PuG Autumn/Winter meet up Leeds 22/11/2013

[ROBCamra]

but the only request from my side is that the Whitelocks and The Grove Inn are on the list....

They will be, you can't go to Leeds and not visit them. The Grove may even be the meet up place as it's only about 300 yards from the station.

[Quinno]

The only problem I can see is the drawing up of the pub list, which will no doubt be fiercely debated!

You also need to elect the 'four minute warning' marshal

[Soup Dragon]

You also need to elect the 'four minute warning' marshal

You are the only one that can stay sober - it has to be you....

[Quinno]

You are the only one that can stay sober - it has to be you....

Six and a half pints plus a couple of Appletisers: Monks - Alehouse inclusive

[aleandhearty]

You also need to elect the 'four minute warning' marshal

Oh,God. That'll be even more contentious than the pub list!

[sheffield hatter]

I'll leave it up to our northern colleagues to naked mud wrestle (or did I read that wrong... ) to choose the pubs....the only request from my side is that Whitelocks and The Grove Inn are on the list....

Please see attached photos of the above mentioned naked mud wrestling session. We couldn't find any naked mud, so we just debated calmly and wrote some notes. (From left to right: Ale & Hearty, Sheffield Hatter and Old Boots, in The Fleece in Otley.) Full results of our deliberations to follow, but suffice to say that both Whitelocks First City Luncheon Bar and The Grove Inn have made it onto the final team sheet.

[Quinno]

pub crawl by committee!

[sheffield hatter]

pub crawl by committee!

OK, please see attached document for the committee's democratically agreed pub crawl route for Friday, 22nd November. Obviously nothing is set in stone, but we agreed that there were eight or nine "must visit" pubs, with the Scarbrough Hotel an appropriate meeting point (so that the steep steps to reach it are taken when still sober ) and the Brewery Tap equally appropriate for a quick sprint to the station for trains home. Other pubs mentioned as being "on the way" or "nearby" are jokers or wild cards that people can pick and choose from.

I wanted to include the Garden Gate as a "must visit", others felt that not everyone would want to do the bus trip. (It's a similar trip to the bus ride to/from Caversham on the Reading meet up.) So there is an option to give that one a miss and pick up a couple of the wild cards on the way to a rendezvous with the rest of the group later on.

Any comments as to "essential" pubs that we've missed out will be carefully considered by the committee before being rejected out of hand. We felt that if people want to do more than the pubs listed here, they will probably need a second day anyway!

[Bucking Fastard]

We felt that if people want to do more than the pubs listed here, they will probably need a second day anyway!

Well done t'committee for coming up with a very interesting route,and a comprehensive listing of pubs worth a visit.I may well treat myself to an overnight in Leeds that Friday night,so a less hectic ramble around some of the wild cards on Saturday might happen.Will need to get into training before attempting such a feat !!

[Strongers]

After much debate I have cleared it with my lovely handbrake and secured permission for an overnight stay.
I will still have to wait until nearer the time to make sure that I am free on the Friday. I’ll also need to find a heavily reduced train trip because I’m not paying over £200 for a return.