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Favourite new ticks this year:
The Ackhorne - friendly, common sense approach to Covid, warm cosy atmosphere, great beer.
Cafe Rene - I always love finding somewhere totally unique, especially when...

I couldn’t get out of the Lord Warden fast enough back in March. Sad to think it was my last tick before Covid lockdowns.

Trips to Chester, London and Newcastle at the start of the year then staycationing in the summer meant I didn't too bad, it has been a miserable last quarter of the year though with either...

Two more takes me to 82. Almost certainly done for the year now.

Same situation for me here on the Greater Manchester - Merseyside border.

I really don’t understand the logic of not splitting Lancashire when Essex has been. Most of it should be tier 2 but has...

The Reverend Plummer has returned to its original name The Eagle & Child.

Sir John Fitzgerald pub group acquired in multimillion-pound deal

Enjoyed a number of their pubs when I visited Newcastle early this year.

Interesting to see some pubs in Liverpool that have never done food (to my knowledge) open today with very cheap meal deal offerings.

Any pub will be a must-visit after this year!

This has now been announced- the war on pubs shows no sign of slowing down. No doubt the north west will be in Tier 2, so wet pubs will have to remain shut despite the infection rate in Merseyside...

The White Horse has changed again and is now the Ukulele.

I have had a drink in 6 of them, yet to visit quite a few of the London ones.

But lots of people are capable of drinking a few cans on a long journey whilst remaining civilised, and surely shouldn’t be punished because of the likes of Superbrew girl. And if we’re just setting...

Living in a Tier 3 area now, I’m not going to visit a gastropub for a meal on my own, and most places I would want to visit have closed anyway. So who knows when I’ll drink in a pub again. Have a...

It seems like there will be an announcement early next week which is likely to include the closure of pubs and restaurants in vast swathes of the north.

Greene King to close 79 pubs - expect to see a lot more of these stories in coming months. 25 pubs permanently closed and 54 temporarily... maybe.

Just one this month, The Denbigh Castle, taking me to 80.

Martys is now called Pat & Dad Kitchen and Bar.

Police will not be investigating pub ‘spanking’ incident

Much the same last week in the Burns Hotel, Brigadier Gerard and Sea Horse in York.

30 new ticks since end of lockdown, so up to 79

Walking through the hellscape of St Helens town centre was eye opening last night. Excruciating karaoke booming out of one bar, so loud that you could probably hear it from Wigan. several other...

Visited five pubs in two days and none have asked for contact details and are noticeably more slack on the sanitiser too. Then again, I am actively avoiding the pubs with ‘wait to be seated’ or vast...

Been to a lot more pubs this week, mostly in and around Southport, and the COVID regulations are very much a mixed bag. Some asking for contact details, some not. Some enforcing hand sanitiser, some...

Went out for drinks for the first time yesterday to a wet led village pub. Besides a sensible queuing system at the bar it largely felt like normal. Convivial atmosphere and busier than a usual...