One of the surprise bonuses of being a 'Dedicated Pub Blogger™ ' is that it regulates my drinking. If I'm suddenly weeks behind on my...

Over the Easter break, I ticked 25 Leicestershire Good Beer Guide pubs and for the first time in my Leics career, and I'm pleased to be...

23rd March 2024 I can't remember my last the climb up Matlock's big 'ill, only the descent. I'm going back a few years now but I think...

Hello! Past the halfway point in the Good Beer Guide ticking year, and I can't lie, my copy is starting to feel a bit 'crispy', 'juicy'...

Thursday 21st March 2024 It seemed an eminently sensible decision to take the bus direct from the top of my road all the way to Whitby,...

Three pubs to go before I became the first ever person in the world who religiously watches Neighbours and eats fig rolls to complete 60%...

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...

Thursday 14th March 2024 Now I'm not saying that new BRAPA mascot Blackpool Soo is a big girl, because I wouldn't fat shame like that,...

Wirksworth, Belper and Holbrook DONE. It had been good for starters. But with the BRAPA eye firmly on the rural prize, it had been just...

Saturday 9th March 2024, 11:40am Derbyshire isn't a county I've had much of a pub ticking appetite for since I completed it in Long Eaton...

Saturday 2nd March 2024, 11am Penalty appeals are waved away as Ozan Toucan fails to stay on his feet in the M62 area. Hull City were...

Business end of the season, here we go! Worth also trying to summarise Northumberland in a nutshell, how it compares it other GBG...

Welcome back! Let's get stuck into some decent stuff now, I might still have the odd gripe but we'll see an improvement with this bunch....

I hope I didn't sound like too much of a curmudgeonly grump in part one, but tonight we'll move on to a slightly happier batch. Still a...

Ranking the North Eastern pubs I visited last week in order of 'worst to best' has been an almost impossible task. Quite often, my more...

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

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...