-driving fell to a record low in 2009 . Let us hope th... the pub curmudgeon drink drive deaths record low https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2009/07/cheshire-plain.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Cheshire plain I recently came across this blog of pub reviews in Cheshire, which sadly does not appear to have been updated for over a year. The review o... the pub curmudgeon cheshire plain https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2015/10/every-little-less-never-helps.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Every little less never helps Four years ago, I wrote about how the ever-increasing beer choice in supermarkets was cutting into the market of independent off-licences . ... the pub curmudgeon every little less never https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2012/04/minimum-support.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Minimum support Not surprisingly, the poll on minimum alcohol pricing resulted in a large majority against, with 80% of respondents opposing the plan. I won... the pub curmudgeon minimum support https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/07/junk-tv.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Junk TV According to this article , the loss of revenue from so-called "junk food" ads is seriously hitting the quality of children's TV. You can't... the pub curmudgeon junk tv https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/01/minimum-support-maximum-damage.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Minimum support, maximum damage I know others have got there first, but I thought these two stories about minimum alcohol pricing that came out in the past few days were wo... the pub curmudgeon minimum support maximum damage https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-world-turned-upside-down.html The Pub Curmudgeon: The world turned upside down Nothing whatsoever to do with beer, but if you look at maps of the distribution of electoral votes in the US Presidential elections of 1896 ... the pub curmudgeon world turned upside https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/10/fifty-pence-too-much.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Fifty pence too much It's disappointing that The Publican have decided to put their weight behind a campaign to impose a 50p per unit minimum price on all alcoh... the pub curmudgeon fifty pence much https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/02/here-we-go-again.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Here we go again Not surprisingly, following the reduction in the drink-drive limit in Scotland in December 2014, there have been renewed calls to follow sui... the pub curmudgeon here we go https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/12/forcing-britain-to-sober-up.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Forcing Britain to sober up Excellent article here from the estimable Sp!ked about the present government's Puritanical, miserabilist attitude to pubs and alcohol. Th... the pub curmudgeon forcing britain sober https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/poppy-choppers.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Poppy choppers The debate over whether CAMRA should support non-real craft beers continues to rumble on, as Tandleman puts it . In the latest issue of CAMR... the pub curmudgeon poppy choppers https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2017/10/ The Pub Curmudgeon: October 2017 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon october https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-much-pint.html The Pub Curmudgeon: HOW much a pint? Last month, CAMRA reported the results of a survey revealing that a majority of people in the UK now considered the price of a pint in the p... the pub curmudgeon how much pint https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/07/when-is-pub-not-pub.html The Pub Curmudgeon: When is a pub not a pub? the pub curmudgeon is a https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/02/diverging-tracks.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Diverging tracks When CAMRA was founded forty years ago, the UK beer landscape was very different from today. Off-trade sales accounted for less than ten per... the pub curmudgeon tracks https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2012/01/ The Pub Curmudgeon: January 2012 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon january https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/05/one-mans-meat.html The Pub Curmudgeon: One man's meat The questions of harassment and pub customers being made to feel uncomfortable that I referred to in my previous post raise a wider issue. ... the pub curmudgeon one man meat https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2021/09/first-they-came-for-nightclubbers.html The Pub Curmudgeon: First, they came for the nightclubbers Earlier this year, I wrote about the threat of the introduction of vaccine passports , especially as it might potentially affect the pub tra... the pub curmudgeon first they came https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-told-you-so.html The Pub Curmudgeon: I told you so Shown to the right are four pictures of the Four Heatons (the former Moss Rose) in its current sorry closed and boarded state. This was the ... the pub curmudgeon i told you https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/05/catch-buzz.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Catch the buzz It has been widely observed that the pub trade has held up much better on the traditional weekend evening busy sessions than during the rest... the pub curmudgeon catch buzz https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2025/08/ The Pub Curmudgeon: August 2025 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon august https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2025/01/losing-appetite-for-life.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Losing the appetite for life The weight loss drug Semaglutide, variously marketed as Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and Rybelsus, has been much in the headlines recently. Man... the pub curmudgeon losing appetite life https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2017/10/doctoring-figures.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Doctoring the figures Last year, eyebrows were raised when the Chief Medical Officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, announced that the alcohol guidelines for men... the pub curmudgeon doctoring figures https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/01/fear-witch.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Fear the Witch Ever since the dawn of humanity, some people have sought to exercise control over others. In this excellent piece , blogger Leg-iron explain... the pub curmudgeon fear witch https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2015/ The Pub Curmudgeon: 2015 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2012/11/multiple-malaise.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Multiple malaise In a sense, the government have been quite clever in settling on 45p/unit as their proposed minimum alcohol price. 40p would have brought ... the pub curmudgeon multiple malaise https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2021/10/bringing-them-all-back-home-part-1.