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BRAPA .... A QUACKING DAY IN DUDLEY : BLACK COUNTRY SPECIAL
Saturday 22nd November 2025 All aboard the Dudley bound bus, 10:15am on a grey drizzly Brum day. A return home for my eponymous duck mascot. A slightly less talkative fellow traveller than Daddy BRAPA. No trains to London today had forced our hand, no QPR away game for us. We'd lose anyway, so it proved a lucky break. Not to mention the fact I'd be in London on Monday for the beginning of a week's ticking. Plenty of churn for me in the West Midlands in 2026, randomly dot

Si Everitt
1 day ago8 min read
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BRAPA in .... NORTH OXFORDSHIRE : BY HOOKY OR CROOKY (PT 1/3)
Thursday 14th August 2025 York to Banbury direct? Didn't even know it was possible. It made the usual Dross Country train journey that...

Si Everitt
Aug 28, 20257 min read
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BRAPA in .... KENILWORTH ODE : THE DAWNING OF THE NEW FOOTBALL SEASON
Saturday 9th August 2025 With an air of inevitability, I was back on the Dross Country trains sitting miles away from Daddy BRAPA despite...

Si Everitt
Aug 26, 20256 min read
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BRAPA .... THE TIGER WENT IN TWO BY TWO, HURRAH! HURRAH! (COMPLETING TYNE & WEAR AGAIN)
Saturday 22nd February 2025 GBG progress : 10/10 Football outcome : 10/10 Beer : 8/10 People : 7/10 'Pubs' : 5/10 It was a successful day...

Si Everitt
Mar 7, 20259 min read
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BRAPA in .... ZIP ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO, HAMPSTEAD BEER PRICES ARE A NO-NO
Saturday 31st August 2024 Having escaped the Sunderland fans bound for Pompey with their 8am cans and tinny Oasis singalong, we took a...

Si Everitt
Sep 6, 20248 min read
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