Here we go again....
Another whole year ahead of us to boost the pub trade.
You all know the drill.
Kicked off with one new pub today ( Snackers in Balsall Heath)
Good luck to all ....
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Here we go again....
Another whole year ahead of us to boost the pub trade.
You all know the drill.
Kicked off with one new pub today ( Snackers in Balsall Heath)
Good luck to all ....
Off the mark with a brief stop at the very curiously named Whip & Collar (no, I didn't ask in case it had nothing to do with equestrianism...).
Ime off to a great start for 2015,i did 22 new pubs yesterday,i started out in Batley,then walked to Heckmondwike, a local landlord advised me to leave Heckmondwike as most of the pubs there have closed done,he said take the bus to Cleckheaton i did a quick dash round there before doing a couple in Staincliffe and one on Dewsbury Moor,i ended up in a posey bar in the middle of Leeds.
Ive got another crawl planned going up to Leeds again in three weeks time,then down London mid February.
One already!
Off to a decent start with 8 new pubs in Leeds over the weekend. :cheers:
Managed to open my account today, with two new ones in Leeds. First pint of the new year as well. :eek:
Off to Scouseland for my birthday. Looking to get 10 to add to my 5 so far!
8 yesterday and this year trying to average one a day
First one under the belt today, expecting a slow start though.
A whole 7 at the moment.
Off the mark with one in Guildford today after a successful (ie 10 minute) shopping trip.
Robin Hood
Nice place, review to follow.
Earlier start than last year but I remain stymied for choice at weekends due to major engineering in the Wimbledon area for several successive weekends. This has also prevented me from attending two so far excellent away football fixtures. Grrrrr.
Doubled this years total so far today, now on four. Bizarrely both were JDW's . :eek:
I'm glad you didn't make it to the Cap in Hand, my favourite SW Londion Spoons. It's had the curse of the GBG in that my last two visits have been very disappointing with beer quality. It's in the Last Chance Saloon now as if my next visit doesn't impress it will receive the Curse of Aqualung.
You wouldn't have made those remarks about the Coronation Hall if I had been there!!
Hooray - I'm into double figures.
2 new pubs done in Nottingham today,one crap the other quite nice this brings my new pubs done for the year up to 24.
Off up to Leeds next week for a large crawl,not sorted out where to go yet.
12 now after doing 5 in Trowbridge environs today.
14 now with 2 new ones in Bradford-On-Avon on Sunday.
On 6 also, ticked off two in Guildford today on the way home from work.
12 in West Berks today, this year's challenge is to get 100% Berks coverage so another 185 to go!!
:drinkup:
Finally got to my first new pub of the year yesterday and added another 7 afterwards as part of a crawl around Rotherham/Sheffield, so 8 so far.
Off to Birmingham next week for the cup tie against Villa - hope to revisit a few old favourites and bag one or two new ones. After that, I've got trips to Wigan and Nottingham to look forward to, plus the PuG get-together in York, which I'm combining with a visit to Harrogate/Knaresborough, so lots of potential for some great new pubs. 2015 is looking good already!
5 visited today bringing me to 20 and just on target although pubs will have to take a back seat for the next 2 weeks as i will be in the Caribbean but after my return i will continue with the West Midlands plus a few visits to London as i have now found from Halifax that if you book in advance and use a Senior railcard a return costs £17.40p
That I'm not sure about, as listed under Berkshire are a number of pubs actually in Hants and Bucks! http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/counties/berkshire/ eg Stoke Poges in Slough area.
I'm doing Berkshire by county boundary, I assume the PUG list is postal district...I'm not sure Desmond would be happy helping my quest if I bunged in an extra 20 pubs!
He will I've done nothing but expand the "Quest Area" since I set boundaries. I regularly chuck in 30 to 40 new ones at a time every few months. He has a hissy fit but soon forgets and away we go...
Bradford On Avon was never on the original list, second incarnation, and now on revision 440 it is but we've been there the last two trips out with no tears. Today he was quite impressed with the quality of the barmaids arse in one pub. That's good enough for me.
My list received a massive boost yesterday, with nine new ones picked up in Sheffield. Now on eleven, already a third of my 2014 total.
23 now so getting close to 1/day numbers although I seriously doubt I'll do more than 200 this year.
Just one more collected after the Manchester Beer Festival the Abel Heywood
Now on 9.:cheers:
Three so far this year:can I keep this rate up? Unfortunately, I doubt it.
Sluggish start to the year so far, currently on 7 with no major trips planned before York at the end of march, may just break double figures between now and then.
January turned out much better than expected for new pubs,my review count (reasonable proxy) went up by 22.February should show more in the Oxford/Banbury area,plus a few infills around Herts and Beds.
I went to one pub in January, the Hope and Champion. Quite randomly I found myself having a pint in there on both Friday and Saturday night last week. Review to follow, but I will say that the Hope is better than sitting in the services next door.