Saturday 16th May 2026 Look, there's a train over there if you squint. The tip of South Cumbria was the setting for my second consecutive week in Lancs. A Daddy BRAPA car day no less. We'd have all round better pub experiences than the Blackpool coast provided last time out. The journey over t'hills was dominated by Wemberley chat after our shock win at Meewaw the previous Monday. But who will we be playing? What day? What time? We were all of a fluster due to the spyi

Saturday 18th April 2026 My new mentality is 'any county where I require more than 20 ticks is a disgrace'. This brings me back to Cambridgeshire. A county teetering on the brink of acceptability with 21 ticks remaining. Let's get into 'em! Back in 2018/19, I completed the whole damn county but have largely neglected it since. I had Martin Taylor, swift chauffeuring in his Waterbeach era to thank for much of it. Seven years later, Dan M. is my new Cambs contact. St Ives b

Saturday 21st February 2026 Right, here we go. Knackering blog this, so sorry in advance. North Warwickshire - The Return : Unfinished Business. Lessons to learn from the last two Saturday trips. This time, there'd be no mistake! Phone fully charged. Check! Power bank fully charged and in my bag. Check! Back up plug packed. Check! Walking boots by the door ready to slip on at 6:40am. Check! This was me on Friday evening. You wouldn't think I'd been doing this BRA

I want to start this blog with the sad news I learned yesterday evening that Peter 'Pub Curmudgeon' Edwardson has died. I'm so pleased that I met this talismanic #PubMan on three occasions. The first being on 31st March 2018 in one of those 'Sizzling' pubs at Culcheth (Cherry Tree). He'd kindly DM'd me whilst I was in Daresbury's Ring O' Bells offering to drive me to other required ticks at Golborne (Queen Anne) and Lowton (Travellers Rest). Mudgie wields the green Stabilo

Here we go, final part just in time for month end. Month end review with you Friday if I survive my trip out tomorrow. Pelican,...

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