This year I managed to visit 286 pubs that I'd not previously been to - surpassing last year's previous best of 259.
It's been a very good year, as I was able to tick off a lot of my long term targets and this was considerably enhanced by the excellent Rugby and Bristol crawls.
I doubt I will exceed this number in 2015. I've got a slow start, with just the one crawl lined up for January, in Rotherham of all places.
Very slow working day, as I hoped it would be, so plenty of time to sum up the final score for 2014.
This was 191 which is very respectable for me..
Not sure I'll be able to do that again as it was largely driven by the fact that we blew the 2014 holiday entitlement on a long foreign holiday in Jan last year and had to make up the rest of the year with several UK breaks to new unexplored (as far as pubs are concerned) areas of Brecon, Northumberland, Edinburgh and Chichester
Work is the curse of the drinking Class - Oscar Wilde
A mere 263 last year but expecting more this year
A rather feeble 117 new pubs for the year. I must try and do better this year.
The final results are in (having just got round to posting the final reviews of 2014...)
507 confirmed 'new'* pubs
So done the Lara https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3kl...M&noredirect=1 and that's a figure I'll never match again. Thanks to my mate Marc who was:
a) responsible for suggesting that since I'd 'smashed' the 365 I should do the Lara 'to put down a marker for future generations';
b) was my personal Mr Motivator and project-managed me during a large chunk of July (booze holiday in Torquay) November (in which I managed 86, with another booze holiday in Bournemouth), as well as playing chauffeur and drinking buddy to quite a few of those done. Cheers mate.
...and Mrs Quinno who has been good-humoured enough to let me do this crackpot scheme without too much bother
High points
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/62091/ - Star Inn, Talybont-on-Usk
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37232/ - Seven Stars, Rugby
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/37562/ - Craven Arms, Birmingham
Low points
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/32175/ - Albion Vaults, Shrewsbury
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61579/ - Talk of the Town, Paignton
and the lowest of the low - http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/31677/- Art Bar, Oxford
For the record:
Pub Location Rated Month
- Beer Cellar Exeter 8 January
- Chevalier Exeter 6 January
- Coffee Cellar Exeter 6 January
- Georges Meeting House Exeter 7 January
- Great Western Exeter 7 January
- Hour Glass Exeter 9 January
- Imperial Exeter 9 January
- Mill on the Exe Exeter 7 January
- Old Fire House Exeter 8 January
- On the Waterfront Exeter 7 January
- Prospect Exeter 5 January
- Well House Exeter 6 January
- White Hart Exeter 8 January
- First & Last Exmouth 6 January
- Grapevine Exmouth 8 January
- Holly Tree Exmouth 7 January
- Powder Monkey Exmouth 6 January
- Catford Con Club London - January
- Cider Tap London 7 January
- Princess of Wales London 6 January
- Ravensbourne Arms London 8 January
- Windsor Castle London 6 January
- Bridge Inn Topsham 9 January
- Exter Inn Topsham 6 January
