New pub visits 2022 [Archive] - Pubs Galore Forums

Delboy20

31-12-2021, 11:40

Almost time to start again !

Lets hope the coming year is easier for us to tick off those new pubs but I really don't know how it will play out.

I'm not really thinking of a target but I will aim for a conservative 104 ( 2 a week ). Should be a doddle if we don't lock down again!

Bucking Fastard

31-12-2021, 16:35

Likewise lets hope we've seen the back of lockdowns.:pray:

I'm gunning for 200 new pub visits in 2022,back to my usual average from 2014 to 2019.

PuG crawls help a lot,Preston and Winchester are virgin territory for me.I'm going up to Glasgow to catch up with an old drinking colleague and that's all new to me too.

Boating in the East of England with the aim of crossing The Wash (with a pilot) will also throw up unvisited territory,but random walks in London are more challenging if I want to get rewarded with decent cask ale.Maybe time to grow a beard and drink keg ;)

gillhalfpint

01-01-2022, 20:02

Hoping to kick off our new pubs in Exeter later this month. Have a couple of nights away booked for the beer festival, and it is virgin territory for pubs, so hoping for a good weekend.

Have Blackpool booked for Fleetwood fest but get round there too often for new pubs. Bit nervous about booking anything else away till we know what restrictions may be looming, but expect to manage some day trips out on the train if allowed.

Gill

rpadam

01-01-2022, 22:27

I have raced ahead to an impressive 1 so far in 2022...

sheffield hatter

02-01-2022, 09:54

trainman

05-01-2022, 08:04

Pangolin

07-01-2022, 22:57

Not quite the correct thread, but did I read recently that there was now a pub worth visiting in Telford... or did I dream that?
Just wondering about a startpoint to get to Ironbridge and/or Bridgenorth..?
Thanks guys

Not heard of anything much in central Telford, although there are some in the old places subsumed by the Telford area. The no 8 bus runs from the bus station (near the Spoons) to Ironbridge and on to Bridgnorth, but is not hugely frequent. Telford Central railway station is about 15 mins walk or a local bus ride away.

If going direct to Bridgnorth, Wolverhampton is better.

london calling

08-01-2022, 19:46

sheffield hatter

10-01-2022, 14:52

I had planned to go to Gainsborough to watch Matlock Town at Trinity, but the match was called off. A pity, because there were a couple of new pubs for me to do there. I couldn't summon up enough enthusiasm for the one hour train journey in the absence of football, so stuck on a big fat zero.

Hoping that Hallam FC's game at Hall Road Rangers in Hull is still on this Monday, as I have five or six ticks planned.

Managed to tick seven new pubs in Cottingham, Hull and Goole last Monday. A trip to London planned towards the end of January, plus trips to Featherstone and Bradford (for Leeds Rhinos pre-season games) and to Retford (another Hallam FC match) should get me a few more ticks. January last year was lockdown, of course, but January 2020 I got 40 new pubs ticked. Can't see me getting anywhere near, but will give it a go.

Pangolin

11-01-2022, 07:14

Finally got 2022 under way. I am not setting myself any specific targets this year but will again try and fit in visits to some of our under-reported areas, Covid permitting. The reduced train and bus services are a bit of hindrance at present but hopefully will gradually improve.

ROBCamra

17-01-2022, 13:13

A short trip to Macclesfield yielded 3 new pubs despite it being well trodden ground, including the rather excellent The Castle (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/3680/) :cheers:

Delboy20

17-01-2022, 18:38

Finally off the mark with the 2 Sommar brewery pubs in Brum. A slow start but I did have to isolate for the first 10 days this year!!

gillhalfpint

18-01-2022, 16:29

Finally off the mark with the 2 Sommar brewery pubs in Brum. A slow start but I did have to isolate for the first 10 days this year!!

We enjoy the Sommar pubs too. Only had 1 new one so far this year, Vagabond just up from the Wellington in Birmingham. Went to check it out and found there were some self service taps in there. Another with self service taps is Auto Brew in Digbeth. They were not open when I was down there, but I was let in to have a look, and will go to check properly another day. Off to Exeter to do the beer festival and some pubs this weekend. New place for us so hope to add some to our total.

Gill

RealAleRobUK

20-01-2022, 11:41

Just 1 for me so far this year, but it's a start!

trainman

29-01-2022, 12:54

Second of the year yesterday, adding the Five Lamps (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/7226/) during a stellar crawl of Derby.
Fantastic ale range pub after pub, and condition of all my selections was immaculate.

Brainypool

29-01-2022, 15:24

Just 2 so far - slow start to the year. Largely visiting my trusted favourites at the moment. Should do much better next month.

Mobyduck

29-01-2022, 22:09

Managed 15 for Janurary, could have improved on that yesterday in London but only managed 1, the lure of the tried and tested got the better of me for the rest of the day.

sheffield hatter

30-01-2022, 09:35

A trip to London planned towards the end of January, plus trips to Featherstone and Bradford (for Leeds Rhinos pre-season games) should get me a few more ticks. January last year was lockdown, of course, but January 2020 I got 40 new pubs ticked. Can't see me getting anywhere near, but will give it a go.

