The BRAPA Origin Story

On 5th April 2014, I had a dream.  Or was it a nightmare?  To tick every pub in the Good Beer Guide!  So I booked myself into a dingy cask free Bedford pub for two nights, and the following morning, I hopped on a bus to the first pub listed in the 2014 edition - the Albion at Ampthill.  On the way back to Bedford, the bus broke down near a retail park, smoke billowing from the back end.  Locals complained, I said I was visiting from York, they said they were embarrassed on my behalf (presumably about the bus breaking down and not the fact that I was from York).   It should've been a warning sign, but I ploughed on with BRAPA regardless, and 8.5 years later, here I am 50% of the way through the book. 

My rules are simple, 25 mins per pub, 1 pint per pub, 'cross-tick' each new edition of the Guide and fill in the gaps until one year in the distant future, I have a fully green (yes I use a green Stabilo pen to highlight it but they don't pay me) edition.   

My pre 4th Oct 2022 posts can be found at

https://brapa-4500.blogspot.co.uk/

Keep it pub!  Si