- Railway West Wickham 7 January
- Angel Abergavenny 7 February
- Belmont Abergavenny 5 February
- Coach & Horses Abergavenny 4 February
- Coliseum Abergavenny 5 February
- Farmers Arms Abergavenny 6 February
- Great Western Abergavenny 5 February
- Grofield Abergavenny 7 February
- Hen & Chickens Abergavenny 7 February
- Kings Arms Abergavenny 7 February
- Kings Head Abergavenny 5 February
- Plas Derwen Abergavenny 6 February
- Somerset Arms Abergavenny 7 February
- Station Hotel Abergavenny 8 February
- Swan Hotel Abergavenny 6 February
- Y Cantreff Abergavenny 6 February
- Butt Inn Aldermaston 7 February
- Hinds Head Aldermaston 7 February
- Winning Hand Beenham 5 February
- Bell at Boxford Boxford 7 February
- Ye Olde Red Lion Chieveley 7 February
- Bear Hotel Crickhowell 8 February
- Bunk Inn Curridge 7 February
- Three Horseshoes Donnington 5 February
- Red Lion Llangynidr 7 February
- Baring London 7 February
- BrewDog London 6 February
- Duke of Cambridge London 5 February
- Duke's Brew & Que London 6 February
- Earl of Essex London 6 February
- Hamilton Hall London 6 February
- Kings Arms London 7 February
- North Pole London 7 February
- Rosemary Branch London 8 February
- Taproom London 7 February
- The Fox London 7 February
- Well & Bucket London 8 February
- White Swan London 7 February
- Williams Ale & Cider House London 8 February
- Woodins Shades London 7 February
- Starting Gate Newbury 6 February
- Greyfriar Reading - February
- Cock Inn Shaw 6 February
- Star Talybont-on-Usk 10 February
- Beehive White Waltham 5 February
- Winterbourne Arms Winterbourne 5 February
- Christopher Hotel Eton 4 March
- Crown & Cushion Eton 5 March
- Henry VI Eton 6 March
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel Portsmouth 6 March
- Old Customs House Portsmouth 7 March
- Phoenix Portsmouth 6 March
- Rose in June Portsmouth 8 March
- Sir John Baker Portsmouth 6 March
- White Swan Brewhouse Portsmouth 7 March
- Winchester Arms Portsmouth 6 March
- Artillery Arms Southsea 7 March
- Barley Mow Southsea 8 March
- Eastfield Hotel Southsea 6 March
- Lawrence Arms Southsea 8 March
- Leopold Southsea 9 March
- Marmion Southsea 6 March
- Northcote Hotel Southsea 7 March
- Old House at Home Southsea 5 March
- Sir Loin of Beef Southsea 7 March
- Alma Windsor 7 March
- Black Horse Windsor 7 March
- Corner House Windsor 5 March
- Prince Albert Windsor 5 March
- Sebastopol Windsor 5 March
- Windlesora Windsor 6 March
- Bush Inn Worcester 7 March
- Cardinals Hat Worcester 9 March
- Cricketers Worcester 7 March
- Crown Worcester 7 March
- Eagle Vaults Worcester 4 March
- Exchange Worcester 5 March
- Farriers Arms Worcester 6 March
- Hand in Glove Worcester 6 March
- King Charles II Worcester 7 March
- Paul Pry Worcester 8 March
- Pheasant Worcester 6 March
- Saracens Head Worcester 7 March
- Southampton Arms Andover 5 March
- Anton Arms Andover 6 March
- Portway Inn Andover 3 March
- Wyke Down Picket Piece 7 March
- Royal Oak Goodworth Clatford 6 March
- Clatford Arms Goodworth Clatford 7 March
- White Lion Wherwell 8 March
- Plough Grateley 5 March
- Ram Tidworth 5 March
- Queens Head Ludgershall 7 March
- George Thruxton 5 March
- Railway Tavern Andover 6 March
- Chestnut Tree Andover 7 March
- Star and Garter Andover 6 March
