Friday 3rd July 2026 There are lessons you must learn in life as a pub ticker, many of them from the school of hard knocks in the North East. Never sniff a Geordie's finger, you don't know where it's been. Don't stroke the station cat with the Ocelot markings, it's probably feral with giant claws and fangs ..... And don't trust any real ale served in a Coors glass ..... Newton Aycliffe twice in anyone's life is twice too many. I'm following up my November 2019 Turbinia debut

Monday 22nd November 2025, 3pm "Don't even start on the lifts cos I'm sick of hearing about them. YES, I KNOW one is out of service and the other is being repaired. You'll just have to take the stairs. If ONE MORE person mentions it to me today, I'm going to lose it, so how can I help you?" "Errrm, well I just want to check in if possible?" I squeak in reply. This was the start to a week of pub ticking, 33 Greater London Good Beer Guide pubs remain, the majority of which