Pubs Galore Autumn 2022 Midlands Pub Crawl.

[Bucking Fastard]

We normally have a pub crawl in October,so I thought it worthwhile to start the conversation about where in " The Midlands" this should take place.I don't want to stir up the Geography Galore debate ,but where do people fancy going ?

I'm sure we will come up with a long list on which we can vote.The choice of venue may also help inform the Friday/Saturday decision on which a seperate vote for the date will then take place.

An idea from me would be Burton upon Trent. There are six 2022 GBG listed pubs,besides which there are 3 other micro pubs,a micro brewery tap and the bar at the National Brewery Centre. So lots of options,and many other traditional pubs that may be off piste targets too.

Any other suggestions ?

[Quinno]

Burton is a good shout.

Stoke's also a decent proposition; though somewhat more spread-out. Would Kings Lynn count as South or Midlands?

I think there was a list somewhere of all the places PuG trips have done, anyone able to locate it?

[Bucking Fastard]

I think there was a list somewhere of all the places PuG trips have done, anyone able to locate it?

http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showt...-of-PuG-crawls

[Bucking Fastard]

Stoke's also a decent proposition; though somewhat more spread-out.

That's an interesting call.Unless there is some hugely knowledgeable PuGer about buses in SoT,maybe we would need to hire a minivan and driver to get around the pubs in the town of Stoke,Longton,Hanley,Etruria and Burslem. Some historic pubs,top boozers and great ale awaits. (I have discounted Newcastle under Lyme as that was tackled quite recently.)

[Tris39]

Would Kings Lynn count as South or Midlands?

East of England and may be very tricky for some to reach.

http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showt...-of-PuG-crawls

https://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/24449/ counted as a 'crawl'. I suppose the bar alone could count as one.

Are we still doing the Aqualung Walthamstow Beer Mile Memorial Crawl?

[Mobyduck]

Are we still doing the Aqualung Walthamstow Beer Mile Memorial Crawl?

Don't see why not but I would seperate it as an added extra and not affecting the normal North ,South , Midlands routine.

[sheffield hatter]

Are we still doing the Aqualung Walthamstow Beer Mile Memorial Crawl?

Wasn't Steve Gann going to work out a route, or have I got that confused with something else?

[sheffield hatter]

Stoke's also a decent proposition; though somewhat more spread-out.

I've mentioned a Stoke crawl I'm doing soon - looks likely to be Friday, 2nd September - on this thread on Beer & Pubs Forum. It doesn't aim to be comprehensive or "the best of the Five Towns", just a list of (hopefully current but quite possibly former) Bass pubs in a reasonably tight area - basically Hanley and Northwood, to the NE of the station. (If only we had access to a crawl map app, I could demonstrate how tight the circuit is.) Here's a Google maps attempt, in two parts (because there's a maximum of stopping points which is lower than my 13 pubs) and shown as all walking, because I don't think you can mix buses and walking in one map.

Part One
Part Two

[sheffield hatter]

I think I mentioned somewhere in one of these threads that Lichfield and Tamworth would make a good double header. I've not been to Lichfield for quite a few years, and then we went because Luton Town had a game in Tamworth but we wanted to try some different pubs. Since then, Tamworth has improved a bit, and the transport links between the towns are pretty easy.

[Tris39]

Don't see why not but I would seperate it as an added extra and not affecting the normal North ,South , Midlands routine.

I think the idea was that it would be a Brucie Bonus.

Wasn't Steve Gann going to work out a route, or have I got that confused with something else?

Yes. I think he put together a route around E postcodes, which are largely a mystery to me outside Hackney or Tower Hamlets, which weren't Aqualung's natural habitat.