Surprised myself with 52 for the month, including 19 over three days in London this week. That would have been 20, but I realised as soon as I walked into the Star Tavern in Belgravia that I had been there before, with some of my Luton Town mates, back in the days when I didn't write pub visits down in notebooks.

Mobyduck

30-01-2022, 13:36

Surprised myself with 52 for the month, including 19 over three days in London this week. That would have been 20, but I realised as soon as I walked into the Star Tavern in Belgravia that I had been there before, with some of my Luton Town mates, back in the days when I didn't write pub visits down in notebooks.

Thats an impressive start to the year.

ETA

30-01-2022, 19:24

Surprised myself with 52 for the month...

Respect!

ROBCamra

31-01-2022, 18:31

A short trip to Macclesfield yielded 3 new pubs despite it being well trodden ground, including the rather excellent The Castle (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/3680/) :cheers:

Just one new visit in Harrogate, it would have been two if Hidden had been open. So up to a massive 4. :cheers:

gillhalfpint

31-01-2022, 22:02

Tris39

01-02-2022, 17:32

Just 22 new visits this year, but due to the plague, my new visits for a year is being measured from 26th May, so a total new visits of 305.

Pubsignman

01-02-2022, 18:58

A great start to the year with 16 new pubs. 11 of them in Exeter, 3 in Birmingham, and 2 in Stockport. Must get back to writing reviews.

Forgot, I still cannot get into Pubs Galore to write reviews. Forums only. Added enhanced security with Google but still get "your connection is not private - back to safety" message.

Gill

Hi Gill - all being well, I should be down in Exeter later this month. Did you find anything worth recommending beyond the GBG listed pubs?

Bucking Fastard

01-02-2022, 19:38

ETA

01-02-2022, 19:49

A fair start at 34, helped by coming out of retirement and taking a - what are they called? - oh yes,job, in Bath. What's been really interesting is that I'm visiting lots of pubs previously reviewed by others such as Blackthorn, Aqualung (pbuh) and others, so it's interesting seeing how they've changed since the flu thing.

ROBCamra

14-02-2022, 14:01

3 more on a Sunday afternoon & night in Liverpool. It would have been 4 if the Pen Factory had been open when it's opening times on the door said it would be.

Now up to 7.:cheers:

Brainypool

27-02-2022, 07:26

Just 2 so far - slow start to the year. Largely visiting my trusted favourites at the moment. Should do much better next month.

Now up to 13 after an enjoyable month. Nothing particular planned in March yet.

Wittenden

27-02-2022, 13:36

Off to a flying start with two.

sheffield hatter

27-02-2022, 15:17

Off to a flying start with two.

Have you beaten your total for last year already? :)

Wittenden

27-02-2022, 18:27

Have you beaten your total for last year already? :)

Nope,a third way sofar.

sheffield hatter

28-02-2022, 10:45

After 52 new pubs in January I wasn't expecting to do a repeat in February, and the bad weather from three (or was it four?) storms in a week putpaid to a couple of plans. So I was quite pleased to end up with 34 for the month, and a total so far of 86.

Mobyduck

28-02-2022, 17:51

Can't compete with these retired people :rolleyes: so 10 in Feb gives me 25 to date.

sheffield hatter

28-02-2022, 19:14

Can't compete with these retired people :rolleyes:

Your time will come!

aleandhearty

01-03-2022, 13:26

Finally broke my duck for the year, when I picked up three new ones in Holmfirth, two weeks ago. That's already two more than the whole of 2021.

ROBCamra

01-03-2022, 13:42

On a roll:bemerry:

A trip to Lincoln gave me 10 new pubs, despite having visited several times before.

Now up to 17. :cheers:

Tris39

01-03-2022, 17:11

43 new pub visits for February.

ETA

01-03-2022, 20:23

Bucking Fastard

02-03-2022, 21:37

Decent start to the year with 21 new pub visits.

February will include trips to Peterborough and Bristol ,some random walks in London and a bit of boating but on familiar territory.Probably won't keep up the January pace however.

Another better than expected month has shoved the year to date total to 41.

March starts with a first trip to Glasgow with guidance from some locals so positive progess is hoped for.

Delboy20

03-03-2022, 19:51

Finally off the mark with the 2 Sommar brewery pubs in Brum. A slow start but I did have to isolate for the first 10 days this year!!

Up to 13 by the end of Feb, mainly thanks to a tour of Droitwich. Off to West Ham next week so should pick up a couple there.

trainman

08-03-2022, 08:32

Trebled my tally to 6 after visits on Saturday to Hallamshire House (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43199/), Closed Shop (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43099/) and Blake Hotel (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43068/), and on Sunday to (i think) Rose & Monkey (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25791/), though things were a little hazy when I reached the latter, for obvious reasons. Smithfield was empty and others wanted something more lively.

