Thursday 23rd July 2026 Welcome to my 500th Wix Blog. It doesn't seem long ago since I was in Newport Wetherspoons in South Wales struggling to upload photos onto rubbish Blogger and decided I needed to move platforms. An eleventh hour change to my plans for this particular #ThirstyThursday helped me to keep my July numbers to a respectable level following a zero tick Knaresborough outing the previous Saturday. Hertfordshire had been my original plan, but my 'key' pub in Ste

Thursday 30th April - Wednesday 6th May 2026 My recent birthday trip to Aberdeen ranked decently in terms of pints, pubs & people. About mid-table, perhaps a bit higher in my experiences of Scottish BRAPA so far. Not as good as my Greater Glasgow & Ayrshire trip last November, or recent visits to Borders. But far superior to the Kingdom of Fife, Edinburgh & Lothians and Dumfries & Galloway. But you're always going to get a few gobblin' turkeys, even in a West Mids, Derbys o