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I can't help much with a report, partly because I bailed at 3:30pm, catching a train to Leeds (only just!) so that I could watch Leeds Rhinos win in fairly unconvincing style....

Yes, good to have Matthew join us.

Here's another photo:

I think you are being a bit generous with your "OK" there, Gill! I thought it was lazy and generic, and a complete rip off. It's bad enough charging £5.50 a pint in Lancashire, but then to charge £3...

That's very sad news. Hope you can make it to another outing some time.

I think, depending on how many people are in the group, that the Plug & Taps being busy might be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Playing it by ear might be an idea.

If you click on this link to Dave's pub crawl tool, and then click on "show route" (under 1) the map will show the route between Old Vic and Continental, and then (under 2) between Continental and...

I know you're trying to be helpful, but:




...and this:



I know the thread has become a bit cluttered with people's train and bus fares, and the closure of the Sam Smiths pub, but the...

Bad news if it's true. I used to go in the Blue Bell at lunch time when I worked occasionally in Preston in the late 70s/early 80s.

I've got my tickets sorted. I'm having to go via Leeds as there's a Rhinos game on at 20:00 on the 22nd (which is why I voted for dates other than this one!), but in fact it works out cheaper than...

That's good news! :)




My document on page 13 of this thread (#124) is the first five pubs, of which you've done two (Old Vic and Winckley St). The Continental is maybe too far for Ray to...

Personally, I just want to visit to tick the pub! I may not bother reviewing it, so early in its existence. If everyone else wants to swerve it, that's fine. Going straight from Winckley Street Ale...

Wow! Nice one.

It's looking good! You've got the route from the Old Vic to the Continental that Google Maps insists doesn't exist - very impressive.

Hence the use of the words "timings are approximate", which means no deviation from the stated timings will be allowed. And "take any path through the park", meaning anyone who deviates from...

I've just noticed that the walking distance from Guild Ale House is also wrong, so it looks like Google Maps has used the distances to and from The Guild instead of the Guild Ale House. So Market...

Brilliant! That makes everything clear. The Market Tavern is so close to the Black Horse that it seems rude not to pop in for a half.

Unfortunately an error has crept in, perhaps because of...

Of course it's OK to bring a guest, many people have done so before. It'll be good to meet you.

I've done a route description for those first five pubs (attached).

Once we're at the Black Horse we're pretty central, with Plug & Taps in one direction and the Market Tavern in the other, then...

There's a side exit from the station which is handy for the Station, but this doesn't make it a better meeting place, as the Old Vic is a much better pub (unless something has changed).

Here's another idea: Hopwoods Tap House is due to open in a couple of weeks, according to their Facebook page. It would fit in nicely between Hinckley Street and Black Horse.

Well, I like Marmite, so here are some more photos of Preston bus station.

My shortcut to the Continental is a bit quicker (about 11 or 12 minutes - Google maps doesn't recognise it as a footpath, but I've walked it and it is easy enough): turn right out of the Victoria and...

Yes, and I'd have thought a better pub than the Station, though to be fair I only went in the Sation one time and didn't like it, so would prefer the Vic anyway!

See mine @67 on this thread (page 7), also this from Alan H (#19, page 2). It makes sense to have the meeting point near the station, as Nev has said. But as the original discussion mentioned two...

I think you may be on the wrong thread, as well as on the wrong website. The idea that Covid-19 is just "bad flu" is very old hat. And not at all relevant to the date of our trip to Preston in the...