- Acre Windsor 8 April
- Bexley Arms Windsor 7 April
- Charley's Horse Windsor 5 April
- Copper Horse Windsor 5 April
- Windsor Trooper Windsor 6 April
- Thames View Windsor 5 April
- Blarney Stone Windsor 4 April
- River House Windsor 5 April
- All Bar One Windsor 5 April
- Prince George Eton 5 April
- Tweseldown Church Crookham 8 April
- White Lion Aldershot 7 April
- Waggon & Horses Hartley Wintney 8 April
- Cricketers Hartley Wintney 6 April
- Pack Saddle Mapledurham 6 April
- Toby Carvery Newbury 5 April
- Bar Sport Newbury 5 April
- Three Tuns Bedwyn 7 April
- Plume of Feathers Hungerford 5 April
- Royal Oak Andover (Charlton) 7 April
- Old Bell & Crown Hatherden 7 April
- Fox Inn Tangley 6 April
- Cricketers Arms Tangley 7 April
- Hatchet Lower Chute 6 April
- Railway Social Club Andover 6 April
- Green Dragon Marlborough 6 April
- Bear Marlborough 4 April
- Lamb Marlborough 6 April
- Castle & Ball Marlborough 5 April
- Royal Oak Marlborough 6 April
- Marlborough Marlborough 7 April
- Wellington Marlborough 7 April
- Outside Chance Marlborough 7 April
- Roebuck Marlborough 5 April
- Jude the Obscure Oxford 7 April
- Jericho Tavern Oxford 6 April
- Rickety Press Oxford 7 April
- Harcort Arms Oxford 6 April
- Old Bookbinders Oxford 8 April
- Victoria Oxford 7 April
- Gardeners Arms Oxford 7 April
- Royal Oak Oxford 7 April
- Wig & Pen Oxford 3 April
- Albert (ALB) Shrewsbury 6 April
- Dolphin Shrewsbury 8 April
- Shrewsbury hotel Shrewsbury 4 April
- Montgomery tower Shrewsbury 7 April
- Nags head Shrewsbury 8 April
- Loggerheads Shrewsbury 8 April
- Salopian Shrewsbury 8 April
- Armoury Shrewsbury 6 April
- Bull in the Barne Shrewsbury 7 April
- Coach and horses Shrewsbury 7 April
- Admiral benbow Shrewsbury 8 April
- Woodman Shrewsbury 8 April
- Bulls head Shrewsbury 4 April
- Albion Shrewsbury 2 April
- George Hotel Wallingford 7 April
- Boat House Wallingford 5 April
- Town Arms Wallingford 6 April
- Dolphin Wallingford 7 April
- Green Tree Wallingford 5 April
- Coach & Horses Wallingford 5 April
- Fleur De Lys Dorchester-On-Thames 7 April
- Geirge Hotel Dorchester-On-Thames 8 April
- White Hart Hotel Dorchester-On-Thames 6 April
- Bell Crowmarsh Gifford 5 April
- Queens Head Crowmarsh Gifford 5 April
- Tilly Shilling Farnborough 4 April
- Alexandra Farnborough 6 April
- Tradesmans Arms Farnborough 6 April
- Thatched Cottage Farnborough 6 April
- Oxford Blue Oxford 5 April
- Fir Tree Oxford 8 April
- The Library Oxford 6 April
- Cowley Retreat Oxford 5 April
- Art Bar Oxford 1 April
- James Street Tavern Oxford 6 April
- Star Oxford 6 April
- Big Society Oxford 8 April
- Cape of Good Hope Oxford 6 April
- Oxford Retreat Oxford 3 April
- Six Bells Headington 5 May
- Ampleforth Headington 5 May
- Royal Standard Headington 7 May
- Britannia Headington 5 May
- Butchers Arms Headington 6 May
- White Hart Headington 8 May
- Chequers Headington 6 May
- Port Mahon Oxford 7 May
- Old Black Horse Oxford 4 May
- Angel & Greyhound Oxford 7 May
- Half Moon Oxford 6 May
- Mitre Oxford 5 May
- Jolly Farmers Oxford 6 May
- Rose & Crown Beckley 7 May
- City Arms Canterbury 5 May
- Foundry Canterbury 7 May
- Dolphin Canterbury 8 May
- Britannia Dungeness 6 May
- Pheonix Leicester 5 May
- Slug & Lettuce Oxford 4 May
- Bell & Compass Oxford 4 May
