Here’s a link to a London pub crawl I did yesterday afternoon with a few mates. Don’t take any notice of the route on the map, no sane person would take that route.
An East London Perambulation
Here’s a link to a London pub crawl I did yesterday afternoon with a few mates. Don’t take any notice of the route on the map, no sane person would take that route.
An East London Perambulation
The last crawl of this type i undertook started in Wellington (the Plough) then moved to Shrewsbury (Salopian, Shrewsbury Hotel , Montgemerys Tower , Loggerheads , Yorkshire House , Hole in the Wall (why?)3 Fishes) and ended up in Oakengates (Station , Crown) 15 pints of real ale , 1 pint of crap Guiness and several Tequilas woke up next morning with a bad head and dodgy tummy (had a kebab , so i was told) mate had 2 broken knuckles after trying to get off train at Wellington and door wouldnt open so he tried to punch his way out Another one coming soon
Theres a Man with a Mullet going Mad with a Mallet in Millets !
Fantastic use of the Pub Crawl tool, it is really nice to see it coming into its own.
I have to say I think you could have found some better pubs with a bit more pre-crawl research and missing the Pride of Spitalfields was criminal!! Good to see the Still & Star in good form though - I haven't been there for years and it was always standard ales on my visits. Makes me want to have a quick trape around the area again myself.
I know Roger, and had it been me doing the planning we would have done. As we came out of the Ten Bells I was saying that we should seek out the Pride of Spitalfields but the advance party strode off up Commercial Road and the next thing I know we are heading into a bleeding bar/restaurant thing
Still, I did manage to convert a couple of usually FP drinkers to ale for the day. Plus I found a couple of new pubs as that's not an area I know well. Might do a bit more exploring around there, if this weather ever improves.
Last edited by Millay; 28-02-2010 at 09:40.
The tour was... not what I was expecting.
Pub-wise we found the Pride of Spitalfields and the Dispensary to be good, and the Ten Bells to be awful. And a lot of places that we didn't bother with, but we weren't really on a pub mission.
For the "Jack the Ripper" side of our trip, I was disappointed. Over the years pretty much the entire area has been bulldozed and rebuilt. And I would have expected the local council, or English Heritage or somebody to have put up some plaques in the area at sies of the murders. I have gone into more detail at mankybadger.blogspot.com if anyone finds themselves with a few spare minutes...