Its 6:45am and the alarm sounds rather abruptly, I suppose it's not that early really but still a shock to the system.  After a quick awakening shower and some breakfast, we head off from our home in Portishead to the Bristol Crown Courts. We always meet as a team for 30mins at Small Street Expresso at 9am and the hit of caffeine is certainly appreciated before we head into the courts at 9:30am. Passing through security we share some friendly banter with the security guards b

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Its 6:45am and the alarm sounds rather abruptly, I suppose it's not that early really but still a shock to the system.  After a quick awakening shower and some breakfast, we head off from our home in Portishead to the Bristol Crown Courts. We always meet as a team for 30mins at Small Street Expresso at 9am and the hit of caffeine is certainly appreciated before we head into the courts at 9:30am. Passing through security we share some friendly banter with the security guards b