- Old Tom Oxford 6 May
- Wheatsheaf Oxford 6 May
- Three Goats Heads Oxford 6 May
- Red Lion Oxford 6 May
- O Neills Oxford 5 May
- White Rabbit Oxford 5 May
- Honey Pot Oxford 4 May
- Jam Factory Oxford 6 May
- The One Oxford 5 May
- The York London 7 May
- Charles Lamb London 7 May
- Exmouth Arms London 6 May
- Dover Castle London 7 May
- Yorkshire Grey London 7 May
- Cock London 7 May
- Tram Inn Eardisley 7 May
- Gwesty Cymru Aberystwyth 6 May
- Baravin Aberystwyth 6 May
- Hive Aberaeron 6 May
- Cellar Aberaeron 6 May
- Air Balloon Birdlip 6 June
- Hole in the Wall Bristol 7 June
- Roebuck London 7 June
- Simon the Tanner London 5 June
- Pommelers Rest London 6 June
- Draft House London 6 June
- Hack & Hop London 7 June
- George London 7 June
- Lowlander London 6 June
- Craft Beer Co London 7 June
- Metropolitan Bar London 8 June
- Rupert Brooke Rugby 6 June
- Seven Stars Rugby 10 June
- Alexandra Arms Rugby 8 June
- Squirrel Rugby 7 June
- Victoria Rugby 9 June
- Merchants Inn Rugby 8 June
- Lawrence Sheriff Rugby 7 June
- Raglan Arms Rugby 7 June
- Half Moon Rugby 7 June
- Prince of Wales Rugby 5 June
- Black Swan Rugby 6 June
- Wheeltapper Rugby 4 June
- Chalkhill Blue Amport 6 June
- Black Swan Monxton 5 June
- Hawk Inn Amport 6 June
- Shire Horse Grateley 5 June
- White Hart Stockbridge 6 June
- Grosvenor Stockbridge 5 June
- Greyhound on the Test Stockbridge 6 June
- Three Cups Stockbridge 6 June
- Mayfly Testcombe 7 June
- Overton Memorial Institute Overton 7 July
- Greyhound Overton 7 July
- Old House at Home Overton 7 July
- Red Lion Overton 6 July
- Bell Whitchurch 5 July
- Kings Arms Whitchurch 5 July
- White Hart Hotel Whitchurch 6 July
- Red House Whitchurch 5 July
- Prince Regent Whitchurch 7 July
- Mirage Reading - July
- Surrey Oaks Parkgate/Newdigate 9 July
- Selden Arms Worthing 6 July
- Swan Inn Worthing 6 July
- Three Fishes Worthing 7 July
- Sir Timothy Shelley Worthing 6 July
- Wandering Goose Worthing 7 July
- Anchored in Worthing Worthing 6 July
- Beach House Worthing 7 July
- Lamb Inn Rusper 8 July
- Holt Honiton 7 July
- Anchor Inn Cockwood 9 July
- Ship at Cockwood Cockwood 8 July
- Clocktower Torquay 5 July
- Apple & Parrot Torquay 6 July
- Hole in the Wall Torquay 8 July
- London Inn Torquay 6 July
- Offshore Bar Torquay 7 July
- Seamus O'Donnell's Torquay 5 July
- Green Ginger Torquay 7 July
- Rock Garden Torquay 6 July
- Cider Press Torquay 7 July
- Printers Elbow II Torquay 7 July
- Landsdowne Torquay 6 July
- DTs Torquay 7 July
- Bull & Bush Torquay 6 July
- Albert's Bar Torquay 5 July
- Ryans Bar Torquay 5 July
- Old Skools Torquay 4 July
- Jolly Judge Torquay 5 July
- Devon Arms Torquay 6 July
- Griffin Torquay 7 July
- Kents Torquay 8 July
- Buccaneer Torquay 8 July
- Brass Monkey Teignmouth 7 July
- Dicey Reilly's Teignmouth 5 July
- Ship Inn Teignmouth 8 July
- Devon Arms Hotel Teignmouth 5 July
- Ye Olde Jolly Sailor Teignmouth 7 July
- Blue Anchor Teignmouth 8 July
- Richard Hopkins Newton Abbot 7 July
- Union Inn Newton Abbot 7 July
- Wolborough Inn Newton Abbot 7 July
- Dartmouth Inn Newton Abbot 6 July
- Teign Cellars Newton Abbot 6 July
- Cider Bar Newton Abbot 8 July
- Talk of the Town Paignton 2 July
- Smugglers Inn Holcombe 7 July
- Quicksilver Mail Yeovil 6 July
