#ThirstyThursday

BRAPA is .... OMNI-PRESENT IN MALTON (EAST-NORTH YORKS MOP UP)

Si Everitt

6 days ago6 min read

BRAPA is .... OMNI-PRESENT IN MALTON (EAST-NORTH YORKS MOP UP)

Saturday 16th November, 11:57am A last minute decision to swerve off the heavy traffic on the A64 and into Malton meant we'd reversed...

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BRAPA .... WARMINGTON-NEVER-ON-SEA, AND RODDERS SPILLS THE OUNDLE TEA

Si Everitt

Sep 47 min read

BRAPA .... WARMINGTON-NEVER-ON-SEA, AND RODDERS SPILLS THE OUNDLE TEA

Thursday 29th August 2024 I think it was Charli XCX who this week lamented the end of this BRAP Summer. And now I've alienated my Journey...

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Si Everitt

Sep 14 min read

BRAPA - AUGUST 2024 MONTH END REVIEW

September is here! The most highly anticipated month in the pub ticking calendar as it sees the arrival of the new Good Beer Guide, and...

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BRAPA .... NEARLY CARKED AT CARTMEL (& FOUR OTHER TALES OF THURSDAY TICKING)

Si Everitt

Aug 207 min read

BRAPA .... NEARLY CARKED AT CARTMEL (& FOUR OTHER TALES OF THURSDAY TICKING)

Thursday 1st August, 13:00 Happy Yorkshire Day! And I celebrated by crossing the border not only into evil Lancashire, but then into...

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BRAPA in .... SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FIGHTBACK (ROWELLS ROUSES AFTER SPIRIT BROKEN)

Si Everitt

Aug 57 min read

BRAPA in .... SOUTH DERBYSHIRE FIGHTBACK (ROWELLS ROUSES AFTER SPIRIT BROKEN)

Thursday 18th July 2024, 11:30am The classic 'game of two halves' took me to within six pubs of Derbyshire completion on a sunny summer...

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BRAPA in... BENENDEN & JERRYDEN .... I SCREAM FOR RURAL KENT! (PT 2/2)

Si Everitt

Aug 43 min read

BRAPA in... BENENDEN & JERRYDEN .... I SCREAM FOR RURAL KENT! (PT 2/2)

In today's episode of 'Who Does BRAPA Think He Is?' we head to the posh but beautiful village of Benenden, a more quintessentially...

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Si Everitt

Jul 313 min read

BRAPA - MONTH END REVIEW (JULY 2024)

'A pub tick a day keeps the doctor away' to coin a likely old adage, and this month it was true with a modest 31 new ticks and no trips...

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Si Everitt

May 247 min read

BRAPA IN .... HOPE SPRINGS ETERNALE

Thursday 16th May 2024 I hadn't planned on BRAPping this particular Thursday. After all, the first half of May had been BRUTAL, what...

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Si Everitt

Apr 304 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW : APRIL 2024

44 ticks in the month of April takes me up to 61.7% GBG completion (2777 out of 4500 pubs) as I strive to put as much distance between my...

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BRAPA .... SUX TO BE BUX(TON), DUCKS - The Latest from Derbyshire

Si Everitt

Apr 227 min read

BRAPA .... SUX TO BE BUX(TON), DUCKS - The Latest from Derbyshire

A first visit to the curvaceous voluptuous steamy town of Buxton since 2017 when I did Cheshire Cheese, Ale Stop and the then 53 Degrees...

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BRAPA ..... Joins the 60% club : Chorley you can't be serious (Pt 1/2)

Si Everitt

Mar 195 min read

BRAPA ..... Joins the 60% club : Chorley you can't be serious (Pt 1/2)

Saturday 16th March With Coventry thinking that the FA Cup is still a 'thing', a bonus blank weekend took me to the leading pub town to...

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Si Everitt

Mar 14 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW - FEBRUARY 2024

Greetings friends from the sanctity of BRAPA Towers, where you find me recovering from my Northumbrian exploits with much strong tea,...

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BRAPA in .... I BEG YOUR ARDEN, ACCRINGTON NEVER PROMISED ME A ROSE GARDEN

Si Everitt

Feb 184 min read

BRAPA in .... I BEG YOUR ARDEN, ACCRINGTON NEVER PROMISED ME A ROSE GARDEN

Thursday 15th February 2024 The magic of my Todmorden debut, on a replacement bus Sunday back in January 2014, is yet to be beaten. On...

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BRAPA still in .... WATERLOO (COULDN'T ESCAPE IF I WANTED TO*) PART 2/2

Si Everitt

Feb 94 min read

BRAPA still in .... WATERLOO (COULDN'T ESCAPE IF I WANTED TO*) PART 2/2

(*Although I did, shortly after today's fourth pub). If I'd been pleasantly surprised to find Waterloo's excellent Four Ashes open an...

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BRAPA is ..... DOIN' THE ANFIELD BRAP : THIRSTY MERSEY

Si Everitt

Jan 157 min read

BRAPA is ..... DOIN' THE ANFIELD BRAP : THIRSTY MERSEY

Thursday 11th January 2024 BANG BANG BANG! Don't worry, it ain't the sound of gunshots raining out over an estate pub car park (when will...

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BRAPA .... WITH MY LITTLE TICK OF BRAP'POOL FLOP (TRIP TO FORMBY)

Si Everitt

Jan 87 min read

BRAPA .... WITH MY LITTLE TICK OF BRAP'POOL FLOP (TRIP TO FORMBY)

Saturday 6th January 2024, 12:26pm A chilly bus stop in Southport was the unlikely launch pad for 2024 BRAPA pub ticking. Merseyside is...

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BRAPA in .... DECK THE NORTHALLERTON WITH BOUGHS OF CAULI (FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA)

Si Everitt

Dec 20, 20235 min read

BRAPA in .... DECK THE NORTHALLERTON WITH BOUGHS OF CAULI (FA LA LA LA LA, LA LA LA LA)

Thursday 7th December 2023, 1:03pm It takes some extreme conditions to have me thinking 'was it such a good idea to venture outside...

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Si Everitt

Dec 1, 20234 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW : NOVEMBER 2023

Greetings from a frosty York, I'm not looking forward to getting up at 6:30am tomorrow, to be on a 7:30am train I'm not really booked on,...

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BRAPA in .... MORE PRETTY TICKS IN THE WAL(L)SALL : PART 3/4

Si Everitt

Nov 29, 20235 min read

BRAPA in .... MORE PRETTY TICKS IN THE WAL(L)SALL : PART 3/4

Friday 27th October, 11:21am Word up! After two of the consistantly strongest pub days in BRAPA history, it was time to head north out...

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BRAPA in ..... THRILLER AT THE GORILLA : MONKEYING AROUND WITH MARTIN IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Si Everitt

Nov 20, 20234 min read

BRAPA in ..... THRILLER AT THE GORILLA : MONKEYING AROUND WITH MARTIN IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE

Thursday 19th October, 10:00am My first thought upon waking up in one of those super soft Lenny Henry approved beds in Bradford's premier...

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