That's a very good short cut from the Old Vic ,I often find the quoted walking times are conservative. It also sounds like the first 5 pubs are now sorted and that route will allow any late arrivals an idea of where to catch up with the group.
So look forward to The Old Vic at noon.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
My train pulls into Preston just before 11:00 and leaves at 21:15... I thought 10 hours on the sauce would be enough!
I'm staying in Crewe so hoping to find a Spoons there for breakfast.
WE ARE THE BREADMEN - UP THE BEES
I've done a route description for those first five pubs (attached).
Once we're at the Black Horse we're pretty central, with Plug & Taps in one direction and the Market Tavern in the other, then the various delights of Friargate such as the Old Black Bull and Plau.
I suggest that there's not much point doing a detailed route after this, because some people may want to head out towards Vinyl Tap and Moorbrook while others might want to try the Guild Ale House (micropub), Twelve Tellers (Spoons), Olde Blue Bell (Humphrey) or even Hogarths in the opposite direction, depending on personal taste and whether they've been to Preston before. No chance of doing all those!
Come On You Hatters!
Before i get to old and knackered i think the Preston trip in April is an ideal opportunity to meet and show my appreciation for all the work and dedication
the Pub's Galore team have given over the last 14 years i have been a member. Is it OK to bring a guest.
Great work as usual Will. As Preston is totally virginal territory for me I will be trying to do as many of the others as possible. I particularly fancy taking in the Plug and Taps , Market Tavern and the Guild Ale House so will probably put a Part II route map together that others are welcome to join.
My cousin lives in Preston so I am coming up on Thursday and as he lives north of the Vinyl Tap and the Moorbrook I will see if I can do these on Thursday. However as he is notoriously unreliable at doing social events and likely to blow me out at the last moment interested if anyone else is staying over on Thursday night as there is a possibility I could find myself free at short notice.
This has now turned into a bit of a trip for me as I also have an old work colleague who has now retired and moved back to his birthplace of Wallasey, so I am stopping over to see him on the Saturday. Although I don’t know how I am going to get back to London as there is major engineering work planned for the Sunday around Milton Keynes and currently no direct trains out of Liverpool scheduled.
Work is the curse of the drinking Class - Oscar Wilde