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Bringing them all back home - Part 1 On Friday 6 March 2020 we had a very enjoyable day out in Burton-on-Trent . On the platform of Sheffield station I spotted a Chinese student... the pub curmudgeon all back bringing part https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2017/03/pointless-petitions.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Pointless petitions Nowadays, you can hardly log on to Facebook or Twitter without being asked to sign a petition in favour of something or other, whether on th... the pub curmudgeon pointless petitions https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/07/climate-of-fear.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Climate of fear Earlier this week, the government announced, after much speculation, that they were going to require people to wear face coverings in shops ... the pub curmudgeon climate fear https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2015/02/ The Pub Curmudgeon: February 2015 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon february https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2018/09/another-morsel-for-crocodile.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Another morsel for the crocodile The industry-funded alcohol education body Drinkaware have recently teamed up with Public Health England to launch a campaign to encourage p... the pub curmudgeon another morsel crocodile https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-capital-day-out-part-2.html The Pub Curmudgeon: A capital day out - Part 2 We pick up the story of our Proper Day Out in Burton-on-Trent, the capital of British brewing, having just left the Burton Bridge Inn and he... the pub curmudgeon a capital day out part https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/12/pubs-can-still-work.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Pubs can still work The prolonged holiday between Christmas and New Year always seems to tempt a few people out to visit pubs who might not normally do so, and ... the pub curmudgeon pubs still work https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/ The Pub Curmudgeon: 2011 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/10/walk-of-shame.html The Pub Curmudgeon: The walk of shame Once again the Filthy Smoker is spot on in his attack on the proposal that has been touted for alcohol-only checkouts in supermarkets. Once... the pub curmudgeon walk shame https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/04/live-and-let-live.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Live and Let Live A few years ago, a guy who was a long-standing inactive member of CAMRA decided to put his toe in the water and come along on one of our ... the pub curmudgeon live let https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/12/ The Pub Curmudgeon: December 2014 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon december https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/08/meat-and-drink.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Meat and drink I recently posed the question as to whether or not pubs should offer table reservations for diners , an issue that provoked some lively di... the pub curmudgeon meat drink https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/11/full-measure-revisited.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Full measure revisited The thorny subject of short measures in pubs, and whether we need legislation to ensure a full liquid pint, has once again reared its head o... the pub curmudgeon full measure revisited https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/01/does-provenance-matter.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Does provenance matter? The point was made in the comments the other day that the vast majority (in terms of shelf space anyway) of lagers on sale in the average su... the pub curmudgeon provenance matter https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/03/ The Pub Curmudgeon: March 2011 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon march https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2024/02/ The Pub Curmudgeon: February 2024 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon february https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-unquiet-pint.html The Pub Curmudgeon: The unquiet pint Throughout my drinking career, piped music in pubs has been a perennial source of complaint. It is, by and large, wholly unnecessary and i... the pub curmudgeon unquiet pint https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/01/ The Pub Curmudgeon: January 2019 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon january https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2015/01/nanny-in-bunny-suit.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Nanny in a bunny suit The Green Party have recently enjoyed a marked rise in the opinion polls, and this week released a policy statement, which is well summarise... the pub curmudgeon in a nanny bunny suit https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/10/ever-decreasing-circles.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Ever decreasing circles 1973: All keg beer is crap 1983: All real ale produced by the national brewers is crap 1993: All real ale produced by the bigger independ... the pub curmudgeon ever decreasing circles https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/counting-spoons.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Counting the Spoons The most recent poll asked people how many different Wetherspoon pubs they had visited. I was really just asking this out of curiosity after... the pub curmudgeon counting spoons https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/04/a-place-where-no-one-knows-your-name.html The Pub Curmudgeon: A place where no-one knows your name Pubs are typically viewed as places of raucous ribaldry, or at least of cheerful conviviality. However, there is another side to them, as wo... the pub curmudgeon no one knows a place https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/12/staggering-uphill.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Staggering uphill It is believed that the annual Hillgate Stagger, performed by the local branch of CAMRA, has been regularly held for longer than any other C... the pub curmudgeon staggering uphill https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/02/moral-duty.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Moral duty the pub curmudgeon moral duty https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/serendipity.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Serendipity In the comments recently, Nisakiman said : I really count myself lucky that I was going to, and enjoying, country pubs when they really did... the pub curmudgeon serendipity https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/01/standing-up-in-spain.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Standing up in Spain Josie Appleton reports how bar owners in Spain are refusing to take draconian new restrictions on smoking in public lying down: In this ba... the pub curmudgeon standing up spain https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/drinking-in-atmosphere.