Episode 134: Beer, France and Burt Reynolds with Tommy Barnes

The Scummy Mummies Podcast

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn

Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Parenting, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Our guest for this episode is the brilliant Tommy Barnes, author of the hilarious new book A Beer in the Loire!

He tells us all about how he and his wife decided to pack in the rat race, move to France, have a baby, and set up a brewery, all within a ludicrously short space of time. We find out what it's like living with a dog who wants to murder you, and Tommy recalls the time Derek Acorah tried to communicate with his dead pet frog, Burt Reynolds. There's also a live beer tasting and a stupid game.

A Beer in the Loire is out now, and it's one of the funniest books we've ever read. You can follow Barnes on Instagram @brasloubiere and Twitter @tommybarnes1977.

Thank you to iheartwines.co.uk for supplying the wine we guzzled our way through in this episode.

The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review!

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0:57.0	This is the Scummy mummies podcast. Hello and
1:05.0	I'm Hill and Thorne.
1:08.0	I'm Hill and Thorne.
1:10.0	And today's guest is Tommy Barnes.
1:13.0	Hello?
1:14.0	Hello?
1:15.0	That's how we're very enthusiastic.
1:17.0	Hello.
1:18.0	That's how we do it here, enthusiastic and loud.
1:21.0	Who's this guy, Ellie?
1:22.0	Well, why don't we let him tell us?
1:24.0	Who are you, Tommy Barnes?
1:26.0	I am a writer, a brewer, and a second-rate graphic designer.
1:33.0	What a very career you had.
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