I have a soft spot for Rochdale. That should be made clear from the outset, else nothing good will come of this blog. 1999 and the...

I kept up my BRAPA record of completing West Yorkshire every year since 2016 (it would've been 2015 too but for that pesky Wetherby) with...

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...

Welcome back. Nearly gave you a long read but after feedback from RetiredMartin, I've stuck to the bite-sized (for me) three pub per...

Still riding the crest of my MerseyWave 36 hours early, it was time to head back over t' wrong side of t'hills once again to begin my...

Uber number 3 of the day took me to the canal side outpost which is the Ship Inn Lathom (2638 / 4799). Lathom was a hard one to fathom...

Nearly 10 years pub ticking experience and I still make stupid mistakes. Wednesday 7th Feb, and I'd booked myself a hotel for the night...

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

Saturday 3rd February, 2024 Nine pubs left to do on Merseyside, and I was aiming for six of them today, providing I didn't do anything...

Grand finale. Let's go! Impossible to rank these 7, I don't think any of them are in contention for my overall 'BRAPA pub of the year'...

Greetings pub lovers! A record breaking January with 47 ticks means I've really hit the ground running in 2024. And with only one day of...

Evening folks and welcome back to the Good Beer Guide pubs visited on my epic southern venture last week. This lot were difficult to...

Nineteen pubs were ticked on a long weekend darn sarf - Kent (9), London (5), Leicestershire (4), Nottinghamshire (1). Over the next...

Saturday 20th January 2024 From the near deserted First Class section of the Grand Central service from York to Sunderland, having just...

A sparse spartan ice block of a micro can still achieve a positive BRAPA review, providing the beer is 5/5 and the owner is as brilliant...

Thursday 18th January 2024 The way the train guy announces it, just shy of Newton-le-Willows, we are in dire straits. Totally Knopfler'd....

Saturday 13th January 2024, 2:27pm Awkward Heswall had been negotiated, the two greasy Greasby ticks complete and it is not even 2:30pm...

Saturday 13th January 2024 When this little fella appeared on my balcony and stared in at me a few weeks back, he seemed to be trying to...

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...

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