"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
I'm happy to miss out the South!
I can see why SH has gone for Lincoln this time for similar reasons to the above. Given that it's in the North Eastern sector of the Midlands, if it doesn't get chosen this Spring or Summer then because of Brum it wll get kicked into the long grass of 2021 or beyond. Given that Durham & Newcastle are deemed too far away for a day out (and they are unless you live within easy reach of KX!), it makes sense to spread the North South a bit if you catch my drift.
BTW, the other remaining JDW is a Lloyds disaster. One of the disadvantages of Lincoln is that the main area around the Cathedral is a trek up a hill from the station but I'm sure there must be buses that can save the day. My two visits other than the JDW one bring back memories of Bateman pubs but I'm sure it must have improved.
There is, this one https://lincolnbus.co.uk/special-services/walk-and-ride
Some of my more infirm friends used it last time we went to Lincoln. A plan is to get the bus up to the top then walk back down via the pubs.
Just a reminder of the last poll: http://forums.pubsgalore.co.uk/showt...tumn-PuG-Crawl
Last edited by oldboots; 08-12-2019 at 11:37.
Yes, my thinking was that blurring our definition of North in a southerly direction would have that effect. There are still Bateman pubs, but they're not as horrific as you depict them IMHO. See my review of the Dog & Bone, for example (ok, it's more than five years ago now) and I was in the Treaty of Commerce a few weeks ago after a bike ride, and I thought it was as good as ever.
At the top of the hill, the Strugglers and the Victoria have been good for some years now, and there's also the newish BearHeadZ on Eastgate, and the Strait & Narrow further down the imaginitively named Steep Hill. As OB points out, the plan would be to get a bus to the top and let gravity do the rest!
Come On You Hatters!
Would be very happy with Lincoln, as had intended to revisit at some point anyway, plus there's now a micropub.
'I only drink on two occasions, when I'm thirsty and when I'm not'
Brendan Behan
It's not the pubs that I find horrific with Batemans but specifically their brown beers. I quite like the Salem Porter & Mild and a golden one that I can't remember the name of. It's the XB, XXXB & Rosy Nosey. They all have that unpleasant salty taste. You can add to that the fact that they committed the Cardinal Sin of watering down the XXXB.
I've no problems with their pubs having found them traditional and enjoyable although I haven't been in one for years now. I'm pretty sure I've been to several of the pubs mentioned. The Strugglers name definitely rings a bell.