The 3 new Sheffield pubs were very good, in an area of the city not previously on my map, so thanks, Will, for mentioning the Blake Hotel which took me up there.
And I bumped into ob back at Sheffield tap, who was his usual laid-back self when saying not to worry about my Stockport train (in 7 mins) as that gave me 3 or 4 mins to drink up...

sheffield hatter

08-03-2022, 19:50

The 3 new Sheffield pubs were very good, in an area of the city not previously on my map, so thanks, Will, for mentioning the Blake Hotel which took me up there.

Glad you had a good time in Sheffield.

...and on Sunday to (i think) Rose & Monkey (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/25791/), though things were a little hazy when I reached the latter, for obvious reasons.

If you'd taken a photo of the pub we'd all have a pretty fair idea of whether you went there or not! :)

ROBCamra

17-03-2022, 13:44

A trip to the Northern Restaurant & Bar show ended with me collecting 2 recent openings in Manchester.

Now up to 19. :cheers:

Quinno

18-03-2022, 15:25

Up to 60 as of a trip to Gosport way last weekend.

Forthcoming trips to Lundy Island via Ilfracombe and Barnstaple, alongside the Preston long weekender, should push me up past 80. :cheers:

Mobyduck

18-03-2022, 16:55

10 in Tunbridge Wells today puts me at 40.

Tris39

19-03-2022, 18:08

Two in North Kensington yesterday puts me on 73 for the year.

ROBCamra

20-03-2022, 14:23

One more collected in Halifax limps me up to 20. :cheers:

gillhalfpint

24-03-2022, 09:33

Up to 39 after collecting a few at St Annes and Nottingham.

Edit----Had a great day out in Leicester on 30th March, first visit for years, and added new ones, so total now up to 44.

Gill

Brainypool

31-03-2022, 18:10

Now up to 13 after an enjoyable month. Nothing particular planned in March yet.

Various ticks in Manchester and Liverpool take me to 22 for the year.

Tris39

31-03-2022, 18:16

Since pubs were allowed to reopen with relatively few restriction last May, I've completed the 365 New Pubs in 365 Days Challenge, not realising that as of Tuesday, I've made 372 new visits, with only five not dating back to the 19th century or earlier. :drinkup: Otherwise, 25 for the month, 90 for the year.

Mobyduck

31-03-2022, 20:11

Ending the month on 46 for the year to date.

sheffield hatter

31-03-2022, 20:29

After 52 new pubs in January I wasn't expecting to do a repeat in February, so I was quite pleased to end up with 34 for the month, and a total so far of 86.

A storming finish to the month with five in Hexham and two in Newcastle today - it would have been more if I'd known exactly how late my train was going to depart - bringing me up to 57 for March and 143 for the year so far.

Pangolin

01-04-2022, 00:31

Still a fairly miserable year so far with just 37 in total, due to a combination of circumstances and a spot of Covid. Hopefully things will get improve here on in.

Bucking Fastard

01-04-2022, 08:48

Another better than expected month has shoved the year to date total to 41.

March starts with a first trip to Glasgow with guidance from some locals so positive progess is hoped for.

March was decent enough and the first quarter has ended with 67 new pub visits so far in 2021.

April will get boosted by Preston,a few boating ticks on the Coventry Canal and the usual drift around London .

trainman

01-04-2022, 09:27

Last couple of days in Whitstable has more than doubled my sad tally, propelling me to 14!

ETA

01-04-2022, 19:43

Blimey, a quarter of the year gone already. 83.

ROBCamra

14-04-2022, 17:47

8 more, despite Scarborough being well trodden ground. Now on 28. :cheers:

gillhalfpint

23-04-2022, 06:57

The excellent crawl of Preston yesterday brought our 2022 total up to 56.

Great day in great company, drinking great cask in great pubs and bars.

Gill

Mobyduck

23-04-2022, 22:21

The last few days efforts with 13 in Preston and 7 in Manchester puts me on 66.

ROBCamra

25-04-2022, 12:58

An impressive 13 in Preston with still quite a few options unvisited, I may have to go back!

Now on a more respectable 41. :cheers:

sheffield hatter

30-04-2022, 22:53

A storming finish to the month with five in Hexham and two in Newcastle today - it would have been more if I'd known exactly how late my train was going to depart - bringing me up to 57 for March and 143 for the year so far.

I was going to rest on 44 for the month, but this morning remembered that I had planned but not executed a trip past Barnsley on the train - three pubs in Penistone and three more in the villages along Manchester Road - six more to bring me up to 50 for April and 193 for the year to date.

Bucking Fastard

01-05-2022, 09:17

March was decent enough and the first quarter has ended with 67 new pub visits so far in 2021.

April will get boosted by Preston,a few boating ticks on the Coventry Canal and the usual drift around London .

All those elements helped boost the April tally by 22 and now on a year to date total of 89.

May might be more sedate .

ROBCamra

01-05-2022, 10:40

A trip to Bradford added another single, now on 42! :cheers:

trainman

01-05-2022, 12:05

May might be more sedate .
Or even, milder..?