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Drinking in the atmosphere One of the best things CAMRA has ever done is to produce the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors , which lists just under 300 pubs ... the pub curmudgeon drinking atmosphere https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/ The Pub Curmudgeon: 2007 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/10/ The Pub Curmudgeon: October 2008 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon october https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/12/ The Pub Curmudgeon: December 2020 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon december https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2009/12/ The Pub Curmudgeon: December 2009 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon december https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/04/keys-to-kegdom.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Keys to the kegdom These are the results of my poll on CAMRA and keg beers. As you can see, the voting is far from conclusive, with a pretty much even split b... the pub curmudgeon keys https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/08/blame-it-on-boozer.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Blame it on the boozer Last week, it was announced that the British economy had contracted by no less than 20.4% between April and June this year, one of the worst... the pub curmudgeon blame boozer https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2023/12/partial-dilution.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Partial dilution From 1 August this year, a major reform of UK alcohol duties was introduced. As far as beer is concerned, the biggest change was raising the... the pub curmudgeon partial dilution https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/call-for-nominations.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Call for nominations The Save Our Pubs and Clubs Campaign are calling for nominations from members of the public for the best pub smoking area . You can send the... the pub curmudgeon call for nominations https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/07/report-from-front-line.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Report from the front line This lunchtime I was discussing the impact of the smoking ban with a licensee. While hers is not the kind of pub that will really be threate... the pub curmudgeon report from front line https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/09/ The Pub Curmudgeon: September 2020 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon september https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2009/01/ The Pub Curmudgeon: January 2009 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon january https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/07/junk-policy.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Junk policy In an attempt to revive the hospitality trade, the government have announced an Eat Out to Help Out initiative, under which customers of ... the pub curmudgeon junk policy https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/07/ The Pub Curmudgeon: July 2019 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon july https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/03/halcyon-days.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Halcyon days I was a bit taken aback to see Ed on his Student Brewer blog referring to this as a golden age for pubs . At a time when pubs are closing le... the pub curmudgeon halcyon days https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2019/12/ The Pub Curmudgeon: December 2019 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon december https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2017/07/declaration-of-independence.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Declaration of independence A key element of the craft beer movement, starting in the USA, and now transplanted across to this country, has been championing small, inde... the pub curmudgeon declaration independence https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/09/ The Pub Curmudgeon: September 2013 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon september https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/09/pricey-bevvy.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Pricey bevvy The Morning Advertiser reports that Newcastle City Council has introduced a 50p minimum unit price condition for all new licences and appl... the pub curmudgeon pricey bevvy https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/ The Pub Curmudgeon: 2014 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/definition-of-curmudgeon.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Definition of a curmudgeon I was rather taken by this which I stumbled across the other day: A curmudgeon often has a black sense of humor. They don't just complain ... the pub curmudgeon definition of https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2016/07/off-beaten-track.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Off the beaten track The Black Lion, Consall Forge, Staffordshire I recently visited, for the first time, the Black Lion at Consall Forge in Staffordshire (... the pub curmudgeon beaten track https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2011/05/knocking-out-trade.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Knocking out the trade Some slightly worrying comments here from Chris Tulloch, managing director of pub operator Weston Castle who specialise in breathing a new ... the pub curmudgeon knocking trade https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2023/12/leaders-of-pack.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Leaders of the pack The Morning Advertiser has recently reported on the top ten best-selling cask ale brands of 2023 , as shown in the table below. Doom Bar re... the pub curmudgeon leaders pack https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2015/09/dinorben-dreams.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Dinorben dreams Regular readers will be familiar with my other blog of Closed Pubs , where I take advantage of the views offered by Google StreetView to hig... the pub curmudgeon dreams https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2008/04/ The Pub Curmudgeon: April 2008 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon april https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/11/ The Pub Curmudgeon: November 2013 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon november https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2014/03/looking-gift-horse-in-mouth.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Looking a gift horse in the mouth? The J. D. Wetherspoon vouchers distributed by CAMRA to its members have proved to be a considerable source of controversy. To some they are ... the pub curmudgeon a gift horse looking mouth https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/08/non-beardy-beer.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Non beardy beer There was an unusual request recently on the CAMRA forum from someone (whom I actually know from another forum) asking for any suggestions ... the pub curmudgeon non beardy beer https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2009/01/deflation-what-deflation.html The Pub Curmudgeon: Deflation, what deflation? The latest inflation figures were published today, and show CPI falling to 3.1% and RPI (which is influenced by mortgage interest rates) t... the pub curmudgeon deflation https://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2024/11/ The Pub Curmudgeon: November 2024 A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar... the pub curmudgeon november