Thanks to all for the supportive comments!

As an aside, I have been looking back about how I have rated the 3000 pubs - see linked graph below.


My average rating works out at 6.38, so I wonder how that compares to other reviewers... am I too generous or too tough?

NB - I think I am at least reasonably consistent, since the average was 6.39 after 2000 and - from memory - about 6.48 after 1000 (and the first third probably tended to be the better pubs in the areas visited).