- Earl of Normanton Idmiston 8 July
- Ferry Cookham 5 August
- Bel & the Dragon Cookham 6 August
- Kings Arms Cookham 5 August
- Crown Cookham 6 August
- White Oak Cookham 5 August
- Old Swan Uppers Cookham 8 August
- Hand & Flowers Maidenhead 5 August
- Fruit Bat Reading - August
- Royal Albion Reading - August
- Holly Bush Oxford 5 August
- Punter Oxford 6 August
- Kite Oxford 7 August
- Dew Drop Inn Oxford 6 August
- Pig & Truffle Welwyn Garden City 6 August
- Woodpecker Wash Water 7 August
- Red House Highclere 4 August
- Yew Tree Highclere 3 August
- Rampant Cat Woolton Hill 6 August
- Royal Oak Ecchinswell 5 August
- Star Kingsclere 5 August
- Plough on the Green Newbury (Greenham) 7 August
- Catherine Wheel Newbury 7 August
- Cross Keys Newbury 6 August
- Harrow West Ilsley 6 August
- Swan East Ilsley 6 August
- Crown & Horns East Ilsley 7 August
- Compton Swan Compton 5 August
- White Hart Hampstead Norreys 5 August
- Coach Beedon 6 August
- Fox Inn Hermitage 7 August
- Urban Tap House Cardiff 8 August
- City Arms Cardiff 7 August
- Old Arcade Cardiff 6 August
- Cosy Club Cardiff 6 August
- Great Western (JD Wetherspoon) Cardiff 5 August
- Borough Cardiff 4 August
- Rummer Tavern Cardiff 7 August
- BrewDog Cardiff Cardiff 6 August
- Hope & Anchor London na September
- Carpenters Arms London 7 September
- Victoria London 8 September
- Prince Alfred London 6 September
- Cleveland London 6 September
- Bath Arms Warminster 7 September
- Weymouth Arms Warminster 7 September
- Nags Head Warminster 5 September
- Old Bell Hotel Warminster 6 September
- Mason Arms Warminster 8 September
- Rose & Crown Warminster 5 September
- Organ Inn Warminster 9 September
- Fox & Hounds Warminster 7 September
- Snooty Fox Warminster 5 September
- Railway Salisbury 5 September
- Cat Tavern Salisbury 3 September
- Slug & Lettuce Salisbury 5 September
- Rose & Crown Inkpen na September
- Tally Ho Hungerford Newtown 8 September
- Wheatsheaf Chilton Foliat 7 September
- Hare Lamborne 5 September
- Wheelwrights Arms Lamborne 3 September
- Malt Shovel Lamborne 5 September
- Plough Eastbury 7 September
- Queens Arms East Garston 5 September
- Queens Head Dorking 6 October
- Prince of Wales Dorking 6 October
- Falkland Arms Dorking 4 October
- Cricketers Dorking 7 October
- Star Dorking 7 October
- Old House Dorking 7 October
- Pilgrim Dorking 5 October
- Cobbett’s Micropub Dorking 7 October
- Kings Arms Dorking 7 October
- Bulls Head Dorking 5 October
- Spotted Dog Dorking 6 October
- White Hart Dorking 6 October
- Red Dorking 7 October
- Surrey Yeoman Dorking 6 October
- Swinley Ascot 5 October
- Stag Ascot 6 October
- Station Inn Ascot 5 October
- Chester Arms Oxford 6 November
- Magdalen Arms Oxford 6 November
- Rusty Bicycle Oxford 7 November
- Marsh Harrier Oxford 6 November
- City Arms Oxford 4 November
- Colliers Arms Clows Top 7 November
- George Hotel Bewdley 6 November
- Mug House Inn Bewdley 8 November
- Woodcolliers Bewdley 8 November
- Horn & Trumpet Bewdley 4 November
- Arches Bewdley 5 November
- Bewdley Hotel Bewdley 5 November
- Cock & Magpie Bewdley 6 November
- HR's Sport Bar Bewdley 5 November
- White Swan Bewdley 6 November
- Little Pack Horse Bewdley 9 November
- Weavers at Park Lane Kidderminster 8 November