Wittenden

01-05-2022, 13:18

A fleeting trip to lancashire afforded five new pubs, making eight so far. I should make double figures this month, with a much delayed London visitation.

Brainypool

01-05-2022, 14:47

Various ticks in Manchester and Liverpool take me to 22 for the year.

Just 2 new ones this month, 24 for the year.

Mobyduck

01-05-2022, 16:54

Or even, milder..?

:D

Tris39

01-05-2022, 18:21

49 for the month and since 1st January, 139.

ETA

01-05-2022, 21:50

I've breached the hundred - 111.

Pangolin

01-05-2022, 22:32

Well that was a rather better month - 51 reviews and 98 new photos. I doubt May will beat that but will have a go.

ROBCamra

14-05-2022, 14:13

A couple of nights in Llandudno added another 10. Now on 52.:cheers:

Delboy20

14-05-2022, 21:41

Visits to Lichfield and a week around Sudbury have bumped me up to 47. Manchester next week and a trip to the Forest Of Dean should net me a few more...

ROBCamra

18-05-2022, 14:37

A quick one whilst visiting the Mother In Law in Audenshaw brings me up to 53.:cheers:

Wittenden

18-05-2022, 17:17

A fleeting trip to Lancashire afforded five new pubs, making eight so far. I should make double figures this month, with a much delayed London visitation.

A sedate wander around The Borough yielded three new 'uns, making eleven, year to date.

sheffield hatter

18-05-2022, 18:57

A quick one whilst visiting the Mother In Law in Audenshaw brings me up to 53.:cheers:

I hope she didn't mind that you'd popped out for a pint. ��

Mobyduck

18-05-2022, 19:08

I hope she didn't mind that you'd popped out for a pint. ��

:eek:

ROBCamra

18-05-2022, 19:09

I hope she didn't mind that you'd popped out for a pint. ��

Sadly, she probably didn't even know I'd been there these days.

ETA

18-05-2022, 20:04

A quick one whilst visiting the Mother In Law in Audenshaw brings me up to 53.:cheers:

Mother in law is an anagram of Hitler Woman.

Just saying.

sheffield hatter

18-05-2022, 21:12

Sadly, she probably didn't even know I'd been there these days.

Yes, that is sad.

Quinno

19-05-2022, 08:39

The long Lancs weekender for the Preston crawl gets me up to 143.

Off to Bradford, Halifax and the two Bridges in a few minutes! Should secure close to 200 by the end of June at this rate. :bemerry:

Brainypool

19-05-2022, 11:11

Just 2 new ones this month, 24 for the year.

A spectacular set of new ticks in Sheffield. Now up to 37.

Mobyduck

19-05-2022, 12:46

Chugging along on 75.

Tris39

19-05-2022, 19:31

2 more in Oxford on Tuesday puts me on 165.

ROBCamra

29-05-2022, 11:54

5 more in Manchester on Friday, none of which I would class as a pub really.

It would have been 7 if Movement (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/90172/) had been open when its Facebook page said it was and if Lost Cat (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/90171/) hadn't had a dickhead on the door. :muppet:

Now on 58. :cheers:

Wittenden

29-05-2022, 14:22

Now on twelve, after a (semi)abortive visit last weekend.

Tris39

29-05-2022, 18:05

365 Days Later.

From 26th May last year when normal pubbing resumed, up to 26th of this month, I've done 440 new pubs, only about 10 being modern conversions, the rest all having a history dating back to at least the 19th century as purpose built hostelries.

:cheers:

ETA

30-05-2022, 06:18

sheffield hatter

30-05-2022, 19:37

sheffield hatter

30-05-2022, 20:24

I was going to rest on 44 for the month, but ... six more to bring me up to 50 for April and 193 for the year to date.

No new pubs since last week, when a ridiculous 14 in Durham on Tuesday were followed by 10 in Knaresborough on Thursday (a two day Winfield?), making my May total 73 and year to date 266. Aiming for 500 for the year, and expect to slow down at some point and attempt to finish on exactly that if I can.

Bucking Fastard

01-06-2022, 07:04

All those elements helped boost the April tally by 22 and now on a year to date total of 89.

May might be more sedate .

.....and so it proved with just 11 new pub visits taking the year to date total to 100.Good by my standards but puny compared to some of our esteemed colleagues.:o

In June there will be a late flurry in Lincolnshire while boating down that way,and there are always corners of London that need ticking.I need to regain pub momentum.

ETA

01-06-2022, 21:52

134

Pangolin

01-06-2022, 23:35

A couple of worthwhile trips in May gained me 27, taking the year's total to 115. Well down on what I used to think of as average but starting to look more respectable.

aleandhearty

06-06-2022, 11:42

Wittenden

06-06-2022, 13:32

It's usually a two horse race between me and Wittenden, for the least number of new pubs visited in a year. When he started to pull away, with 12, I knew things were bad! However, a recent visit to Saltaire / Shipley (3) and this weekend's sessions in Worcester (4) have brought me up to 11. Hopefully, I'll break 20 for the year, which would be back to pre-lurgy levels.

