Quinno's 2016 challenge

[Quinno]

Well done Quinno, you appear to have achieved your aims with some time to spare.

Not quite, I still have a Buck to do. The 9th is pencilled in for this momentus occasion.

The other three will go once Dave a does a refresh of data.

But you say in the third string of this thread that it's based on 1st January 2016. How is it still moving?

Ideals met reality. Turned out that once I started having a good reserach of the lists, there were a number of pubs that either weren't called that name or had closed. Places like West End, Crows Nest, Stanley Arms fell off the listto be replaced by others like Squirrel, Fighting Cock etc. And during the year I don't want to head to a pub that was eligible on Jan 1st but no longer is come mid-November.

I did just quickly throw together a quinno hit list map
http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/stats/ch.../quinnomap.php
This is the 1600 ish pubs that have one of the names quinno still needs.

Love it! But Sseems to be showing some odd ones (Lighthouse?) - is it based on a previous static data run?

[Quinno]

So today was the momentus day where the Quinno 250 Challenge was officially completed. A slog over to Swansea yielded the final hit - Buck Inn - hardly a high point to finish on, but I've learnt over the past year that with certain pub names, beggars cannot be choosers. I can still taste the GK Rockin Rudolf now.

Here's the moment of triumph earlier on this afternoon, inbetween the dancing girls and autographs:



In reality, the 250 was probably closer to 275 what with the ins and outs of the list over the year, at the fag-end it was a almost a monthly churn. Many hours of manual data cleansing of the PUG database as well.

One sad thing is the amount of closures the list highlighted over the year. For example, the gross figure of the top 20 names at the very start of the year is over 100 down on the figure listed today, almost a 2% drop.

Also that Dog & Duck - the archetype country pub name - has so few in reality, just 16 (it dropped off the final list!).

No year-long challenge for me next year, this one has cost far too many hours and given my liver a fright on occasion. However, the 'county in a long weekend' will be happening in 2017. Watch out, Rutland!

Finally, big thanks to Dave for the fantastic interactive list http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/stats/ch...e/quinno/2016/ (accessed hundreds of times on the road!) and to my companions on the journey, especially Marc 'Deggy' Turner for selflessly chauffering me round such delights as Hull, Plymouth and Stoke. Couldn't have done it without him.

Now got 100-odd reviews to write-up!

[Bucking Fastard]

So today was the momentus day where the Quinno 250 Challenge was officially completed. A slog over to Swansea yielded the final hit - Buck Inn - hardly a high point to finish on, but I've learnt over the past year that with certain pub names, beggars cannot be choosers. I can still taste the GK Rockin Rudolf now.

Here's the moment of triumph earlier on this afternoon, inbetween the dancing girls and autographs:



In reality, the 250 was probably closer to 275 what with the ins and outs of the list over the year, at the fag-end it was a almost a monthly churn. Many hours of manual data cleansing of the PUG database as well.

One sad thing is the amount of closures the list highlighted over the year. For example, the gross figure of the top 20 names at the very start of the year is over 100 down on the figure listed today, almost a 2% drop.

No year-long challenge for me next year, this one has cost far too many hours and given my liver a fright on occasion. However, the 'county in a long weekend' will be happening in 2017. Watch out, Rutland!

Finally, big thanks to Dave for the fantastic interactive list http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/stats/ch...e/quinno/2016/ (accessed hundreds of times on the road!) and to my companions on the journey, especially Marc 'Deggy' Turner for selflessly chauffering me round such delights as Hull, Plymouth and Stoke. Couldn't have done it without him.

That's one hell of an achievement and has taken true dedication.x250.

[trainman]

Top stuff Quinno, absolutely outstanding performance!

[Mobyduck]

Yes brilliant Quinno, I hope for your livers (and wallets) sake no more drop off the list between now and new year.

[rpadam]

Top stuff Quinno, absolutely outstanding performance!

Absolutely, but Marc 'Deggy' Turner sounds a star too!

[trainman]

Absolutely, but Marc 'Deggy' Turner sounds a star too!

Yep, meant to include that - Deggy, literally the driving force behind the mission!

[Aqualung]

Congratulations, I must admit I found the whole idea just too complicated!
When I was in South Wales recently I was told about someone trying to get round all of the Red Lions.

Also that Dog & Duck - the archetype country pub name - has so few in reality, just 16 (it dropped off the final list!).

The Walthamstow one remains closed. There isn't a single original pub left between Bell Corner (excluding the Bell) and the summit of Chingford Mount.

[Real Ale Ray]

Well done Quinno on your 250 challenge, I expect you'll have to see a lot more of the Mrs now, Ha !

[aleandhearty]

Well done, Quinno. Have to admire your dedication to the cause.