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With a bit of punctuation to the question, it makes my answer easy. Yes!

Also enjoyed many good crawls, incl ... Colchester,

I'd have said this was more of a surprise than Southampton. While I've had one or two deent pints there in the past, most notably in the Hospital Arms, I usually come away disappointed.

Southampton is not such a surprise to me - The Wellington Arms, Duke of Wellington and Guidedog are always consistently good and there are a few other gems in the surrounding villages.

I will be doing a bit more rail travel this year, so might find a few more surprises - a different perspective, I guess.

[Grailhunter]

How about this then, the local Cornwall Visitor paper says Truro is a GB ale capital, second only to Huddersfield.

Hmmm. Presumably the author of the article has never been to Derby or Sheffield then !
I must admit when I was last in Truro I found it quite disappointing. I would say Falmouth is better for pubs and ale. The Seven Stars, a wonderful time warp pub and Cornish ale straight from the barrel. Wish I was there now.

[aleandhearty]

I am a novice at travelling a distance for beer

Same here. I've never really had the inclination until recently, being ridiculously spoilt for good pubs and beer so close by. However, I now have the inclination, but not the means currently! Would love to do justice to Sheffield, Derby, Norwich and York for starters.

... and the West Yorkshire patch of Leeds/Wakefield/Dewsbury have been my favourite long beer weekenders in the past couple of years.

As 'Gill' and 'trainman' hinted, Huddersfield is worth a visit next time you're in the county. It's not Sheffield but still a great beer town. Plus loads more places to show you in Leeds!

I feel bad that I didn't include Wakefield among my mission crawls, sorry a&h, just 'coz I haven't 'mapped' it yet, but looks good - you can't get a better recommendation than praise from your last PG visitor...

Welcome any time. Always willing to play tour guide.

[Oggwyn Trench]

I dont get around as much as i would like (blame work and son) but me and Mrs Oggwyn do manage to get away a couple of weekends a year , Chester is a decent place for a drink these days and i really like Oxford , the White Horse and Lamb and Flag are two of my favorite pubs anywhere , Exeter is pretty good as well .
Places on the to do list is getting longer by the day , York , Derby , Sheffield etc

[Soup Dragon]

York is tops for me for a few days beering, it beats Bloxwich by a whisker

[Andy Ven]

York is tops for me for a few days beering, it beats Bloxwich by a whisker

Yes, but we can walk to Blocko and back home in the same night......

[Rex_Rattus]

With a bit of punctuation to the question, it makes my answer easy. Yes!


So yes, away from my locality is indeed my favourite place to drink!

Knowing West Norwood as I do I couldn't agree more! Some of those pubs make The Atty look a real gem. It wasn't always thus, alas.

[an_ecumenical_matter]

Hate to sound like a broke record but the Nags Head Reading. Particularly on a Sunday. Funny it used to be the Glue Pot Swindon by the same criteria a few years ago. But no,the Nags is shangri-la.