Now on 13! Dunno when I'll be able to break the jinx. Nothing much planned until a few days in Cambridgeshire late Summer, but I'm sure serendipity will lend a hand.

ROBCamra

16-06-2022, 17:59

After a solo trip to Liverpool and Waterloo I collected 19 new pubs.

If Ms CAMRA hadn't unfortunately been unable to come it would probably have been about 5.

Now on 77 and need to catch up on some reviews. :cheers:

Wittenden

17-06-2022, 13:41

Now on 13! Dunno when I'll be able to break the jinx.

Jinx lifted:Swan Inn (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/52983/) reopened last week, so I took the opportunity to look in.Now on 14.

Mobyduck

18-06-2022, 09:59

After a couple of London trips and a couple of stray outliers ,moved on to 96, the ton is in sight.

Quinno

25-06-2022, 16:54

180 bagged and posted, with 18 in the pipeline from my last Wales Coast Path walk in Carmarthenshire.

There'll be no new ticks in Winchester though! :(

Tris39

26-06-2022, 16:30

166 including exploring Oxford's suburbs, which I'm rather regretting.:(

sheffield hatter

29-06-2022, 22:36

...making my May total 73 and year to date 266. Aiming for 500 for the year, and expect to slow down at some point and attempt to finish on exactly that if I can.

A slow start to June, with just 22 new pubs in the first half of the month, and with a holiday in Scotland and the Lake District (23rd to 29th) I knew I would have to pull my finger out. Five in the Rotherham suburbs followed by seven in Nottingham set me up for my hols, when I did a surprising 23 new pubs, including five out of six in Moffat (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/moffat-town/dumfries-galloway/) (the other one had closed early because "with the emphasis on food now, everyone had gone home and we've had no one in for 45 minutes" - this at 21:45), three in Dunfermline and four in Kirkcaldy.

Prize tick, and quite unexpected, was the Stanley Arms at Calderbridge (near the entrance to the Sellafield nuclear processing works) (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/66405/), a pub I have cycled or driven past about 20 times and never found it open. On this occasion it was 15:05 as I drove through this small village on the A595 and the pub had opened at 15:00. In my haste I drove into the wrong car park and had to back out again pronto. Luckily I was still sober. Review will follow.

Now on 326, and can relax with only 174 to do in the next six months. I can't see how I will be able to stick on exactly 500 though.

Bucking Fastard

02-07-2022, 19:59

Mobyduck

04-07-2022, 16:42

Eight in Brum last Saturday now elevates me to 104.

There will be nothing for me in Winchester.

ETA

05-07-2022, 14:48

161 - boosted by a canal crawl and a cycle ride around Sheppey

Pangolin

06-07-2022, 21:31

June transpired to be quite busy, but not on the pub front with just 18, making 133 for the year to date. July is already looking more promising.

ROBCamra

08-07-2022, 16:51

Just a newly opened single in Hebden yesterday puts me on 78. :cheers:

Mobyduck

23-07-2022, 10:18

Now trundled along to 112.

ROBCamra

23-07-2022, 10:46

Another visit to Waterloo (Merseyside) added 4 more, now on 82. :cheers:

Brainypool

24-07-2022, 11:44

A spectacular set of new ticks in Sheffield. Now up to 37.

Now on 48 for the year.

Tris39

24-07-2022, 16:24

11 new pubs in Winchester puts me on 181.

sheffield hatter

31-07-2022, 12:50

A slow start to June, with just 22 new pubs in the first half of the month...

Now on 326, and can relax with only 174 to do in the next six months. I can't see how I will be able to stick on exactly 500 though.

Another slow start to the month with just eight visits to new pubs in the first 23 days of July! Made up for this with a trip to Wharfedale and Airedale - 18 in five days - and finished off with five yesterday before and after the first Hallam FC game of the season, away at Knaresborough Town. So 23 in eight days, and 31 for July, a neat average of exactly one per day.

Now on 357 for the year to date, and just 143 to reach my target for the year.

Bucking Fastard

01-08-2022, 16:35

June was mainly about north London pubs and by the end of the month,and the halfway point in 2022 ,the total now stands at 127.

Lots of Lincolnshire reviews to follow in July and Winchester will be fertile ground too.

Boating across the Fenlands plus Winchester netted me 30 new ticks and takes the year to date total to 157.

My pre Covid pace of 200 new pubs per year is doable in 2022 ,August will be more London focussed .

Pangolin

02-08-2022, 12:33

That's more like it! 50 for July, including some awkward Northumberland and Borders ones, taking the year to 183 so far.

ETA

02-08-2022, 17:30

Boosted by crawls around Kent, the canals and of course Winchester I'm now on 184.

Mobyduck

11-08-2022, 05:59

A few recent London ticks puts me on 120 to date.

gillhalfpint

21-08-2022, 07:52

We had a day in Manhester visiting Northern Quarter pubs which we knew, an a fiend sid if we came back he would show us the city pubs worth visiting, and we booked 4 nights to explore round and what a grand time we had.