- Swan Kidderminster 7 November
- Penny Black Kidderminster 5 November
- Ye Olde Seven Stars Kidderminster 8 November
- Weavers Real Ale House Kidderminster 9 November
- Station Inn Kidderminster 7 November
- King & Castle Kidderminster 9 November
- Briar Rose Birmingham 6 November
- Wetherspoons Birmingham 5 November
- Soloman Cutler Birmingham 5 November
- Figure of Eight Birmingham 7 November
- Shakespeare Birmingham 7 November
- Sun on the Hill Birmingham 6 November
- Old Contemptibles Birmingham 8 November
- Gunmakers Arms Birmingham 5 November
- Bull Birmingham 8 November
- Queens Arms Birmingham 6 November
- Pure Bar & Kitchen Birmingham 6 November
- Post Office Vaults Birmingham 8 November
- Craven Arms Birmingham 10 November
- Victoria Birmingham 6 November
- Cherry Red's Birmingham 6 November
- BrewDog Birmingham 6 November
- Swan Inn Haslemere 6 November
- White Horse Haslemere 5 November
- Apple Tree Haslemere 5 November
- Royal Oak Haslemere 6 November
- Mill Tavern Haslemere 4 November
- Inn on the Hill Haslemere 4 November
- Star Godalming 7 November
- Jack Phillips Godalming 8 November
- Red Lion Godalming 7 November
- Astolat Guildford 4 November
- Barley Mow Bristol 7 November
- Beer Emporium Bristol 8 November
- Famous Royal Navy Volunteer Bristol 6 November
- Small Bar Bristol 7 November
- Christopher Creeke Bournemouth 7 November
- Inferno Bournemouth 6 November
- Cricketers Bournemouth 8 November
- O'Neiil's Bournemouth 5 November
- Litten Tree Bournemouth 5 November
- Yates Bournemouth 4 November
- Moon in the Square Bournemouth 6 November
- 60 Million Postcards Bournemouth 5 November
- Four Horsemen Bournemouth 7 November
- Goat & Tricycle Bournemouth 7 November
- Hop Inn Bournemouth 5 November
- Lord Wimborne Poole 5 November
- Foundry Arms Poole 7 November
- Lord Nelson Poole 7 November
- Jolly Sailor Poole 5 November
- Quay Poole 7 November
- Poole Arms Poole 7 November
- Stable Poole 6 November
- Antelope Poole 5 November
- Rope & Anchor Poole 6 November
- King Charles Poole 5 November
- Crown Hotel Poole 6 November
- Angel Poole 5 November
- Brewhouse Poole 5 November
- Blue Boar Poole 7 November
- Rising Sun Poole 6 November
- George Poole 5 November
- Le Bateau Parkstone 6 November
- Bricklayers Arms Parkstone 6 November
- Bermuda Triangle Parkstone 8 November
- Cow Parkstone 7 November
- Branksome Railway Hotel Branksome 6 November
- Porterhouse Branksome 7 November
- Glass Works London 5 December
- Brewhouse & Kitchen London 7 December
- Xoxo London 5 December
- Fire Station Windsor 5 December
- Old Chequers Inn Crowle - December
- Bakers Arms Blaby 8 December
* - includes major refurbs.
Last edited by Quinno; 20-01-2015 at 22:23.
Originally Posted by Quinno
The final results are in (having just got round to posting the final reviews of 2014...)
507 confirmed 'new'* pubs
Quite an achievement. That's got to be the longest post ever on this forum!
Come On You Hatters!
So do we all quote it and then say which ones we've been in and see who takes second prize....
That'd be my mate Marc without a doubt - 217 of the above, though in the West Berkshire haul he was on the lemonade for 80% of them as he was my Desmond.
Last edited by Quinno; 22-01-2015 at 20:16.
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