A total of 33 new pubs in Manchester, Rowbottom and Rawtenstall has brought our total for the year to 136.

The number 2 free city bus gets round a lot of the pubs in Manchester centre too to save walking long distances.

Gill

ROBCamra

21-08-2022, 14:43

A flying visit to Liverpool added 2 stragglers and a couple of days in Chester added 12 more, despite it being fairly well trodden ground.

Now on 96. :cheers:

Quinno

21-08-2022, 21:01

Almost up-to-date on the reviews now. 226 new ones!

300 is my target. Bit of a stretch...

Mobyduck

28-08-2022, 10:07

Picking up bits and pieces, on 132.

sheffield hatter

31-08-2022, 19:04

Now on 357 for the year to date, and just 143 to reach my target for the year.

Visited 46 pubs in August that were new to me, putting me on 403 for the year so far and only 97 more required off the final four overs. Or months.

Bucking Fastard

01-09-2022, 09:37

Boating across the Fenlands plus Winchester netted me 30 new ticks and takes the year to date total to 157.

My pre Covid pace of 200 new pubs per year is doable in 2022 ,August will be more London focussed .

August was respctable with 23 new visits taking the year to date total to 180,mainly London based.

September not too much planned so the pace may slacken,but 200 for the year should be a shoe in.

Pangolin

01-09-2022, 18:09

Just 27 for a rather hectic August, giving me 210 for the year so far. Preparing to move house in September so anything could happen!

ROBCamra

02-09-2022, 09:39

Preparing to move house in September so anything could happen!

To somewhere with a lot of new pubs to visit I presume? ;)

Wittenden

03-09-2022, 23:33

A long weekend in Cambridgeshire and adjacent counties has elevated me to the giddy heights of 18 new pubs for the year to date.

ETA

04-09-2022, 06:46

A sailing trip long the South Coast rings me up to 220.

Mobyduck

04-09-2022, 07:02

Pushed on to 149, should be able to smash through 200 by the end of the year.

Tris39

05-09-2022, 17:06

182 for the year.

Pangolin

05-09-2022, 21:34

To somewhere with a lot of new pubs to visit I presume? ;)

York!

Mobyduck

05-09-2022, 21:57

York!

I think there may be a couple there.

Delboy20

06-09-2022, 19:19

Crept up to a modest 86 now so far. Been a poor year for me this one but I'll try to up the pace now the footie is back on.....

Mobyduck

10-09-2022, 11:15

Pushed on to 149, should be able to smash through 200 by the end of the year.

Now 157 with a trip to Lewes midweek and one in Reading yesterday.

Mobyduck

17-09-2022, 20:12

Now 157 with a trip to Lewes midweek and one in Reading yesterday.

Southsea today now gives me 167.

Brainypool

30-09-2022, 06:05

Now on 48 for the year.

Up to 63.

sheffield hatter

30-09-2022, 10:14

Visited 46 pubs in August that were new to me, putting me on 403 for the year so far and only 97 more required off the final four overs. Or months.

Now up to 456 for the year, with 32 of September's total of 53 coming in a golden period between the Leeds Rhinos' win at Wigan on the 16th and their defeat in the Grand Final at Old Trafford on the 24th.

Mobyduck

30-09-2022, 10:16

Now up to 456 for the year, with 32 of September's total of 53 coming in a golden period between the Leeds Rhinos' win at Wigan on the 16th and their defeat in the Grand Final at Old Trafford on the 24th.
How's the liver holding up?:D

sheffield hatter

30-09-2022, 11:32

How's the liver holding up?:D

Liver seems to be ok but kidneys are f*cked. Might need to take a few days off next year...

Mobyduck

30-09-2022, 12:04

Liver seems to be ok but kidneys are f*cked. Might need to take a few days off next year...

:D You're only young once, keep at it.

Bucking Fastard

01-10-2022, 07:51

September not too much planned so the pace may slacken,but 200 for the year should be a shoe in.

September was more productive than expected with new ticks in Richmond and Fitzrovia and a very enjoyable crawl around Colchester netting 22 new pubs and pushing the year to date total to 202.
That's my long term annual avarage,so the final quarter is pure bunce.Burton will bring a good few new ticks,really looking forward to it.

Mobyduck

01-10-2022, 08:00

Finished September on 176. October should see me through the 200 mark.

ETA

01-10-2022, 08:30

237. I don't think I'll make 300 as no real travel to new areas for the rest of the year.

Pangolin

01-10-2022, 23:29

A little flurry at the end of the month gave me another 32, which is not bad considering. If only these rail strikes would end though...

ROBCamra

10-10-2022, 12:45

A new opening and a couple of pubs on the far outskirts of town add another 3.

Now on 99. :cheers:

ROBCamra

15-10-2022, 14:33

Another new opening in The Dale brings me up to 100, what a shame it's crap.:cheers:

Mobyduck

16-10-2022, 08:42

9 new in Burton and 13 in Derby leaves me 2 short of my start of year target, now on 198.

Delboy20

19-10-2022, 18:20

Crept up to a modest 86 now so far. Been a poor year for me this one but I'll try to up the pace now the footie is back on.....

Doing better lately. A productive few days around Buxton has put me up to 111. Off to Newcastle via Wakefield next week so I should net a few more.

sheffield hatter

31-10-2022, 14:03

Now up to 456 for the year...

Reached my target of 500 for the year on 22nd October and have been taking it easy since then. The 500th, on a day of five pubs in the villages a few miles south of Chesterfield (Heath (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/heath/derbyshire/), Winsick (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/winsick/derbyshire/) and Hasland (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/hasland/derbyshire/)) was suitably awful (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/6847/), so I've been visiting some reliable pubs in my home town instead.

Tris39

31-10-2022, 18:06

Reached my target of 500 for the year on 22nd October and have been taking it easy since then.

I've only just passed the 225 mark.:(

ETA

31-10-2022, 18:25

Reached my target of 500 for the year on 22nd October and have been taking it easy since then. .

Very impressive - must be some sort of a record.

ETA

31-10-2022, 18:26

237. I don't think I'll make 300 as no real travel to new areas for the rest of the year.

262, so might be possible to reach 300.

I'm not in Hatter's league though.

ROBCamra

31-10-2022, 18:32

A new opening in Fleetwood visited after the beer festival and a straggler in Waterloo lifts me up to 102.:cheers:

Not many opportunities now until the end of the year.:(

Tris39

31-10-2022, 18:32

Very impressive - must be some sort of a record.

I did manage - just and by a matter of minutes - 100 new (genuine) pub visits in October last year, which I think is a record of sorts, at least for me.

Delboy20

31-10-2022, 18:53

Doing better lately. A productive few days around Buxton has put me up to 111. Off to Newcastle via Wakefield next week so I should net a few more.

Managed to chalk up 23 new visits in Wakefield & Newcastle so now up to 134.

Pangolin

31-10-2022, 22:22

Not a bad October with another 45 added. making 287 for the year to date. A one-a-day-average 365 might be achievable.

Mobyduck

31-10-2022, 22:26

Finished the month on a round 200.

Bucking Fastard

05-11-2022, 09:46

September was more productive than expected with new ticks in Richmond and Fitzrovia and a very enjoyable crawl around Colchester netting 22 new pubs and pushing the year to date total to 202.
That's my long term annual avarage,so the final quarter is pure bunce.Burton will bring a good few new ticks,really looking forward to it.

Burton and a little ticking around Croydon has pushed the year to end October total to 214,a record since I began to keep a record in 2013.

November will all be about Edinburgh ,which could be large.

Bucking Fastard

01-12-2022, 15:50

Burton and a little ticking around Croydon has pushed the year to end October total to 214,a record since I began to keep a record in 2013.

November will all be about Edinburgh ,which could be large.

... and so it proved with 29 new pubs in November,mainly Edinburgh.Year to date total of 243 and I may breast the 250 mark by year end.However that's a total I will struggle to match in the coming years,so is this a high watermark in my pub career ?

sheffield hatter

01-12-2022, 17:03

Reached my target of 500 for the year on 22nd October and have been taking it easy since then... visiting some reliable pubs in my home town instead.

...and hence only 15 new pubs in November, leaving me on 515 for the year. It's lucky that the train strikes are escalating now, and not when I still had a target to reach.

ETA

01-12-2022, 19:57

277, unlikely to make 300.

sheffield hatter

01-12-2022, 20:38

... 29 new pubs in November,mainly Edinburgh.

I saw some of your reviews when I was there last week. Having suggested it to you, I'm glad the Canny Man's (https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/48838/) was better for you than when I popped in last Friday. When I was there the only cask ale was a Christmas special!

...a total I will struggle to match in the coming years,so is this a high watermark in my pub career ?

I'm pretty sure I won't exceed this year's total in future. Apart from anything else I want to revisit places and pubs I know I like, rather than going to places I've never been and doing all the pubs, no matter how good or bad they are. But I'm happy to have done my "high watermark"!

Brainypool

03-12-2022, 08:36

Up to 63.

Dragged myself up to 67…

Delboy20

03-12-2022, 10:05

Managed to chalk up 23 new visits in Wakefield & Newcastle so now up to 134.

Up to 144 after a day in Warwick. Not much planned this month in the run up to Christmas but I'll try to get to 150.

ROBCamra

03-12-2022, 10:30

An afternoon in Todmorden added two new openings, a club that's now open to all and a pizza place that's not really a pub that has inevitably been added by Wynne Route.

Now on 106.:cheers:

Pangolin

04-12-2022, 09:35

Another 26 in November so I have broken the 300 for the year, but don't look likely to make the 365.

Delboy20

17-12-2022, 20:04

Up to 144 after a day in Warwick. Not much planned this month in the run up to Christmas but I'll try to get to 150.

Crept up to 148. Should be able to chalk 2 more up before the end of the year now!

Delboy20

30-12-2022, 19:07

Crept up to 148. Should be able to chalk 2 more up before the end of the year now!

Job done. 150 for the year. I won't be suffering the madness that is NYE so I'll settle for that!

Mobyduck

31-12-2022, 09:58

Well not going anywhere else new today so have ended up on 205.

sheffield hatter

31-12-2022, 18:00

...and hence only 15 new pubs in November, leaving me on 515 for the year.

Finished the year with 33 in December for a total of 548.

ETA

31-12-2022, 19:48

296. I'd so love to have done the 300 but I don't feel like an underachiever this year.

HNY everyone.

Bucking Fastard

01-01-2023, 11:09

Just 8 new pub visits in December,giving a 2022 total of 251,my best year ever.

A full non Covid year helped,compared with the 2021 total of 123 and the 2020 total of 60 :eek: so great to get back to a proper pub life.

Best wishes for 2023.

rpadam

02-01-2023, 21:39

Targets hit and missed in 2022:
1) Upload all 2022 reviews before the end of the year - hit on 30th of December.
2) Upload all 2022 photographs before the end of the year - missed by a mile, having only reached mid-July by Hogmanay.
3) Reach 60% of all open Kent pubs reviewed - hit clear out of the ground (now 66.1%).
4) Reach 55% of all open Central London pubs reviewed - badly missed for the third year running (was 53.4% two years ago, down to 52.8% last year and only back to 53.3% by the end of 2022 - something to do with the mix of reviewed closures and unreviewed new openings).
5) Reach 45% of all open West Midlands pubs reviewed - some swifter progress this year (now 48.9%).

Pubsignman

03-01-2023, 10:55

Happy New Year everyone.

I finished the year on 228, which is about par for the course for me, although I slowed right down in December thanks to a huge reviewing backlog, which I need to wade through before I head off for five days of pubbing in and around Derby at the end of the month.

Pangolin

03-01-2023, 18:01

A mixed year, with some good months and some disappointing months but finished off on an acceptable 327. Hopefully next year should be easier, provided they sort the rail strikes out before too long.

Strongers

03-01-2023, 22:13

trainman

04-01-2023, 07:12

It's been an epic year with 732 new pubs visited.

Exactly 2 per day for the entire year? Outstanding Strongers!

Komakino

04-01-2023, 08:08

It's been an epic year with 732 new pubs visited.

From lockdown in March 2020 to the end of 2021 I visited less than 50 new pubs, most at the latter end of 2021. My spring has been well and truly uncoiled :drinkup:

Exactly 2 per day for the entire year? Outstanding Strongers!

Seconded; truly remarkable Strongers! :notworthy:

Mobyduck

04-01-2023, 08:23

It's been an epic year with 732 new pubs visited.

Well done, have you won the lottery? :D

sheffield hatter

04-01-2023, 10:53

It's been an epic year with 732 new pubs visited.

Very impressive!

I hope you're taking a well-earned rest.

sheffield hatter

04-01-2023, 10:55

Exactly 2 per day for the entire year?

Two per day, plus two more. Last year was not a leap year, Jim.

ETA

04-01-2023, 11:40

It's been an epic year with 732 new pubs visited.

From lockdown in March 2020 to the end of 2021 I visited less than 50 new pubs, most at the latter end of 2021. My spring has been well and truly uncoiled :drinkup:

Blimey that's impressive. There should be some kind of award.

trainman

04-01-2023, 11:47

Two per day, plus two more. Last year was not a leap year, Jim.
Thanks Will, I did consider phrasing it as 'almost exactly' but then thought the pedant police may be off-duty this early in the year... silly me...

sheffield hatter

04-01-2023, 12:14

Thanks Will, I did consider phrasing it as 'almost exactly' but then thought the pedant police may be off-duty this early in the year... silly me...

Pedantry is a 365 days per year job, except leap years.

Bucking Fastard

05-01-2023, 16:05

It's been an epic year with 732 new pubs visited.

That's deeply impressive :notworthy:

Pubsgalore Pubman of the Year award ?? :)

Strongers

06-01-2023, 16:09

Cheers everyone.

I spend a lot of time in Premier Inns with work and generally get to pick where I stay so one could say that I have the perfect job for my hobby. However, last year has taken its toll as the guys in my pool team are now calling me Fat Steve... Which is a bit of a piss take because I'm the only Steve!

I would say that I'll calm it down, but the lure of a new area full of pubs is too much to take.

Tris39

06-01-2023, 16:27

Quinno

20-01-2023, 21:18

Three weeks into the new year and I've finally got to the bottom of the Xmas backlog.

Final stat - 305 new ones. Not my best by a long way, but every year gets a bit more difficult as I need to go further afield (or drink in London, yuk).

As I'm contracting for at least 6 months in 2023 I'll be lucky to match this figure - no more annual leave!

C'mon Strongers, reckon you can overtake me by Xmas...